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Can Qatar’s World Cup Really Be Carbon Neutral?

Qatar — the world’s highest carbon emitter on a per capita basis — made big promises in its winning bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But will they deliver? Doha-based journalism professor Craig LaMay writes that while sports megaevent hosts face increasing pressure to address environmental concerns, critical coverage of their follow-through is challenging, especially in countries with no free press or public right to government information.

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#SEJSpotlight on Members

Meet SEJ member Rona Kobell! Rona is co-founder and president of the Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative, a nonprofit that focuses on storytelling, science and youth engagement, and seeks to help communities tell their own stories about environmental injustices in Baltimore and beyond. She also teaches environmental journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Want SEJ to promote your work to our social media followers? Here's how.

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Winners: SEJ 21st Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment

And the winners are...

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National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships

Deadline is Sept 1 to apply for this special year-long fellowship, a collaboration of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW), the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Early-career US journalists will receive training, networking, mentoring, new sources and story ideas — while allowing them to stay at their jobs.

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SEJ Publication Highlights

Following Nature on a Transformative Journey Away From the Mean Streets of D.C.

08/10/2022 – As a young man, Rodney Stotts knew plenty about drugs, guns and poverty and little about the other kinds of wildlife in his hometown. A chance offer of a job cleaning up Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia River set him on the path to becoming a master falconer — despite racist resistance — and a mentor to others who share his inner-city roots. BookShelf’s Jennifer Weeks reviews Stotts’ memoir, “Bird Brother.”
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NOAA Data Portal Is a Great Home Port for Environmental Journalists

08/10/2022 – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration database is as vast as the oceans the agency monitors and filled with information collected by a wide array of instruments operating above, below and on the water’s surface. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox delves into the NOAA Data Discovery Portal and takes a look at a new search tool that promises easier exploration of this treasure trove.
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Grants Uncover Downside of Wood Stoves, Water Subsidy Impacts

07/27/2022 – When a young Ohio-based journalist found her interest piqued by the environmental impacts of wood-burning stoves, she turned — for a second time — to the Fund for Environmental Journalism. Her grant helped her dig deeper and, ultimately, produce a report for Undark. Reporter Diana Kruzman shares her experience with both FEJ-funded projects, along with advice for other grant seekers, in the new StoryLog.
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    AP, 08/12/2022
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    LA Times, 08/12/2022
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