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National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships

Twelve journalists have been selected for the 2022-2023 National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF), 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. Read the announcement and see the fellows.

SEJ Webinars

Join us Sep 28, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET for virtual webinar Covering Climate Solutions: Indigenous Communities and Nature-Based Approaches. Indigenous peoples practiced these "sustainable management" efforts long before modern society began talking about conservation, environmental protection or climate change, and their voices are still here and can greatly enrich environmental reporting. How can environmental journalists best incorporate Indigenous voices into their climate change and sustainability stories without misrepresenting intent or disrespecting cultures?

EPA-Mandated Regional Haze Plans Open Horizons on Local, State Stories

A Biden administration move to force states to submit cleanup plans for regional haze offers opportunities to report air pollution news in your area, writes the latest TipSheet. The Clean Air Act regulatory program, focused on parks and wilderness areas, is not just about the scenery, but human health too. The backstory and the list of states, plus reporting resources and story ideas.

#SEJSpotlight on Members

Meet SEJ member Bryn Nelson! Bryn is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor with an avid interest in biology, biomedicine, ecology, green technology and unconventional travel destinations. He's written for more than 30 publications in the last two decades, and has just released a new book, "Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure." Want SEJ to promote your work to our social media followers? Here's how.

SEJ Publication Highlights

Author Shares Unorthodox Look at the Ways of Water

09/21/2022 – How water moves through the global ecosystem and shapes our landscapes is the subject of a must-read new book by writer Erica Gies, according to BookShelf editor Tom Henry. A significant part of water’s story is how humanity invariably fails when trying to manipulate it. But hope may reside with Gies’ various “water detectives,” who explore how to “let water go where it wants to go.”

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Methane, a Key Global Warming Source, Is Targeted by Nations

09/20/2022 – Carbon dioxide may get more attention, but the second-most damaging greenhouse gas, methane, is now the focus of a global pledge to cut emissions 30% by 2030. As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists publishing project focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at methane with energy reporter Nushin Huq. A primer on the climate-related problems of methane and the promise of methane-based solutions. Plus, watch a recent SEJ methane solutions webinar and see our Methane and Climate Change Toolbox.

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Will Congress Pass Manchin’s Energy Permitting 'Side Deal'?

09/14/2022 – In the fine print of the historic Biden climate bill is a controversial commitment to pass legislation on fossil fuel permitting, a measure deeply opposed by the environmental community and calling for heavy political muscle to move through Congress this month. Issue Backgrounder details what’s in it, and what’s not, and takes the measure of the measure’s prospects.

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EJToday: Headlines

"Embattled World Bank Leader ‘Slow-Walking’ Climate Initiatives"

E&E News, 09/23/2022
"California Should Expect A ‘Fourth Dry Year’ As Drought Persists"

LA Times, 09/23/2022
"White House Launches ‘Generational’ $7 Billion Hydrogen Plan"

Bloomberg Environment, 09/23/2022
"Wildfire Smoke Is Erasing Progress on Clean Air"

NYTimes, 09/23/2022
"Fiona Will Lash Parts Of Canada As Region’s Strongest Storm On Record"

Washington Post, 09/23/2022
"FERC Chair’s Renomination in Limbo, Raising Fears About Deadlock"

Bloomberg Environment, 09/23/2022
"UK Government Lifts Fracking Ban Despite Opposition"

AP, 09/23/2022
"Climate-Fueled Wildfires Worsen Danger for Struggling Fish"

AP, 09/23/2022
"Drowning Island Nations: ‘This Is How A Pacific Atoll Dies’"

AP, 09/23/2022
"Minnesota Ojibwe Harvest Sacred, Climate-Imperiled Wild Rice"

AP, 09/23/2022

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