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#SEJ2023 Boise: SEJ Stands With Members Impacted by Restrictions to Reproductive Healthcare and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation

March 31, 2023 — The Society of Environmental Journalists is holding its annual conference in Boise, Idaho this April. In light of concerns raised by members, the SEJ Board of Directors issued a statement in recognition of how participants may be affected by recent Idaho state legislation seeking to restrict reproductive health care and LGBTQ+ rights.

#SEJ2023 Annual Conference, Boise, Idaho, April 19-23

SEJ's 32nd Annual Conference in Boise, Idaho takes place April 19-23, 2023, hosted by Boise State University. Check out the draft agenda, sponsor/exhibit/advertise, book your hotel room (some hotels are sold out already!) and register now to get your choice of workshops and tours — they're filling fast! Keep up to date: sign up for conference info. See the #SEJ2023 Diversity Travel Fellows!

#SEJSpotlight on Members

Meet SEJ member Kylie Mohr! Kylie is an award-winning journalist based in Montana. She reports for High Country News, covering Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rockies. Her work focuses on wildfire, wildlife, public lands and climate change. Want SEJ to promote your work to our social media followers? Here's how.

SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment

Enter SEJ's Awards for Reporting on the Environment, honoring the best environmental journalism in 10 categories, bringing recognition to the stories that are among the most important on the planet. $500 for first-place winners; $250 for second-place winners in all categories. Includes a Student Reporting category and a $10,000 cash prize for the Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting. First-place winners selected this year from SEJ's 10 awards categories will be automatically entered into the Nina Mason Pulliam Award. Deadline: May 1, 11:59 p.m. ET. (Late deadline May 15 with additional fee.)

SEJ Publication Highlights

2023 Gathering Goes Big in Boise

03/29/2023 – The Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference is back to Boise, two-and-a-half years after the first attempt to meet in the mountainous Northwestern state was sidetracked by the COVID pandemic. Co-chairs Tom Michael and Christy George outline the rich schedule of plenaries, panels, tours and other events that are drawing record interest to the April 19-23 program.

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SEJournal News: Weekly Online Publication Seeks Volunteer Editors

03/29/2023 – The SEJournal is opening its ranks to a new crew of volunteer co-editors. They will join the roster of talented co-editors to oversee the majority of the weekly’s numerous sections, and help shape key content for the longstanding independent publication of the Society of Environmental Journalists. The work is rewarding, the commitment small, the camaraderie great. Find out about the openings and how to join our team.

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Bring Home Cyber Risks to Water Supply, in Wake of EPA Tightening

03/29/2023 – With the federal government now requiring that states pay closer attention to cybersecurity risks in their regular audits of public drinking water systems, environmental journalists should be doing the same, suggests the latest TipSheet. Here’s how to gauge the cyber risk and to understand the current safe drinking water regulatory regime, plus story ideas and resources to bolster your local reporting.

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EJToday: Headlines

"House GOP Approves Broad Bill To ‘Unleash’ American Energy"

AP, 03/31/2023
"BLM Proposes Seismic Shift In Lands Management"

E&E News, 03/31/2023
Biden To Announce Federal Funding For Mississippi Tornado Recovery Friday

Reuters, 03/31/2023
"EPA Proposes to Add First-Ever Navajo Site to Superfund List"

Bloomberg Environment, 03/31/2023
"Long-Awaited Rules for Carbon Offset Market Disappoint Experts"

Bloomberg Green, 03/31/2023
"‘Gone Wrong’: Doubts On Carbon-Credit Program In Peru Forest"

AP, 03/31/2023
"Why Kentucky Is Dead Last for Wind and Solar Production"

Inside Climate News, 03/31/2023
"Court Brings Mountain Valley Pipeline Closer To Completion"

E&E News, 03/31/2023
"Australia Makes Biggest Carbon Polluters Curb Emissions"

AP, 03/31/2023
"Horses Came To American West By Early 1600s, Study Finds"

AP, 03/31/2023

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