Oct 5, 2022 — The Fund for Environmental Journalism has awarded $47,342 for 12 projects selected through the 2022 round of competition for stories on U.S. public lands (lands owned and/or managed by federal, state, local or tribal governments).
The experts of the Switzerland-based Food Packaging Forum’s Scientific Advisory Board will be available to answer questions about how chemicals in food packaging affect human health, sustainable packaging, green chemistry, plastic and chemical pollution, microplastics, endocrine disruption, and more, 11:30 a.m. EST, on Reddit.
This first-ever conference, co-hosted by the East-West Center in Koror, Palau, will explore a coordinated region-wide response against invasive species that threaten ecosystem sustainability, food security, quality of life and climate resilience across the Pacific Islands.
"100ft alerce has estimated age of 5,484, more than 600 years older than Methuselah in California".
"'It’s really gut-wrenching,' Jocey Alec, daughter of Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Woos, says."
"The White House has chosen a regulatory review chief who has spent decades analyzing the real-world impacts of executive rulemaking."
"Hundreds of people are in the process of suing the government over illness and disruption to their lives they attribute to water contamination from Navy fuel spills in Hawaii last year, according their attorney."
"A new disease that’s killing off more than 90% of some coral species has made its first incursion into the rainbow-hued seascapes covering the Gulf of Mexico’s largest and most-treasured coral sanctuary."
"'Our history is here. Our ancestors are here. Our stories started here. And we are committed to ensuring that this cherished site is protected'".
"Too much noise is not only annoying for us on land but also to animals underwater. Worse, too much noise can kill them. Three solutions for making the oceans quieter and why less noise is good for the climate."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/fej-grantees-2022
[2] https://www.sej.org/calendar/ama-scientists-food-packaging-forum
[3] https://www.sej.org/calendar/pacific-ecological-security-conference
[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/miracle-gran-abuelo-chile-could-be-world-s-oldest-living-tree
[5] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/23/gran-abuelo-chile-world-oldest-living-tree-alerce
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/after-resistance-coastal-gaslink-starts-drill-under-wet-suwet-en-river
[7] https://thenarwhal.ca/coastal-gaslink-drilling-starts/
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/meet-richard-revesz-biden-s-choice-rules-czar
[9] https://www.eenews.net/articles/meet-richard-revesz-bidens-choice-for-rules-czar/
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hundreds-sue-feds-over-water-contamination-hawaii-base
[11] https://www.eenews.net/articles/hundreds-to-sue-feds-over-water-contamination-at-hawaii-base/
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/gulf-mexico-s-largest-coral-sanctuary-faces-mystery-extreme-threat
[13] https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_37924700-3b7e-11ed-b697-27789a329dec.html
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/muscogee-get-their-say-national-park-plan
[15] https://apnews.com/article/travel-georgia-oklahoma-472a110e3252ec6182eac277050526c9
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/noise-pollution-why-sea-needs-more-peace
[17] https://www.dw.com/en/noise-kills-marine-wildlife-if-oceans-are-too-loud-how-to-help-make-them-quieter/a-63219581
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1029
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1026
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[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1028
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1031
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[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1033
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