"Construction on a 145-mile (233-kilometer) electricity transmission corridor in western Maine can continue while litigation proceeds over a 1-mile section that was leased by the state, a state Supreme Court justice ruled."
"A group of landmark giant sequoias has so far been spared by a blaze sweeping through a California national park, authorities said on Sunday."
"Facebook’s new effort to combat climate change misinformation falls short of addressing the root of the false claims spreading on the social media platform, an advocacy group said."
"The Biden administration plans to move the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters back to Washington but will convert the current headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo., into a Western hub with additional staff assigned there, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland told bureau employees today."
"The global average temperature will rise 2.7 degrees Celsius by century’s end even if all countries meet their promised emissions cuts, a rise that is likely to worsen extreme wildfires, droughts and floods, the United Nations said in a report on Friday."
SEJ board president Sadie Babits has been thinking about you, SEJ’s members, who are at the core of this organization. It’s because of you that we are here, and it’s also why we are looking at our membership categories to make sure they best represent the work environmental journalists do today and the evolution of our industry. We’re eager to hear from SEJ members of all categories; here's how.
The Worldwide Teach-In invites climate-concerned faculty, staff and students to join the project, with monthly events preceding the Mar 30 event. Register to get involved. For journalists, there are local, national and international stories to pursue from now until March 30.
The Hudson River Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that supports scientific research, ecological enhancement, and educational programs for the Hudson River and its estuary, is seeking an experienced communications professional to assist us in building our outreach capacity. This is a part-time (20 hour/week) position. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience communicating science to non-expert audiences and the capacity to produce clear, concise, persuasive, and well-designed communications addressing complex issues and information.
"Young people coming of age in an era of climate disasters are trying to channel anxiety about the planet flooding and burning".
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-construction-can-continue-most-1b-corridor
[2] https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-environment-maine-utilities-3d5244ffe18d9bb75d22ae1224750e09
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/growing-california-wildfire-spares-group-giant-sequoias
[4] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/growing-california-wildfire-spares-group-giant-sequoias-2021-09-19/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/facebooks-new-climate-change-misinformation-effort-falls-short-group
[6] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/572739-facebooks-new-climate-change-misinformation-effort-falls-short-advocates
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/blm-returns-headquarters-dc
[8] https://www.eenews.net/articles/blm-returns-headquarters-to-d-c/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/un-warns-catastrophic-pathway-current-climate-pledges
[10] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/climate/climate-change-united-nations.html
[11] https://www.sej.org/publications/sej-presidents-report/reviewing-sej-s-bylaws-and-membership-categories-eye-toward
[12] https://www.sej.org/calendar/worldwide-teach-climate-and-justice-march-30-2022
[13] https://www.sej.org/sejspotlight-kimberly-cauvel-reporter-skagit-valley-herald
[14] https://www.sej.org/job-opening-science-communications-professional-hudson-river-foundation
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/young-climate-activists-face-another-challenge-fear-future
[16] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/09/16/climate-change-anxiety-youth/
[17] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1341
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1338
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1339
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1340
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1343
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1344
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1345
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1346
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5024
