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Interactivity Advances Environmental Storytelling, Part I [1]

Decades worth of technical advances, used creatively by journalists, have led to a world of “wow” storytelling, including on the environmental news front. In the new EJ Insight column, SEJournal’s own Joe Davis takes you on a walking tour of the world of interactive storytelling. Plus, an interview with Hannah Fairfield [2] of The New York Times, a leader in the burgeoning field, and our own shortlist of outstanding projects [3] to view.

Tracking the Big Climate Bills — An Infrastructure/Reconciliation Breakdown [4]

During the next two weeks, expect a rush of Congressional activity as both chambers attempt to set details that will constitute what some see as possibly the most important climate legislation in years. TipSheet helps you keep track of the action, first setting the stage on two massive measures, and then providing resources to track more than half-a-dozen House committees.

“Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System” [5]

A slender new volume makes a substantial case for recognizing (and better protecting) one of America’s most diverse ecosystems — Alabama’s Mobile River Basin. BookShelf Editor Tom Henry reviews Ben Raines’ text, full of fascinating info, images and insights, and which serves as a reminder that some of our nation’s most precious, yet little-noted environments, can be found nearest home.

"Mangrove Restoration Frustration" [6]

"These coastal ecosystems are carbon sinks and coastline protectors, and we know how to restore them. Why have we been doing it the wrong way?"

Source: Hakai [7], 09/13/2021

"Ruth Etzel Speaks Out Ahead of EPA Whistleblower Hearing" [12]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect children by ignoring poisons in the environment and focusing on corporate interests, according to a top children’s health official who will testify this week that the agency tried to silence her because of her insistence on stronger preventions against lead poisoning."

Source: Guardian [13], 09/13/2021

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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-insight/interactivity-advances-environmental-storytelling-part-i [2] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-insight/interactivity-advances-environmental-storytelling-part-ii-hannah-fairfield [3] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-insight/interactivity-advances-environmental-storytelling-part-iii-exemplary [4] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/tracking-big-climate-bills-infrastructurereconciliation-breakdown [5] https://www.sej.org/publications/bookshelf/saving-america-s-amazon-threat-our-nation-s-most-biodiverse-river-system [6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mangrove-restoration-frustration [7] https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/mangrove-restoration-frustration/ [8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/conservation-body-calls-global-moratorium-deep-sea-mining [9] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/conservation-body-calls-global-moratorium-deep-sea-mining-2021-09-09/ [10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/iran-and-iaea-reach-last-minute-deal-nuclear-monitoring [11] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/world/europe/iran-iaea-nuclear-deal.html [12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ruth-etzel-speaks-out-ahead-epa-whistleblower-hearing [13] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/12/ruth-etzel-epa-whistleblower-hearing [14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/big-oil-s-wokewashing-new-climate-science-denialism [15] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/09/big-oil-delay-tactics-new-climate-science-denial [16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tropical-storm-nicholas-bring-heavy-rain-texas-and-louisiana [17] https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-nicholas-hurricane.html [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/record-number-environmental-activists-murdered [19] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58508001 [20] https://www.sej.org/search_results [21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1380 [22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1377 [23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1378 [24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1379 [25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1382 [26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1383 [27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1384 [28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1385 [29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5058