This election year, environmental issues like climate change may well break the pattern of past campaigns, where they seemed to recede as voting approached. Our latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [2]” explains how green politics may shape both national and state/local races in the months to come, and provides resources for reporters to track that rapidly changing landscape.
As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary, the organization’s newly appointed president offers a rundown of the SEJ’s wide-ranging activities — from conferences and awards to grants, strategic plans and diversity efforts — and calls on members to join in the good work. Get a bird’s-eye view from Meera Subramanian in the latest SEJ President’s Report.
From Australia to the Arctic to your neighborhood, environment and energy news is already heating up as 2020 kicks off — and the election promises to add fuel to the fire. On January 24, attendees got a head start on the year's top stories at SEJ's 8th annual "Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment" at the National Geographic Society's auditorium in Washington, DC. Watch the video recording here [5].
From Australia to the Arctic to your neighborhood, environment and energy news is already heating up as 2020 kicks off — and the election promises to add fuel to the fire. Get a head start on the year's top stories at SEJ's 8th annual "Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment," 3:00-5:00 p.m. ET at the National Geographic Society's Grosvenor Auditorium in Washington, DC. The event will be livestreamed. NEW! Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Chair of The Elders, will join this event for an interview with Jeff Burnside.
"California has gone through several difficult fire seasons in recent years. Now, some cities are investing in unconventional fire prevention methods, including goats."
"The human toll from coal-fired pollution in America has been laid bare by a study that has found more than 26,000 lives were saved in the US in just a decade due to the shift from coal to gas for electricity generation."
"JetBlue Airways Corp. said it will become the first large U.S. airline to offset emissions from all of its domestic flights, aiming to become carbon neutral by July as pressure grows on the industry from climate change activists."
"Environmentalists and politicians worry Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts could be weakened, if not doomed, days after the federal official overseeing that work called an agreement to reduce water pollution an “aspirational” goal and not rules to be enforced."
"The potential environmental and economic consequences posed by proposals for fish farming in federal waters dictate that Congress — not a federal agency — must decide how to regulate the industry, an attorney told a federal appeals court Monday."
"The Trump administration's latest National Preparedness Report, which describes the greatest threats and hazards to the country, says nothing about climate change, drought or sea-level rise."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/climate-environment-sure-reverberate-2020-elections
[2] https://www.sej.org/publications/sej-news/2020-journalists-guide-energy-environment
[3] https://www.sej.org/sej-presidents-report/fostering-sej-s-new-era-leadership
[4] https://www.sej.org/2020-journalists-guide-energy-environment
[5] https://youtu.be/JOsvW2QHQgg
[6] https://www.sej.org/calendar/2020-journalists-guide-energy-environment
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/calif-cities-turn-hired-hooves-help-prevent-massive-wildfires
[8] https://www.npr.org/2020/01/05/792458505/california-cities-turn-to-hired-hooves-to-help-prevent-massive-wildfires
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/shutdown-us-coal-power-facilities-saved-over-26000-lives-study-finds
[10] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/06/coal-power-pollution-gas-saved-lives-study
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/jetblue-moves-become-first-carbon-neutral-us-airline
[12] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jetblue-takes-steps-become-first-130000045.html
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-official-stirs-fear-over-future-chesapeake-bay-cleanup-efforts
[14] https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/environment/bs-md-epa-bay-program-comments-20200107-34qokq34hfhevizv25d3auzxi4-story.html
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/future-fish-farming-federal-waters-issue-court
[16] https://apnews.com/e724b46fd480a029d240ab2b0d92a9dc
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fema-threat-report-ignores-climate-change-sea-level-rise
[18] https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1062012735
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1734
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1731
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1732
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1733
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1736
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1737
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1738
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1739
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4918