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DEADLINE: ICN’s Environmental Reporting Workshop for Midwest Journalists [1]

InsideClimate News, the Pulitzer Prize-winning national nonprofit newsroom, will hold a free, two-day training for about ~12 winning applicants from March 7-8, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. The workshop will be focused on business journalism and center on covering the clean-energy economy in the Midwest. Deadline is Feb 1.

Up In Smoke: Home Insurance Getting Hard To Find In Wildfire Country [2]

"BOULDER, Colo. — A few months after Chris Cook and his family moved from California into a four-bedroom house nestled among ponderosa pines in the foothills here, they got a letter saying their home insurance policy had been canceled."

Source: Stateline [3], 01/04/2019

100s of Scientists To Miss Major Weather Conference Because Of Shutdown [4]

"Each year, several thousand weather forecasters, researchers and climate scientists from all over the world gather for the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting to exchange ideas to improve weather prediction and understanding of climate change. This year, due to the partial federal government shutdown, hundreds of scientists will not attend the conference set to begin this weekend in Phoenix."

Source: Washington Post [5], 01/04/2019

"Nominations: Senate Approves Top Energy, Environment Picks" [6]

"The Senate last night [Wednesday] approved a series of energy and environment nominees by voice vote in the final full day of the 115th Congress."

Source: E&E Daily [7], 01/04/2019

DEADLINE: One World Media Awards [8]

These annual awards honor the best media coverage of the global south — stories that break through stereotypes, change the narrative and connect people across cultures. Awards are offered in many categories, including Environmental Reporting and Press Freedom. Deadline is Feb 9, 2026.

Communities Confront Threat Of Unregulated Chemicals In Drinking Water [9]

"PARCHMENT, Mich. — The day this small town told its residents to stop drinking the water, life on Glendale Boulevard turned from quiet to alarming."

Source: Washington Post [10], 01/04/2019

"Justice Dept. Investigating Whether Zinke Lied To Inspector General" [11]

"The Justice Department’s public integrity section is examining whether newly departed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to his agency’s inspector general investigators, according to three people familiar with the matter, a potential criminal violation that would exacerbate Zinke’s legal woes.

Source: Washington Post [12], 01/04/2019

'Existential Threat Of Our Time': Pelosi Elevates Climate Change On Day 1 [13]

"Democrats put climate change back on the forefront of their governing agenda Thursday, portraying the issue as an "existential threat" even as the caucus remains split over how forcefully to respond."

Source: Politico [14], 01/04/2019

"Plastic Straws Now Officially Banned In D.C." [15]

"Add one more item to those “Out for 2019” lists : plastic straws. D.C. banned plastic straws in restaurants and other businesses effective Jan. 1, 2019, becoming the second major U.S. city to do so. Seattle made the change six months ago."

Source: WAMU [16], 01/03/2019

"Maryland Board Votes Against Natural Gas Pipeline Project" [17]

"ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A board of high-ranking Maryland officials on Wednesday rejected a proposed pipeline across the western part of the state that would carry natural gas produced in Pennsylvania to West Virginia.

The Board of Public Works voted 3-0 against an easement for TransCanada’s pipeline. It would run under the Potomac River near Hancock, Maryland, and extend about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from Columbia Gas’ network in Pennsylvania to Mountaineer Gas’ distribution system in West Virginia.

Source: AP [18], 01/03/2019

DEADLINE: ICN’s Environmental Reporting Workshop for Midwest Journalists [1]

DEADLINE: One World Media Awards [8]

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