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Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment 2017 [1]

Feb 3, 2017 3 - 5 p.m. ET #SEJ2017 The Society of Environmental Journalists launched SEJ's new report, "Journalists' Guide to Energy and Environment 2017," at the Woodrow Wilson Center introduced by SEJ Board President and Climate Central Senior Science Writer Bobby Magill (pictured). The presentation was followed by a panel discussion with leading reporters and editors, a reception and exhibit opening of the exhibit, "Climate Change in Our World," featuring the photography of SEJ member Gary Braasch.

Bobby Magill's presentation [2]
SESSION RECORDING [3] — ARCHIVE LINK [3]
The Journalists' Guide [4]

One-Day Workshop: Media Law for Journalists [5]

This Media Law Resource Center workshop and roundtable in Doral, Florida is for freelancers, bloggers, reporters, editors in print, digital or video spaces, podcasters — any media worker without the benefit of a legal department. Top media lawyers will give practical advice on numerous topics; editors and writers will share tips and strategies on career paths and story pitches.

"Faith Leaders Reframe Climate Change As Moral Issue" [6]

"Priests, pastors and ministers nationwide are spreading the gospel of climate change — as are imams and rabbis."

Source: Columbus Dispatch [7], 01/13/2017

EPA Inventory: Some Air Toxics Have Dropped in Past Decade [8]

"Industrial facilities nationwide covered by an Environmental Protection Agency program reported 'a substantial decrease' in toxic chemical releases between 2005 and 2015, according to the EPA Thursday afternoon (Jan. 12)."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [9], 01/13/2017

Scientists Say Cost of Global Warming Is Underestimated [10]

"How we view the costs of future climate change, and more importantly how we quantify them, may soon be changing. A much-anticipated new report, just released by the National Academy of Sciences, recommends major updates to a federal metric known as the “social cost of carbon” — and its suggestions could help address a growing scientific concern that we’re underestimating the damages global warming will cause."

Source: Wash Post [11], 01/13/2017

"New Pipeline Protest Models Itself On Dakota Access Fight" [12]

"A new front has opened in the fight against the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The battleground this time is rural west Texas, where a small, yet intense opposition to building the Trans-Pecos Pipeline has gained force in recent days."

Source: Huffington Post [13], 01/13/2017

"Greens, Industry Send Dueling Letters To Senators On Pruitt" [14]

"Letters from both supporters and opponents of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominee Scott Pruitt landed in senators’ inboxes on Thursday."

Source: The Hill [15], 01/13/2017

"Federal Agencies Budget $42M For Asian Carp Prevention" [16]

"Federal officials say they'll continue efforts to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite uncertainty about what Donald Trump might propose."

Source: AP [17], 01/13/2017

"US Agrees To Pay Billions To Marines Affected By Toxic Water" [18]

"After years of wait, veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion."

Source: AP [19], 01/13/2017

"National Monuments: Obama Protects 3 New Sites, Expands 2 More" [20]

"President Obama today announced three new national monuments honoring key events in the civil rights movement and expanded both the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and the California Coastal National Monument.

The White House said the president was using his authority to mark the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday by creating two new sites in Alabama — the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument and the Freedom Riders National Monument — and one in South Carolina — the Reconstruction Era National Monument.

Source: Greenwire [21], 01/13/2017

One-Day Workshop: Media Law for Journalists [5]

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