"A proposal to ban the weed killing chemical paraquat cleared the California State Assembly last week and now faces a fight in the State Senate over what would be the first such ban in the country."
"Florida’s coral reefs experienced the deadliest bleaching event in history last summer, a toll largely caused by record hot coastal waters. Now, water temperatures in the Florida Keys are already approaching the coral danger zone — earlier and hotter than last year."
"The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines — akin to COVID-19 shots — that are being tested in both animals and people."
"For the first time, Florida home sellers will have to disclose certain aspects of a property’s flood history, under legislation Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law this week."
"Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected Mexico’s first ever female president in a historic result. Dr Sheinbaum, 61, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, is a member of the leftist Morena party and the handpicked successor to populist Andres Manuel López Obrador."
"David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona’s record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave. His family found the 73-year-old lying on the ground, his lower body burned. Hom died at the hospital, his core body temperature at 107 degrees."
"Former president Donald Trump suggested to oil executive donors this month that he could ease the Federal Trade Commission’s scrutiny of their industry’s mergers and acquisitions if he returns to the White House, according to five people familiar with the matter."
Meet SEJ member Ian Morse! Ian started his journalism career reporting on land issues in rural Indonesia. More recently, he has broadened his reporting on corporate climate action, including carbon removal and urban development. Ian will start a PhD program in geography in the fall and plans to continue his newsletter, Green Rocks, and aiding investigations.
As global warming worsens heat-related illnesses, U.S. government agencies have refined a data tool whose greatest value may be to warn people about the extreme heat events that can send them to the emergency room or worse. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores the improved HeatRisk site and how its combination of climate and medical considerations refocuses attention on the vulnerable.
This Institute for Independent Journalists' workshop in Chicago, held the day before the NABJ annual convention, is designed to help freelancers develop sustainable independent journalism practices. Meet assigning editors from the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times and other publications. Discount for SEJ members.
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[2] https://www.thenewlede.org/2024/05/paraquat-ban-stays-alive-advances-in-california/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/water-temps-soar-florida-keys-can-coral-reefs-stand-more-extreme-heat
[4] https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article288677775.html
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[6] https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-mrna-vaccine-ab3cf2df5ef7dca8f56d279205a97ff7
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-law-give-florida-homebuyers-more-transparency-flood-history
[8] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01062024/florida-homebuyers-flood-history-law/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mexico-elects-climate-scientist-first-female-president
[10] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/03/mexico-elects-first-female-president-claudia-sheinbaum/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ap-analysis-finds-2023-set-record-us-heat-deaths
[12] https://apnews.com/article/record-heat-deadly-climate-change-humidity-south-11de21a526e1cbe7e306c47c2f12438d
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-suggests-oil-donors-he-will-fast-track-their-merger-deals
[14] https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/31/trump-oil-mergers-occidental-crownrock/
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[16] https://www.sej.org/publications/reporters-toolbox/new-heatrisk-data-site-helps-warn-health-threats
[17] https://www.sej.org/calendar/freelance-business-workshop
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