"Last week, the US National Hurricane Center issued its first advisory of the year, more than a month before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from 1 June to 30 November."
Meet SEJ member Shamsuddin Illius! Shamsuddin is an award-winning Climate and Environmental journalist based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He has been working at The Business Standard (TBS) as the Chittagong Bureau Chief since 2019. He also works as a stringer for Agence France-Presse (AFP).
"To bring more water to the landscape — and fight the growing risk of catastrophic wildfires — a Tribe in California helps to reshape fire management policy."
"The PBS documentary ‘One with the Whale’ explores the importance of subsistence hunting and gathering in a Yup’ik village—and what happens when mainlanders misunderstand it."
"The impacts of climate change are steadily and exponentially being felt here in Appalachia just as they have across the globe, and environmental activists, scientists and outdoor enthusiasts alike find themselves in a race to counter the climate curve in the region."
"New resources from the Center for Public Integrity and Grist aim to teach residents and reporters how to conduct their own research."
"Circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that just flooded Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, but scientists didn’t discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-triggered warming they have seen in other extreme weather events, a new report found."
"On Friday, Colorado became the latest state to detect the bird flu virus spreading in dairy cattle. It follows revelations earlier in the week that viral fragments are turning up in retail milk."
"As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City."
"Thanks to a federal judge, residents of Jackson will have a say in how the city resolves its yearslong water crisis."
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[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fire-watersheds
[5] https://www.biographic.com/fire-for-water/
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[11] https://grist.org/accountability/how-to-investigate-toxic-lead-contamination-community-soil-toolkit/
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[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bird-flu-spreads-cows-scientists-ask-4-big-questions
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[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/angry-mexican-farmers-target-avocado-orchards-suck-too-much-water
[17] https://apnews.com/article/mexico-drought-avocados-dried-up-lakes-faaad63fdf0d3f3cba7b33fb0456c053
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/water-crisis-mississippi-turns-fight-against-privatization
[19] https://grist.org/equity/a-water-crisis-in-mississippi-turns-into-a-fight-against-privatization/
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