"The Biden administration on Monday finalized a new rule it says will reduce taxpayer responsibility for the process of decommissioning offshore oil and gas platforms."
"Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say."
"Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change."
This workshop, Oct 31-Nov 9, 2025 in Alberta, provides the opportunity for independent and emerging filmmakers to turn projects into reality, guided by two of the world’s premier adventure filmmakers. Standard and Canadian Indigenous scholarships available. Deadline: May 28.
The Banff Centre's Mountain Writers Intensive, Oct 29-Nov 18, 2025 in Alberta, offers writers an opportunity to work on mountain, landscape or environmentally themed writing projects, under the guidance of two celebrated faculty. Standard and Canadian Indigenous scholarships available. Deadline: May 28.
This Journalismfund.eu program is aimed at cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or newsrooms to investigate and document unreported activities by European fossil fuel companies and their proxies within and beyond the continent. Next deadline: Apr 3, 2025.
Meet SEJ member Britny (Bee) Cordera! Bee is a published poet, nonfiction writer, and emerging journalist who investigates the intersections between environment, climate change and pop culture.
"It’s a major contributor to climate change — the way buildings and roads are made with concrete. It’s also a problem that’s growing as more of the world develops. So the race has been on to find solutions for a material that’s responsible for roughly 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions."
"The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway."
"President Joe Biden's administration is offering farmers money for adopting practices that store carbon in the soil to fight climate change, but Reuters interviews with soil science experts and a review of U.S. Department of Agriculture research indicate doubt that the approach will be effective."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-doi-aims-increase-industry-payment-cleaning-offshore-rigs
[2] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4595686-biden-administration-aims-to-increase-industry-responsibility-for-decommissioning-drilling-platforms/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-has-done-nearly-all-it-can-clean-town-it-hasn-t-worked
[4] https://www.propublica.org/article/calvert-city-kentucky-epa-pollution-westlake-sacrifice-zones
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coral-reefs-around-world-are-experiencing-bleaching-oceans-warm
[6] https://apnews.com/article/coral-reefs-bleaching-climate-change-world-noaa-cd23685816777c56306376a72989f1cb
[7] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-banff-centres-adventure-filmmakers-workshop
[8] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-banff-centres-mountain-writers-intensive
[9] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-journalismfundeu-fossil-fuel-grants-programme
[10] https://www.sej.org/sejspotlight-britny-cordera-freelance-journalist
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/making-cement-damages-climate-one-solution-opening-california
[12] https://apnews.com/article/cement-concrete-carbon-emissions-energy-climate-buildings-a01ea5e9962d3f00a98227e06e2b7917
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/flooding-will-come-no-matter-what
[14] https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-migration-louisiana-slidell-flooding
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-bets-climate-friendly-farming-experts-doubt-it-friendly-enough
[16] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-bets-climate-friendly-farming-experts-doubt-it-is-climate-friendly-enough-2024-04-11/
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