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"Chicago Environmental Activists Demand Faster Removal of Lead Water Pipes" [1]

"Research showing Black and Latino residents are twice as likely to have lead service lines has added urgency to demands that the city commit to removing them within 10 years."

Source: Inside Climate News [2], 10/10/2023

Deadly Humid Heat Could Hit Billions, Spread As Far As US Midwest: Study [3]

"Billions of people could struggle to survive in periods of deadly, humid heat within this century as temperatures rise, particularly in some of the world's largest cities, from Delhi to Shanghai, according to research published on Monday."

Source: Reuters [4], 10/10/2023

"Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change" [5]

"A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common, school districts are grappling with how to adapt."

Source: NYTimes [6], 10/10/2023

Food Industry Influence Could Cloud the U.S. Dietary Guidelines: Report [7]

"It is a long-running concern of government watchdogs: Some of the experts responsible for helping to craft the U.S. dietary guidelines also take money from big food and drug companies."

Source: NYTimes [8], 10/10/2023

EPA Refuses To Examine Toxicity Of ‘Inactive’ Pesticide Chemicals [9]

"EPA says too many pesticide formulas exist to check all for the safety of ingredients that could harm humans, plants and wildlife".

Source: Guardian [10], 10/10/2023

"Pacific Coast Of Mexico Preps For A One-Two Punch From Max And Lidia" [11]

"Two named storms in less than 48 hours will slam into Mexico’s Pacific coastline early this week – one of them likely to be a strengthening hurricane – making for an unusual double-barreled threat."

Source: Yale Climate Connections [12], 10/10/2023

SEJ's 2024 Journalists' Guide to Environment and Energy [13]

Watch the video recording [14] of the 12th annual edition of the Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy on November 16, where leading environmental journalists from major news outlets predicted the top stories of the year ahead, David Byrne joined as our special guest, and the winner of the $10,000 Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Environmental Reporting was announced and presented live.

SEJ's 2024 Journalists' Guide to Environment + Energy [15]

"What Will It Take To Make Traditional Foods Thrive Again?" [16]

"Skeena River sockeye have declined 75% since 1913. Woodland caribou have declined by more than half in the past century. But with the right resources, First Nations are bringing ancestral foods back from the brink".

Source: The Narwhal [17], 10/09/2023

"Mega CAFOs on the Chesapeake" [18]

"Chicken farms housing millions of animals threaten a fragile ecology"

"On a drizzly day in May, Maria Payan walked along a country road in Somerset County, Maryland, near her home. On one side of the road was a white house with a peaked roof and an American flag flying from the porch; a ride-on toy tractor was parked by the front steps. On the other, a row of six long, windowless metal buildings housed tens of thousands of chickens. “Oh, the smell is so bad,” Payan said. “Can you imagine living with this every day?”

Source: Sierra [19], 10/09/2023

SEJ's 2024 Journalists' Guide to Environment + Energy [15]

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