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Determined Grantee Weaves Together Unique Project on Ash Trees, Wetlands and Baskets [1]

When the global pandemic interfered with independent journalist Gabriel Popkin’s plans for a grant-funded biodiversity reporting project on the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest threatening ash forests, he came up with a surprising solution. In this FEJ StoryLog, Popkin shares how he worked around travel shutdowns and subsequent story pitch rejections to ultimately discover an alternative storytelling option to keep his project alive.

Publication Indexes — Roadmaps to Environmental Science Journals … and News [2]

Findings from scientific research provide many a news lead on the environment beat, and even reporters not closely attuned to the world of scientific journals can use them to find stories. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox offers up one key: indexes. They can guide you to abstracts and free versions of otherwise costly publications. A list of indexes to try. Plus, a half-dozen other pro tips.

"Fear The Deer: Crash Data Illuminates America’s Deadliest Animal" [3]

"Behold the deer, the deadliest beast in North America. Deer are responsible for the deaths of about 440 of the estimated 458 Americans killed in physical confrontations with wildlife in an average year, according to Utah State University biologist Mike Conover, employing some educated guesswork in the latest edition of “Human-Wildlife Interactions.”"

Source: Washington Post [4], 01/24/2023

"Growing Dust from Desert Wind Storms Has Curbed Warming, Study Finds" [5]

"The amount of dust generated by desert windstorms has grown markedly since the mid-19th century, helping to offset the global rise in temperature, new research shows."

Source: YaleE360 [6], 01/24/2023

"How The White House Found EJ Areas Without Using Race" [7]

"The White House was widely criticized a year ago for not using racial demographics to identify disadvantaged communities that would be targeted for extra climate aid. ... But the colorblind approach has succeeded at prioritizing minority neighborhoods, an E&E News analysis shows."

Source: E&E News [8], 01/24/2023

Some Landfills Will Begin Treating PFAS On-Site As Regulations Tighten [9]

"After years of sending leachate from the Coventry landfill downstream to a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Vermont, Casella Waste Systems is building an on-site facility to treat its runoff. Amid rising public concern over PFAS and new or forthcoming regulations, an increasing number of landfill operators across the country are considering similar moves."

Source: Waste Dive [10], 01/24/2023

What If The Largest Owner Of Oil And Gas Wells In The US Goes Bankrupt? [11]

"Diversified Energy’s liabilities exceed its assets, according to a new report, sparking concerns about whether taxpayers will wind up paying to plug its 70,000 wells."

Source: Daily Climate [12], 01/24/2023

"Here’s What We Know About Kerry’s Offset Gambit" [13]

"New outlines of a hotly debated carbon credit initiative involving the U.S. government and two major philanthropies are raising questions about its ability to generate money while lowering emissions. Those come as the program’s organizers seem to disagree about whether it is, in fact, a carbon offsets program."

Source: E&E News [14], 01/24/2023

"How Biden Can Meet His 100% Clean Electricity Goal" [15]

"It’s one of President Biden’s most important and ambitious climate goals: eliminating carbon pollution from America’s power sector by 2035.... However, a detailed new analysis finds that the Biden administration can still keep this central climate goal within reach if the Environmental Protection Agency enacts strong carbon pollution standards for new and existing power plants."

Source: Washington Post [16], 01/24/2023

Brazil Police Say Gang Leader Likely Ordered Killing of Phillips, Pereira [17]

"Brazil's federal police said on Monday they had a "strong conviction" a gang leader known as "Colombia" ordered the brutal murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, killed in the Amazon rainforest last June."

Source: Reuters [18], 01/24/2023

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