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Brazil Faces Two Contrasting Legacies For Amazon In October’s Elections [1]

"Polls indicate that Brazil’s presidential election in October will go to a runoff between incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in a duel likely to decide the fate of the Amazon Rainforest."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
South America [8]
Source: Mongabay [9], 09/13/2022
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"Climate Change Raises New Challenges for Marijuana Farmers" [10]

"Wildfires and droughts ravaging agricultural land around the world have raised the stakes for cannabis farmers, who must decide whether to cultivate their plants in greenhouses or out in fields."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg [12], 09/12/2022
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"As Seas Rise, U.S. Coastal Landowners Urged To Let The Water In" [13]

"Led by Maryland, governments and green groups are offering incentives to allow threatened saltwater marshes to 'migrate' inland".

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [16], 09/12/2022
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Fill Your Plate With Chicken Stories [17]

Chicken production in the United States is a colossal industry controlled by a few vertically integrated companies. On a much smaller scale, it’s also heritage breeds and increasingly popular backyard flocks. As the latest avian flu outbreak makes headlines, journalist Christine Heinrichs looks at environmental reporting opportunities related to poultry pathogens, pollution and more.

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Biodiversity [19]
Consumer [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Food [23]
Government [24]
Health [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Science [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [31]
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National (U.S.) [11]
California [32]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
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"US Farmers Face Plague Of Pests As Global Heating Raises Soil Temperatures" [34]

"Milder winters could threaten crop yields as plant-eating insects spread northwards and become more voracious, researchers say".

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Guardian [36], 09/09/2022
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Science Journalism Forum [37]

The sixth annual SJF is a global event (in-person in UAE and hybrid) where science journalists, writers, publishers, scientists, students and academia can share new ideas and thoughts in science journalism — and pitch story ideas to the world’s top editors. Attendance fellowships available.

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Environmental Health [22]
Food [23]
Health [25]
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Science [29]
Water & Oceans [14]
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International [40]

"Historic, Unforgiving Western Heat Wave Is Peaking And Crushing Records" [41]

"A historically severe September heat wave is baking the West, breaking hundreds of records, posing a danger to public health and pushing California’s power grid to the limit. Some records have been shattered by wide margins as the scorching air mass exacerbates the fire danger in the drought-stricken region."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [35]
Forests [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [42], 09/07/2022
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"It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off." [43]

"The ‘highly skilled environmental engineers’ can help to store precious water and rejuvenate land ravaged by climate change. Just don’t dynamite their homes."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [19]
Natural Resources [44]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [31]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [45], 09/06/2022
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"A Failure Of Enforcement" [46]

"Deforesters are plundering the Amazon. Brazil is letting them get away with it."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
South America [8]
Source: Washington Post [47], 09/06/2022
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Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [48]

Levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have doubled in the past 150 years due to human activity, particularly from fossil fuels and extensive farming. As part of an ongoing Society of Environmental Journalists special project focused on covering climate solutions, check out a methane resource toolbox and stay tuned for a methane reporting tipsheet in the coming weeks. Plus, watch the recording [49] of an SEJ virtual webinar, Covering Climate Solutions: Containing and Monitoring Methane.

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Environmental Health [22]
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Government [24]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [44]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Science [29]
Technology [54]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
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