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The Emerald Corridor — Impacts, Fixes and Rethinking Everything [1]

As the Pacific Northwest faces serious impacts from climate change, and moves to respond, the Society of Environmental Journalists provides a special in-depth report on how journalists can tell the unfolding story. “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor” launches Feb. 11 with an extensive issue backgrounder, which will be followed by tipsheets and a toolbox over the next few weeks. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and we welcome your suggestions [2] and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Food [14]
Forests [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Policy [23]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
International [29]
Canada [30]
Visibility: 
Public [31]
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October 6, 2025

DEADLINE: Bill Lane Center for the American West Media Fellowship [32]

Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West is offering a single media fellowship with a $7,500 stipend for three months’ work. The grant will fund a journalist illuminating crucial issues about the region. Apply by Oct 6, 2025.

Workshops and Fellowships [33]
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Public [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [35]
Journalism & Media [18]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Region: 
California [36]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [37]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]

A Land of Stories: SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism Awards $43,281 to Support Stories on U.S. Public Lands [39]

SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism has awarded funds for 14 new story projects selected through the Winter 2019-2020 round of competition for stories about public lands in the United States. More than 70 percent of the funds were awarded to story projects about undercovered communities or diverse perspectives on public lands, such as showing how conflict over narratives framing Ancestral Territory/Public Lands in the context of Bears Ears can turn into collaboration and mutual success, by SEJ member Rico Moore (pictured).

Topics on the Beat: 
Natural Resources [20]
Planning & Growth [22]
Visibility: 
Public [31]
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‘Last Days of the Mighty Mekong’ and ‘Dead in the Water’ [40]

The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions and a biodiversity hotspot. But massive hydropower projects have put the Southeast Asian body of water, as well as the lives of the people and natural world around it, in serious jeopardy. In the latest BookShelf, writer Melody Kemp, who lives alongside the legendary river, reviews two volumes that help explain what’s killing the Mekong.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [6]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Food [14]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region: 
International [29]
Asia [42]
Visibility: 
Public [31]
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"Trump Eases Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands" [43]

"The Trump administration on Thursday will finalize a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and other water bodies, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had shackled them with onerous and unnecessary burdens."

Agriculture [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Planning & Growth [22]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [44]
Public [31]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NY Times [45], 01/23/2020
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Las Vegas Groundwater Management A Success, But Overpumping Issues Loom [46]

"When John Hiatt moved to southwest Las Vegas in 1976, the water level for his domestic well was 115 feet below the surface. A decade and a half later, it dropped to 140 feet."

Agriculture [4]
Planning & Growth [22]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [31]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [37]
Source: Las Vegas Sun [47], 12/10/2019
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February 2, 2026

DEADLINE: New America's Fellows Program [48]

New America invests in thinkers with big, bold ideas that have an impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day. $15k-$30k stipend provided for Sep-May fellowship. Stay in your current job, coming together for two cohort gatherings during the fellowship year. Apply by Feb 2, 2026.

Workshops and Fellowships [33]
Visibility: 
Public [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [18]
Planning & Growth [22]

"71 Republicans Help Pass A Climate Adaptation Bill" [49]

"A bill approved by the House of Representatives could improve the nation's disaster-resilience by requiring communities to use stronger building codes when they spend federal funds to restore damaged structures."

Climate Change [7]
Disasters [8]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Planning & Growth [22]
Public [31]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: ClimateWire [50], 11/21/2019
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Cities Test a Tough Climate Risk Strategy: Saying ‘No’ to Developers [51]

"Glimpsed from a kayak on West Neck Creek, this swampy piece of land, a pocket of red maple and loblolly pine tucked behind growing subdivisions, doesn’t look like the stuff of existential debate. But this is where Virginia Beach, squeezed between the clamor for new housing and the relentlessness of flooding worsened by climate change, decided to draw its line in the mud."

Climate Change [7]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Planning & Growth [22]
Public [31]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NY Times [52], 11/20/2019
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"Cities Worldwide Are Reimagining Their Relationship With Cars" [53]

"At a time when most of humanity lives in cities, where do cars belong — especially the old, polluting ones that make city air foul for people to breathe?"

Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Planning & Growth [22]
Transportation [25]
Public [31]
International [29]
Source: NY Times [54], 11/15/2019
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