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Resiliency Checklist — Is Your Community Ready for the Next Big Flood? [1]

With flood-ravaged Midwestern states in the news, it’s time to ask whether your own community is ready for the “big one.” This week’s TipSheet offers a 10-point Resiliency Checklist to focus your reporting. Track the vulnerability of infrastructure like drinking water and sewage plants, roads, bridges and levees, the adequacy of flood insurance and much more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Transportation [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

"How to Protect Manhattan from Climate Change? Make It Bigger" [15]

"After Hurricane Sandy flooded Lower Manhattan and caused massive damage to the city’s financial center, climate scientists agreed it was only a matter of time before a new superstorm would bring the same kind of damage — or worse."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Planning & Growth [8]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: NY Times [17], 03/15/2019
April 23, 2019

Energy, Salmon, Agriculture & Community: Can We Come Together? [18]

The Andrus Center for Public Policy at Boise State University is convening this one-day event to support current discussions with leaders and groups from Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho regarding a long-term plan to address energy, salmon, water, agriculture, and community needs.

Other Events [19]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Planning & Growth [8]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
March 21, 2019

William K. Reilly Awards and Reception [25]

The Center for Environmental Policy at American University in Washington, DC presents the 7th Annual William K. Reilly Awards to celebrate honorees Linda Fisher and Kevin Fay. Phil Sharp, national energy and climate change leader, will deliver the keynote address.

News Events & Press Conferences [26]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [27]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Studies [28]
Planning & Growth [8]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
April 23, 2019 to April 25, 2019

National Adaptation Forum [30]

This three-day event in Madison, WI, will focus on established and emerging issues related to practical climate adaptation solutions. It's known as a great resource for finding story ideas and meeting scientists, agency staff, citizens and more. On Tuesday, April 23, Concurrent Session 3, "Overcoming Flood Amnesia: How Two Cities and Two States Are Becoming Resilient," is organized by SEJ member Penny Loeb.

Other Events [19]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Health [21]
Planning & Growth [8]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]

Perfecting Your Panorama Technique [34]

In this how-to, veteran environmental photojournalist Dennis Dimick shares new techniques for capturing panoramas from the air — while on commercial plane flights — in order to illustrate human impacts on the landscape. Plus, Dimick details how and why he developed the new approach [35], in our latest EJ InSight column exploring the cutting edge of visual journalism on the environment.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [36]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Air [37]
Forests [38]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
International [40]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

Capturing a Planet on the Fly [35]

Capturing panoramas from the air has become a passion for veteran environmental photojournalist Dennis Dimick. In the latest EJ InSight, our new column exploring the cutting edge of visual journalism on the environment, Dimick describes how he visualizes the expanding human footprint of the emergent Anthropocene era — by shooting from commercial airplane flights. Plus, Dimick shares his techniques in a how-to sidebar [34].

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [36]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Air [37]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Forests [38]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
February 20, 2019

Webinar: Managing the Promise and Risk of Infrastructure Development [41]

This free webinar, starting at 9:00 a.m. EST, is planned around the launch of the Arcus Foundation’s report, State of the Apes: Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation. World Bank and conservationist experts will discuss prevention and mitigation of infrastructure-related harm to local communities, biodiversity and critical habitats. Can't make it? A replay of the video will be available after the event.

Other Events [19]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [42]
Economy & Business [32]
Planning & Growth [8]
March 19, 2019 to March 21, 2019

Kyoto Prize Symposium [43]

This annual event in San Diego provides an opportunity for an international audience to learn about the achievements of the current Kyoto Prize Laureates and to discuss the relationship between their accomplishments and the common quest for peace and harmony in our world. The lectures are open to the public at no charge. Journalists can apply by Feb 28, 2019 for a Kyoto Prize Journalism Fellowship to learn about the latest Kyoto Prize laureates and their work through lectures, workshops and access to the laureates themselves.

Other Events [19]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [44]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Science [45]
Region: 
California [46]

Urgency of Katowice Carries Over to SEJ Mission [47]

From under a blanket of dense smog that hung over the southern Polish town hosting a recent United Nations climate change conference, the president of the Society of Environmental Journalists, Bobby Magill, had a moment of clarity for the profession and the organization. His insights, and how they will affect the future of SEJ as it begins a new strategic planning process, in Magill’s latest SEJ President’s Report. Plus, a special honor for a “tireless” SEJ leader.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ Presidents Report [48]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [27]
Air [37]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Health [49]
Journalism & Media [6]
Planning & Growth [8]
Policy [50]
Pollution [39]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
International [40]
Europe [51]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

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