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April 11, 2025

Mongabay Webinar: How To Cover Wildlife Corridors [1]

This edition of Mongabay’s webinar series will examine how journalists can report on corridors and answer key questions related to their use in law, policy, scientific research, conservation and human development. 10:30 a.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
Wildlife [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
March 28, 2025

FIJ Webinar: Inside the Investigation — Georgia Gee [9]

The Fund for Investigative Journalism is holding a free webinar with Georgia Gee sharing how she investigated environmental hazards at a Florida school stretching back six decades. Concrete tips and resources that other journalists can use to do similar investigations will also be shared. Noon ET.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [10]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [5]
Pollution [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]

Duffy Gives NYC 30-Day Congestion Pricing Extension, Puts Hochul ‘On Notice’ [14]

"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the administration was giving New York City a 30-day extension for its congestion pricing plan and putting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) “on notice.”

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [5]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [21]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
Source: The Hill [23], 03/21/2025

"Lake Tahoe Could Be A Deathtrap During Major Wildfires" [24]

"Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties in South Lake Tahoe are at risk — yet new resorts are being built in high-danger fire areas."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Forests [27]
Infrastructure [28]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [5]
Transportation [21]
Public [3]
California [29]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]
Source: CalMatters [31], 03/21/2025

"Trump Administration Drops Work On Stronger Building Codes For Disasters" [32]

"For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, the Trump Administration has ordered that to stop, according to people involved with the work."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Planning & Growth [5]
Technology [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [35], 02/24/2025

"Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls" [36]

"President Trump intends to revoke federal approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy that tolls drivers who enter Manhattan’s busiest streets to help finance repairs to mass transit."

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [5]
Transportation [21]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [38], 02/20/2025

Climate Risk Data Helps Decisions, Stories About Looming Disaster [39]

Environmental journalists aiming to report local or regional stories on real estate climate risk should explore an impressive bit of data journalism on the subject; Reporter’s Toolbox lauds it not just for the exemplary work, but also because the project, from The Washington Post, allows them to look up a variety of risks in their own locales.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [40]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [25]
Journalism & Media [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Insurance Meltdown a Foreseeable Climate Disaster [41]

Whether fires in California or flooding in North Carolina, climate disasters are revealing a major fault line in U.S. emergency response — a serious insurance shortfall that may lead to financial catastrophe. The new Issue Backgrounder explores the risks of underinsured disasters, the limits to the national flood insurance programs and FEMA aid, and the predictable scapegoating that has created solution gridlock.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [25]
Economy & Business [17]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [5]
Policy [43]
Water & Oceans [34]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
February 3, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Story Grants to Support Reporting on Climate and Environmental Solutions in Asia Pacific [44]

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is offering 15-20 story grants of up to US$2000 each to support the production of in-depth solutions-focused media reports on environmental and climate challenges in the Asia-Pacific region. Apply by Feb 3, 2025.

Awards and Grants [45]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [5]
Region: 
International [8]
Asia [46]

"Los Angeles Fires Are Exacerbating the City’s Housing Crisis" [47]

"Landlords and real estate agencies are jacking up the rent on houses as demand outstrips supply in fire-torn LA."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [25]
Infrastructure [28]
Natural Resources [48]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 01/16/2025

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