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Seabed Mining May Dredge Up Real Minerals, Fishy Worries in 2024 [1]

The mining of the ocean floor has stirred up significant debate, much of which clouds the realities of whether and to what degree it would cause ecological harm to one of the world’s greatest resources. This week’s TipSheet looks more closely at the controversy, which may well come to a head in the coming year. The latest entry in SEJournal’s 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment and Energy.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Food [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
International [18]
Visibility: 
Public [19]
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"Years Into A Climate Disaster, These People Are Eating The Unthinkable" [20]

"In South Sudan, war and semi-permanent flooding have left people to scavenge for food, with long-term consequences for their health".

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [7]
Food [10]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [21]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [19]
Africa [22]
Source: Washington Post [23], 11/03/2023
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Industry Figures Behind ‘Declaration Of Scientists’ Backing Meat Eating [24]

"A public statement signed by more than 1,000 scientists in support of meat production and consumption has numerous links to the livestock industry, the Guardian can reveal. The statement has been used to target top EU officials against environmental and health policies and has been endorsed by the EU agriculture commissioner."

Agriculture [25]
Environmental Politics [8]
Food [10]
Public [19]
International [18]
Europe [26]
Source: Guardian [27], 10/30/2023
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High-Risk Reporting Yields Results on Palm Oil Investigation [28]

The devastation caused by the Amazonian palm oil industry was at the heart of an investigation by Mongabay reporter Karla Mendes. But first she had to face hostile sources, intransigent regulators and a robbery attempt. Ultimately, the project not only won a reporting prize from the Society of Environmental Journalists but brought global awareness and government action. Her experience, in Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [30]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [8]
Food [10]
Forests [32]
Government [11]
Health [33]
Journalism & Media [12]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
International [18]
South America [34]
Visibility: 
Public [19]
  • Read more about High-Risk Reporting Yields Results on Palm Oil Investigation [28]

"California Baby Food Testing Law Expected to Fill In FDA Gap" [35]

"A California law requiring baby food makers to test their products for toxic heavy metals is expected to surpass FDA guidelines in the race to pressure manufacturers to limit exposure, food safety groups say."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [7]
Food [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [36]
California [37]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 10/30/2023
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Author Brings Far-Reaching Insight to ‘The Three Ages of Water’ [39]

Leading water expert Peter Gleick’s new book on water’s past, present and future is an ambitious volume that offers a panoramic look at this essential resource — and hope for living in harmony with it in the future. BookShelf Editor Tom Henry calls “The Three Ages of Water” a rare book of breadth and depth, part history and part sustainable remedy. Read his review.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [40]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [31]
Food [10]
Health [33]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [41]
Policy [15]
Science [42]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [36]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
International [18]
Africa [22]
Asia [44]
Visibility: 
Public [19]
  • Read more about Author Brings Far-Reaching Insight to ‘The Three Ages of Water’ [39]

"Alaska Native Leaders Call For Legal Overhaul To Protect Subsistence [45]

"The crash of salmon stocks in Western Alaska’s Kuskokwim River has sparked a bitter court fight between the federal and state governments, and now Alaska Native leaders are calling for congressional action to ensure that Indigenous Alaskans have priority for harvests when stocks are scarce."

Environmental Justice [31]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Food [10]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [36]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
Source: Alaska Beacon [47], 10/23/2023
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October 24, 2023

Webinar: Assessing the Risk of PFAS From Land Applied Biosolids Vs. Other Common Exposure Pathways [48]

The Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association (MABA) and the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association invite journalists to a webinar at Noon ET examining the benefits of land-applied biosolids vs. the consequences of ineffectual land application bans in the name of reducing PFAS exposure.

Other Events [49]
Visibility: 
Public [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [30]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Food [10]
Health [33]
Waste [51]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [36]

"In A Warming World, Hunger Stalks Guatemala's Mayan Highlands" [52]

"Crop failures are one reason an unprecedented number of migrants are heading to the U.S. border."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [53]
Food [10]
People & Population [21]
Public [19]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
South America [34]
Source: Reuters [55], 10/16/2023
  • Read more about "In A Warming World, Hunger Stalks Guatemala's Mayan Highlands" [52]

"The Human Limit: Where Heat Worsens Hunger" [56]

"In war-torn Yemen, malnourished children are struggling to survive as temperatures rise".

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [53]
Environmental Health [7]
Food [10]
People & Population [21]
Public [19]
Africa [22]
Source: Washington Post [57], 10/13/2023
  • Read more about "The Human Limit: Where Heat Worsens Hunger" [56]

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