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November 21, 2024

Mongabay Webinar: How to Cover RFMOs (Regional Fisheries Management Orgs) [1]

This webinar will focus on how journalists can cover regional fisheries management organizations, a group of over a dozen international bodies that manage fish stocks and fishing activity in the world's oceans. 12pm UTC // 7am EST.

Other Events [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
International [7]

Prize Winner Spurs Policy Change on Illinois PFAS Contamination [8]

When Illinois downplayed the results of long-delayed PFAS testing in the state’s public water supply, Chicago Tribune reporter Michael Hawthorne revisited a story he had first covered two decades before. His investigation uncovered dangerous practices threatening public health, won him accolades and moved the needle on state policy. How he went about it, in the new Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [14]
Food [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [5]
Policy [18]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Waste [21]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
  • Read more about Prize Winner Spurs Policy Change on Illinois PFAS Contamination [8]

Offshore Wind Industry Says ‘Misinformation’ From Foes Is A Big Problem [24]

"The U.S offshore wind energy industry says it needs to fight back against disinformation being spread by opponents of wind farms."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [28], 11/01/2024
  • Read more about Offshore Wind Industry Says ‘Misinformation’ From Foes Is A Big Problem [24]

"Climate Change Worsened Disasters That Caused Half A Million Deaths: Report" [29]

"The 10 deadliest extreme weather events of the previous two decades, which contributed to some 570,000 deaths, were all intensified by human-caused climate change, according to a new study from World Weather Attribution."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [31]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
International [7]
Source: The Hill [33], 11/01/2024
  • Read more about "Climate Change Worsened Disasters That Caused Half A Million Deaths: Report" [29]

Slow Firefighting, Costlier Ag Likely If Trump Dismantles NOAA: Experts [34]

"Many industries rely on the agency’s weather and climate data. Even a small gap in its operations could raise food prices and drastically disrupt how people navigate the West’s changing climate."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [30]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [37]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 11/01/2024
  • Read more about Slow Firefighting, Costlier Ag Likely If Trump Dismantles NOAA: Experts [34]

"Disaster Misinformation Is Part of the US Political Landscape Now" [39]

"In September 2018, I was in North Carolina riding out Hurricane Florence and reporting on its impacts. For a few days, I embedded with a FEMA rescue team stationed at Hope Mills Recreation Center near Fayetteville, accompanying emergency responders as they evacuated a senior center in the middle of the night and touring flooded neighborhoods by day."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg [40], 10/31/2024
  • Read more about "Disaster Misinformation Is Part of the US Political Landscape Now" [39]

Paxton Sues Biden FWS Over Listing Freshwater Mussels As Endangered [41]

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that his office is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Biden administration officials for declaring six freshwater mussel species endangered and another threatened earlier this year."

Biodiversity [42]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Natural Resources [37]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: Texas Tribune [44], 10/31/2024
  • Read more about Paxton Sues Biden FWS Over Listing Freshwater Mussels As Endangered [41]

"Spanish Floods Kill 95 As Year Of Rain Falls In A Day In Valencia" [45]

"At least 95 people have been killed in the deadliest flooding to hit Spain for three decades after torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia, sweeping away bridges and buildings, local authorities said on Wednesday."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [30]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
Europe [46]
Source: MSN [47], 10/31/2024
  • Read more about "Spanish Floods Kill 95 As Year Of Rain Falls In A Day In Valencia" [45]

"Water Quality Advocates Ask Virginia For More Aggressive PFAS Policies" [48]

"In Virginia, laws passed so far require agencies to find and address specific sources of PFAS pollution when they have contaminated a public drinking water system. But clean water advocates want the state to require more monitoring now at facilities known to be possible sources of PFAS so that action can be taken more quickly when additional federal limits are finalized."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [49]
Environmental Health [31]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Source: Bay Journal [51], 10/30/2024
  • Read more about "Water Quality Advocates Ask Virginia For More Aggressive PFAS Policies" [48]

"Can 70 Moms Save a Species?" [52]

"There are only about 370 North Atlantic right whales left. Of those, an alarmingly small number are mothers. Squilla is one of them."

Biodiversity [42]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
Source: NYTimes [54], 10/29/2024
  • Read more about "Can 70 Moms Save a Species?" [52]

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