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All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.

"After Decades Of Environmental Issues, Pomona Is Updating Its Zoning Code" [1]

"Residents in Pomona’s industrial zone have dealt with pollution from waste facilities, warehouses, and other polluting industries for decades."

Activism [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: L.A. Public Press [8], 03/05/2024

Appeals Court Ruling Could Allow Mine On Oak Flat, Land Sacred To Apaches [9]

"An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow Friday when a divided federal court panel voted 6-5 to uphold a lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction to halt the transfer of land for the project."

Activism [2]
Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: AP [16], 03/04/2024

Eat Local for Climate’s Sake? No, Eat Less Meat [17]

Many people who want to reduce their carbon footprint consider the climate impacts of diet, but their efforts may be misdirected. When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, it turns out what we eat is often more important than where it comes from. Sentient Media’s Jenny Splitter unpacks the locavore myth and explains methane burps, carbon opportunity costs and more. First of two parts [18].

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [21]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [24]
Food [25]
Forests [26]
Government [27]
Health [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
Pollution [30]
Transportation [31]
Waste [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [34]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
March 28, 2024

ICFJ Empowering the Truth Global Summit [35]

Each Thursday in March, International Center for Journalists hosts 2-hour virtual training sessions for participants in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Participants who attend at least three of the four sessions will be eligible to apply for grants and mentorship.

Workshops and Fellowships [36]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Journalism & Media [29]
People & Population [12]
Technology [37]
Region: 
International [34]
March 20, 2024

SWCC Workshop: "To Build a Better Future, We Must First Imagine It." [38]

Join queer science communicator and climate optimist Ive Velikova in this Science Writers & Communicators of Canada workshop exploring how to leverage the power of storytelling to motivate climate action in your community, drawing from storytelling traditions and speculative fiction genres. 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET.

Workshops and Fellowships [36]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Climate Change [21]
Journalism & Media [29]
Science [39]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [34]
Canada [40]

‘You Want Them To Have A Fighting Chance’: The World Of UK Toading [41]

"A night out with the Somerset volunteers helping amphibians cross the road to their mating grounds as populations decline".

Activism [2]
Biodiversity [42]
Natural Resources [11]
Transportation [31]
Wildlife [43]
Public [6]
Europe [44]
Source: Guardian [45], 02/21/2024

Lax Calif. Pesticide Regulation Violates Civil Rights Laws, Coalition Charges [46]

"A broad coalition of pesticide-reform groups representing California farmworkers and their families called on the state attorney general to investigate systematic civil rights violations last week at a press briefing in Watsonville, a strawberry-growing stronghold about 90 miles south of San Francisco."

Activism [2]
Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 02/21/2024

US Government Ran Decade-Long Campaign Against The Anti-Pipeline Movement [49]

"Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets."

Activism [2]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Environmental Justice [10]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Type Investigations [51], 02/16/2024
February 28, 2024

Coppell Sustainability Summit [52]

This free event, hosted by the Coppell Eco Club in Coppell, Texas, 6:00-8:30 p.m., is aimed at creating change at a city-wide and political level to become more environmentally-conscious. RSVP now for a fun night of movies, free food and exceptional speakers.

Other Events [53]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Chemicals [47]
Planning & Growth [54]
Policy [55]
Pollution [30]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]

"Google To Share Oil And Gas Methane Leaks Spotted From Space" [56]

"Google and environmental group Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday unveiled a partnership to expose sources of climate-warming emissions from oil and gas operations that will be detected from space by a new satellite."

Activism [2]
Air [57]
Chemicals [47]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Pollution [30]
Technology [37]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [34]
Source: Reuters [58], 02/15/2024

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