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Wildlife [7]

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"Interior: BLM Pushes To Lift Order Blocking Sage Grouse Plans" [9]

"The Bureau of Land Management is hoping to revive controversial revisions to Obama-era greater sage grouse protection plans that a federal judge blocked last year."

Wildlife [7]

Public [3]

Source: Greenwire [13], 02/20/2020

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"Locust Swarms Ravaging East Africa Are the Size of Cities" [14]

"A devastating pest outbreak is threatening millions of people with hunger."

Agriculture [15]

Disasters [16]

Public [3]

Africa [17]

Source: Bloomberg Green [18], 02/19/2020

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FWS Seeks Comments on ANWR Polar Bear Study; Critics See Drilling Push [19]

"A decision by the Department of the Interior to open up comments on a scientific study looking at how polar bears are impacted by oil and gas activity is raising questions from observers who say the department may be looking to undermine any opposition to drilling in protected Alaskan wilderness."

Science [20]

Wildlife [7]

Public [3]

Alaska and Hawaii [21]

Source: The Hill [22], 02/19/2020

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Environmental Books by SEJ Members (2018) [23]

Are you an SEJ member who's authored, co-authored or edited a non-fiction or fiction environmental book (published in 2018) you'd like included on this page? Documentaries are also welcome. Please send the following to web content manager Cindy MacDonald [24]:

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Public [3]

Disasters [16]

Journalism & Media [25]

Science [20]

Wildlife [7]

Read more about Environmental Books by SEJ Members (2018) [23]

Vast Mesoamerican Reef Declines After Years Of Improvement: Study [28]

"The condition of the world’s second-largest coral system, the Mesoamerican Reef stretching from Mexico to Central America, has taken a turn for the worse and faces further threats from climate change, according to a report by a group of scientists."

Public [3]

Central America & the Caribbean [29]

Source: Reuters [30], 02/14/2020

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"Can the World’s Strangest Mammal Survive?" [31]

"The platypus is imperiled by habitat loss, predation by feral cats, and now drought and wildfires wrought by climate change."

Wildlife [7]

Public [3]

Australia & Oceania [32]

Source: NY Times [33], 02/11/2020

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Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [34]

This special report is designed to help journalists in the Pacific Northwest cover the impacts of climate change, as well as the actions taken to mitigate its worst effects and to adapt to what can’t be stopped. The report includes a wide-ranging issue backgrounder and tipsheets on climate impacts, mitigation and adaptation, plus a toolbox of sources. Read on for a wealth of story ideas for right now, and over the coming decade. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and welcome your suggestions [35] and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [15]

Air [36]

Consumer [37]

Disasters [16]

Diversity [38]

Economy & Business [39]

Environmental Health [40]

Environmental Justice [41]

Environmental Studies [42]

Fish & Fisheries [43]

Food [44]

Forests [45]

Government [46]

Health [47]

Journalism & Media [25]

Military [48]

Nuclear Power & Radiation [49]

People & Population [50]

Planning & Growth [51]

Policy [52]

Pollution [53]

Science [20]

Technology [54]

Transportation [55]

Wildlife [7]

Region:

Northwest (OR WA) [56]

International [57]

Canada [58]

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Public [3]

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The Emerald Corridor — Impacts, Fixes and Rethinking Everything [59]

As the Pacific Northwest faces serious impacts from climate change, and moves to respond, the Society of Environmental Journalists provides a special in-depth report on how journalists can tell the unfolding story. “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor” launches Feb. 11 with an extensive issue backgrounder, which will be followed by tipsheets and a toolbox over the next few weeks. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and we welcome your suggestions [35] and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."

SEJ Publication Types:

Special Reports [60]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [15]

Air [36]

Disasters [16]

Economy & Business [39]

Environmental Health [40]

Fish & Fisheries [43]

Food [44]

Forests [45]

Government [46]

Health [47]

Journalism & Media [25]

People & Population [50]

Planning & Growth [51]

Policy [52]

Pollution [53]

Transportation [55]

Region:

Northwest (OR WA) [56]

International [57]

Canada [58]

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Public [3]

Read more about The Emerald Corridor — Impacts, Fixes and Rethinking Everything [59]

"BLM Struggles To Fill Top Positions In New Western HQ" [61]

"When the Bureau of Land Management moves its Washington-based headquarters to Grand Junction, Colo., this year, more than half of the senior leaders may be as new as the office itself."

Agriculture [15]

Government [46]

Public [3]