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June 24, 2009

Statistics for Media [1]

Statistics Canada will be hosting a free workshop for media designed to show you how and where to look for the data you need, how to interpret them, and how to present them.

Professional Meetings [2]
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Journalism & Media [5]
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Canada [6]

"Tracking Biden’s Environmental Actions" [7]

The Washington Post has launched a tracker to count the Biden rollbacks of the Trump rollbacks.

Environmental Politics [8]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [11], 01/22/2021

SEJ Petitions Biden/Harris To Restore Government Openness and Respect for Journalists [12]

On Jan 21, 2021, SEJ wrote President Biden and Vice President Harris, petitioning them "to commit your administration to restoring openness and transparency throughout the federal government, and by your words and actions, to help restore respect for the vital role journalists play in our democracy" and providing concrete steps to do so. Read full text of the letter [13].

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Journalism & Media [5]
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Public [3]

"Path to Biden’s Green Buying Pledge Runs Through Obama Policies" [14]

"President Joe Biden‘s most potent weapon for making climate change a priority for companies and federal officials may already be in his arsenal as chief executive: the country’s roughly $600 billion annual procurement budget."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [17], 01/21/2021

"Biden to Elevate Science Adviser to His Cabinet" [18]

"The president-elect will nominate Eric S. Lander to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy, a post left vacant by President Trump for 18 months."

Environmental Politics [8]
Government [4]
Science [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [20], 01/18/2021

Biden Nominees Foretell Aggressive Action on Climate, Environmental Justice [21]

Key picks for President Biden’s environment and energy team suggest top priorities, among them an aggressive, whole-government climate change agenda. The latest Backgrounder assesses choices to pursue Biden’s international and domestic climate policies, as well as historic selections for EPA and Interior, and more. Plus, dive into SEJournal’s expanding “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [22]” special report.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [23]
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Activism [24]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [26]
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National (U.S.) [10]
California [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
International [32]
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"Biden Unveils $1.9T Plan To Stem Covid-19 And Steady Economy" [33]

"President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic’s prolonged economic fallout."

Disasters [34]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [4]
Health [37]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Transportation [38]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [39], 01/15/2021

How Trump Admin’s Climate Denial Left Its Mark on The Arctic Council [40]

"Talk of global warming was out, and relations among the eight countries that make up the council, once a highly collaborative group and a steady force for climate action, became dysfunctional."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [41]
Government [4]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 01/14/2021

"Deflect And Obstruct: How Interior Ducked House Oversight" [44]

"When Scott Angelle, an oil drilling advocate-turned-industry regulator, finished a hearing before the House Natural Resources Committee last March, lawmakers had some follow-up questions for him — a standard part of the congressional oversight process."

Environmental Politics [8]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [45], 01/13/2021

"Capitol Attackers Have Long Threatened Violence In Rural American West" [46]

"When the full story of the 6 January storming of the US Capitol building is told, historians will have to make sense of what might seem an odd footnote. The two most prominent rightwing militia groups that participated in the mob onslaught on Congress – the Three Percenters, based in Idaho, and the Oath Keepers, based in Nevada – cut their teeth in obscure corners of the American west, where for close to a decade they have threatened violence against federal employees and institutions that steward the nation’s public lands."

Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [47], 01/13/2021

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