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"England’s Summer Heat Waves Linked To Record Excess Deaths Among Elderly" [1]

"England’s scorching summer that sent temperatures to record-breaking highs has now been linked to a record number of excess deaths among the elderly."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
Europe [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 10/11/2022

Heatwaves To Make Some Regions Uninhabitable Within Decades: UN, Red Cross [8]

"Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
International [10]
Source: France24 [11], 10/11/2022

U.S. Wildfire Response Badly Off-Base, New Doc Convincingly Shows [12]

A gripping new documentary on raging megafires weaves together stunning cinematography with deeply researched revelations that reveal the futility of current policy around managing wildfires, writes veteran wildfire reporter Robert McClure in a new EJ InSight column. His review, with three big takeaways.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [14]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Forests [17]
Government [18]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [19]
Policy [20]
Science [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
California [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
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Public [5]

Beat Reporter’s Coverage Calls Out Natural Gas Proponents [26]

Electric utilities may sound like a wonky beat, but in the hands of L.A. Times’ Sammy Roth, it became an opportunity to weave together seemingly dry, technical subject matter into a series of award-winning stories on natural gas that captured flash points for climate change, communities of color and energy politics. Roth shares his reporting experience in the latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [27]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [14]
Air [28]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [33]
Journalism & Media [34]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [4]
Policy [20]
Pollution [36]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
California [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
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Public [5]

Arizona Tribe And Biologists Rescue The Apache Trout From Near Extinction [38]

"The White Mountain Apache reservation stretches across about 1.24 million acres in eastern Arizona, rising at its highest point to 11,000 feet above sea level. It is the only place in the world where the state fish of Arizona lives in its natural habitat ."

Fish & Fisheries [39]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
Source: Arizona Republic [40], 09/30/2022

"Key Takeaways From Biden's Conference On Hunger And Nutrition In America" [41]

"President Biden pushed for Congress to permanently extend the child tax credit, raise the minimum wage and expand nutrition assistance programs to help reduce hunger rates as he opened the second-ever conference on food insecurity and diet-related diseases. But the administration faces a sharp uphill battle."

Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [42]
Laws & Regulations [43]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NPR [44], 09/29/2022

Toolbox on Nature-Based Solutions and Native/Indigenous Perspectives [45]

As concerns over global warming, the endangerment of plant and animal species, and water rights escalate, many environmentalists are turning to Indigenous people for guidance. As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists special initiative focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at nature-based solutions and Indigenous people with reporter Brian Bull. Check out a resource toolbox and stay tuned for a reporting tipsheet in coming weeks. Plus, be sure to register for a Sept. 28 webinar [46] on covering Indigenous communities and nature-based climate solutions.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [47]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [14]
Agriculture [48]
Biodiversity [49]
Climate Change [2]
Diversity [50]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Food [42]
Forests [17]
Government [18]
Health [51]
Natural Resources [35]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [52]
People & Population [4]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [53]
Technology [54]
Waste [55]
Water & Oceans [56]
Wildlife [57]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
International [10]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

"Minnesota Ojibwe Harvest Sacred, Climate-Imperiled Wild Rice" [58]

"Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra Haugen used one wooden stick to bend the stalks and another to knock the rice off, so gently the stalks sprung right back up."

Agriculture [48]
Biodiversity [49]
Climate Change [2]
Food [42]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [4]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [53]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [59]
Source: AP [60], 09/23/2022
September 28, 2022

SEJ Webinar: Covering Climate Solutions — Indigenous Communities and Nature-Based Approaches [46]

SEJ's Sep 28, 2022 webinar was a discussion on how Indigenous peoples practiced "sustainable management" efforts long before modern society began talking about conservation, environmental protection or climate change and how their voices can greatly enrich environmental reporting — while enhancing the health of both people and ecosystems. Missed it? Watch the recording [61].

Other Events [62]
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Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Diversity [50]
Journalism & Media [34]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [19]

"The U.S. Forgot Lake Charles, And It Could Happen Again Elsewhere" [63]

"Two years after Hurricane Laura, federal aid to help with long-term rebuilding still has not arrived".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
Laws & Regulations [43]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Source: Nola.com [65], 09/19/2022

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