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October 6, 2025

DEADLINE: Bill Lane Center for the American West Media Fellowship [1]

Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West is offering a single media fellowship with a $7,500 stipend for three months’ work. The grant will fund a journalist illuminating crucial issues about the region. Apply by Oct 6, 2025.

Workshops and Fellowships [2]
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Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Planning & Growth [11]
Region: 
California [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]

"Canadian Court Clears The Way For Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion" [16]

"Canada's Federal Court of Appeal has cleared the way for a major expansion to the Trans Mountain Pipeline by ruling against four different challenges from First Nations groups concerned about the environmental impacts of the project."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [10]
Public [3]
Canada [19]
Source: NPR [20], 02/06/2020
  • Read more about "Canadian Court Clears The Way For Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion" [16]

Kinzua Dam on Allegheny River Changed Life For The Seneca People [21]

"The Kinzua Dam, which protects Pittsburgh from flooding and pollution, came at a steep price for the Seneca Nation of Indians."

Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Source: EHN [24], 02/05/2020
  • Read more about Kinzua Dam on Allegheny River Changed Life For The Seneca People [21]

‘Last Days of the Mighty Mekong’ and ‘Dead in the Water’ [25]

The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions and a biodiversity hotspot. But massive hydropower projects have put the Southeast Asian body of water, as well as the lives of the people and natural world around it, in serious jeopardy. In the latest BookShelf, writer Melody Kemp, who lives alongside the legendary river, reviews two volumes that help explain what’s killing the Mekong.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Food [29]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Planning & Growth [11]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
International [30]
Asia [31]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
  • Read more about ‘Last Days of the Mighty Mekong’ and ‘Dead in the Water’ [25]

Amazon Emissions Lowest From Indigenous And Protected Lands: Scientists [32]

"Indigenous lands and protected areas in the Amazon rainforest account for just 10% of all carbon emissions from tropical forests spread across the nine countries of the Amazon in South America, researchers said on Monday."

Climate Change [33]
Forests [34]
People & Population [10]
Public [3]
South America [35]
Source: Reuters [36], 01/28/2020
  • Read more about Amazon Emissions Lowest From Indigenous And Protected Lands: Scientists [32]

"World Needs To Prepare For 'Millions' Of Climate Displaced: U.N." [37]

"The world needs to prepare for millions of people being driven from their homes by the impact of climate change, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [33]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Justice [5]
People & Population [10]
Public [3]
International [30]
Source: Reuters [39], 01/22/2020
  • Read more about "World Needs To Prepare For 'Millions' Of Climate Displaced: U.N." [37]

Elk Raise Tensions Between Washington Tribes, Farmers In Skagit Valley [40]

"Just after sunrise, elk are grazing in a misty field in Washington's Skagit Valley, an hour and a half north of Seattle. ... These elk are at the center of a conflict that's unfolding between Native Americans and farmers in northwest Washington."

Agriculture [41]
Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [14]
Source: NPR [42], 01/21/2020
  • Read more about Elk Raise Tensions Between Washington Tribes, Farmers In Skagit Valley [40]

Louisiana Tribes File Rights Complaint With UN Over US Climate Inaction [43]

"Four coastal Louisiana tribes that claim the U.S. government has violated their human rights by failing to take action on climate change submitted a formal complaint Wednesday to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland."

Activism [44]
Climate Change [33]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
People & Population [10]
Public [3]
International [30]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [45], 01/20/2020
  • Read more about Louisiana Tribes File Rights Complaint With UN Over US Climate Inaction [43]

CA Reservation's Solar Microgrid Provides Power During Utility Shutoffs [46]

"California's largest electric utility took the unprecedented step of shutting off power to millions of customers beginning last October. ... Now a renewable energy microgrid on a tiny California Native American reservation is proving to be one solution to this ongoing problem."

Energy & Fuel [17]
People & Population [10]
Public [3]
California [12]
Source: NPR [47], 01/13/2020
  • Read more about CA Reservation's Solar Microgrid Provides Power During Utility Shutoffs [46]

Trump Water Rollback Leaves New Mexico Fearing Pollution, Health Risks [48]

"TAOS, N.M. — Twice a day, every day, Vicente Fernandez walks along the banks of the Rio Fernando, inspecting the river that has shaped his valley’s fortunes for generations."

Agriculture [41]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [49]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [50]
Source: LA Times [51], 01/10/2020
  • Read more about Trump Water Rollback Leaves New Mexico Fearing Pollution, Health Risks [48]

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