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Reporting Ocean Stories Is Key to Blue Literacy, Planetary Health [1]

As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists publishing project focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at ocean-based solutions. In this special tipsheet, ocean scientist and science writer Juli Berwald offers a primer on the climate-related challenges and possibilities in the global ocean’s physics, chemistry and biology. Plus, check out an expanded toolbox [2] with reporting resources and watch a recent SEJ webinar [3].

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [5]
Climate Change [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [14]
Science [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
International [18]
Antarctica & Arctic [19]
Visibility: 
Public [20]
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"A Whale Feeding Frenzy in Antarctica Signals a Conservation Success" [21]

"Once hunted to the brink of extinction, fin whales in the Southern Ocean have rebounded and returned to their historic feeding grounds, according to a new survey."

Biodiversity [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [20]
International [18]
Source: NYTimes [22], 07/11/2022
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Peter Dykstra Column: "Climate Change Denial And Me" [23]

"Since the 1990’s, I’ve had a front row seat for TV news's abject failure in covering climate change."

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [11]
Science [15]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: EHN [25], 07/11/2022
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"Biden Admin Signals Support for Controversial Alaska Oil Project" [26]

"The Biden administration took a key step toward approving a huge oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, angering environmental activists who said allowing it to go forward would make a mockery of President Biden’s climate-change promise to end new oil leases."

Climate Change [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Source: NYTimes [28], 07/11/2022
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Beat Reporter Looks to Get Ahead of the Story [29]

As Brazil’s wetlands burned and as the country illegally shipped wood from the Amazon and scaled back environmental enforcement amid the pandemic, award-winning journalist Jake Spring of Reuters was there, telling tough, sometimes dangerous stories. Spring shares insights into his “just the facts” reporting, including the surprises and the lessons, and offers some practical advice in this Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [31]
Government [32]
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [14]
Region: 
International [18]
South America [33]
Visibility: 
Public [20]
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"‘Carbon Capture’ Is No Fix. Big Oil’s Known for Decades" [34]

"The touted tech is still scarce and pricey, and even oilsands allies counsel caution."

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [20]
Canada [35]
Source: The Tyee [36], 07/08/2022
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"The Bitter Fight To Stop A 2,000-Mile Carbon Pipeline" [37]

"Three pipeline projects are in early stages of planning in Iowa. An alliance of farmers, Indigenous groups and environmentalists wants to stop them".

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [39]
Source: Guardian [40], 07/08/2022
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"Dutch Airline KLM Sued Over 'Greenwashing' Ads" [41]

Environmental groups are suing the Dutch subsidiary of Air France KLM over an advertising campaign they allege breaches European consumer law by misleading the public over how sustainable its flights are.

Climate Change [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [11]
Transportation [42]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [43], 07/07/2022
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"Oil Industry Sees Ongoing Leasing Pause in New Biden Gulf Plan" [44]

"A “de facto moratorium” on offshore oil and gas leasing is taking hold over the next several months while the Biden administration considers its options for a proposed five-year leasing plan for the Gulf of Mexico, an oil and gas industry attorney said."

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [45], 07/07/2022
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Full Of Holes, New International Agreement Targets Fishing Subsidies [46]

"After 20 years of failed negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has secured a deal to curb harmful subsidies that contribute to overfishing. Conservationists and campaign groups welcomed last week’s agreement as historic, despite criticism of “big holes” in the agreement."

Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [20]
International [18]
Antarctica & Arctic [19]
Source: Climate Desk [47], 07/07/2022
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