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From Swine Waste, Student Journalist Extracts Prize-Winning Story [1]

Industrial hog farmers tout swine biogas as a clean, green energy source, but others point to its messy side. A young journalist who investigated the underreported stench of environmental racism associated with this technology learned valuable lessons along the way to producing a feature story that won her a Society of Environmental Journalists’ award for outstanding student reporting.

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Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Diversity [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [12]
Government [13]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Technology [19]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
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Public [24]
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Diving Deeper on the Wetlands Beat Yields Groundbreaking Coverage [25]

Two journalists covering water policy used a wide range of reporting techniques, from FOIA appeals to on-the-ground reporting, to get at the heart of how problems with wetlands and waterways in the United States are tied to climate change concerns. Inside Story spoke with Hannah Northey and Kevin Bogardus of E&E News about their award-winning beat reporting.

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Inside Story [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [28]
Disasters [29]
Diversity [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [13]
Health [14]
Infrastructure [30]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Policy [31]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
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Public [24]
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"Fossil Fuel Companies Donated $700M To US Universities Over 10 Years" [33]

"Six fossil fuel companies funneled more than $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from 2010 to 2020, according to a new study. Such funding at universities that conduct climate research can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction of climate solutions the industry prefers, the report’s authors argue."

Climate Change [28]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [34]
Science [18]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [35], 03/02/2023
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Despite 1996 Law, EPA Still Hasn't Tested Pesticides For Hormone Impacts [36]

"New lawsuit aims to make the agency do what Congress ordered more than 25 years ago."

"In 1996, Congress ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to test all pesticides used on food for endocrine disruption by 1999. The EPA still doesn’t do this today.

Nor does it appear close to doing so, argue the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the agency in December for its ongoing failure to implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.

Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [5]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [9]
Food [12]
Science [18]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: EHN [38], 02/27/2023
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"These Natural Gas Ads Are Full Of Hot Air" [39]

"Gas companies say their clean energy claims are backed by science. They fail to mention the science is fossil fuel funded."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [15]
Science [18]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: HEATED [40], 02/22/2023
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May 15, 2024

DEADLINE: Planet Forward's Summer Seminar in Multimedia Storytelling [41]

Join Planet Forward for its 2024 Summer Seminar in Multimedia Storytelling, June 2-7 in Washington, D.C. The program, hosted by SEJ member Lisa Palmer, will be organized around storytelling techniques and tools, and topical themes. Some scholarships are available. Deadline: May 15.

Workshops and Fellowships [42]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [27]
Diversity [6]
Environmental Health [9]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Planning & Growth [43]
Science [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [44]

"Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’" [45]

"Recent climate projections may be underestimating the pace of global warming in an atmosphere damaged by greenhouse gas emissions, because the interaction of powerful climate feedback loops that can accelerate warming are not well-represented in key climate models, an international team of scientists concluded in a study published today in the journal One Earth. "

Climate Change [28]
Disasters [29]
Science [18]
Public [24]
International [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 02/20/2023
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"World Bank President, Dogged by Climate Questions, Will Step Down Early" [48]

"David Malpass, under fire for months by critics who accused him of climate denialism, said he would resign in June, a year before his term ends."

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [18]
Public [24]
International [46]
Source: NYTimes [49], 02/16/2023
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"How Tensions With Russia Are Jeopardizing Key Arctic Research" [50]

"With the Ukraine war, international collaborations with Russia on Arctic research and governance have been strained or broken off. This loss of critical cooperation is compromising efforts to confront mounting environmental risks in the Arctic, from shrinking sea ice to pollution."

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Studies [34]
Military [51]
Natural Resources [52]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [24]
International [46]
Antarctica & Arctic [53]
Source: YaleE360 [54], 02/08/2023
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"Battling Lava and Snowstorms to Keep a Climate Project Alive" [55]

"Ever since an eruption in Hawaii halted a long-running record of carbon dioxide, scientists have found ways to carry on — atop a neighboring volcano."

Science [18]
Public [24]
International [46]
Source: NYTimes [56], 02/07/2023
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