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"A Billionaire-Backed City Promises to Be a Green Urban Paradise" [1]

"But it may not be what it appears"

"A plan to develop a new city northeast of San Francisco has been seven years in the making, but until recently, the details were largely kept under wraps. Now that the plans are public—and the proposal has garnered enough signatures to make it onto the November ballot for voter consideration—residents and activists are squaring off to defeat what the developers promise will be a kind of green urban paradise.

Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Public [9]
California [10]
Source: Sierra [11], 06/05/2024
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June 6, 2024

DEADLINE: Climate Change Media Partnership COP29 Reporting Fellowship [12]

The CCMP Reporting Fellowship aims to bring up to 20 journalists from low- and middle income countries to report in-person at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11-22. Includes airfare, accommodation, meals, travel medical insurance and ground transportation costs. Apply by June 6.

Workshops and Fellowships [13]
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Public [9]
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Climate Change [14]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region: 
International [15]
Asia [16]
Europe [17]

From Reporter to Author — How I Published My First Book [18]

When freelancer Sophie Yeo first thought of writing a book, it seemed an impossible task. But with a successful website under her belt, she plunged in. Two missed deadlines and one baby later, she had her book, a history of the natural world titled “Nature’s Ghosts: The World We Lost and How To Bring It Back.” How she got there, and lessons learned, in the new Freelance Files.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Freelance Files [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [22]
Wildlife [23]
Region: 
International [15]
Europe [17]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
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"Ads Claiming LNG Exports Reduce Emissions Are Misleading, Says Regulator" [24]

"Canada’s advertising regulator has determined that ads claiming liquified natural gas (LNG) will lower emissions are inaccurate, misleading, and distort scientific data."

Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [9]
Canada [28]
Source: DeSmog [29], 06/03/2024
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New HeatRisk Data Site Helps Warn on Health Threats [30]

As global warming worsens heat-related illnesses, U.S. government agencies have refined a data tool whose greatest value may be to warn people about the extreme heat events that can send them to the emergency room or worse. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores the improved HeatRisk site and how its combination of climate and medical considerations refocuses attention on the vulnerable.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [32]
Disasters [33]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [35]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [36]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
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July 31, 2024

Institute for Independent Journalists: The Freelance Business Workshop [37]

This Institute for Independent Journalists' workshop in Chicago, held the day before the NABJ annual convention, is designed to help freelancers develop sustainable independent journalism practices. Meet assigning editors from the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times and other publications. Discount for SEJ members.

Workshops and Fellowships [13]
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Public [9]
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Journalism & Media [6]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]

"The Enduring Influence Of “The Day After Tomorrow,” 20 Years Later" [39]

"It has been 20 years since we first saw the paleo-climatologist Jack Hall, played by Dennis Quaid, standing at a railing overlooking a command center at NOAA and asking his colleagues the question that baffled them: “What about the North Atlantic Current?”"

Climate Change [14]
Journalism & Media [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [36]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [40], 05/31/2024
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June 13, 2024

Mongabay Webinar: How To Cover Planetary Health [41]

This installment of Mongabay’s free webinar series for journalists will explore important context, story ideas and key lines of inquiry for reporters covering environmental change in the Anthropocene, the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on nature. 9 pm UTC / 5 pm EDT.

Other Events [42]
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Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Studies [4]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region: 
International [15]

"How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists" [43]

"Subpoenaed emails reveal the ways fossil-fuel corporations try to influence the media—and why they often succeed."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [36]
Source: Drilled [44], 05/30/2024
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"EPA Union Deal to Shield Science From Politics as Election Looms" [45]

"The EPA’s biggest union said on Wednesday it had ratified a new contract with the agency, winning scientific integrity protections for the first time."

Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Science [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [36]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 05/30/2024
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