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Do Home Buyers Have a Right to Flood Risk Disclosure? [1]

In the second of a two-parter for our 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy [2], the latest TipSheet considers how local environmental journalists can make news out of the state-by-state patchwork of flood risk disclosure laws amid rising climate extremes. A dozen-and-a-half story ideas and reporting resources on the topic. Plus, see part one [3] on climate and insurance.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Disasters [7]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Policy [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]

"‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Opens Across US (Finally!)" [17]

"Spellbinding, heartbreaking and exhaustingly researched, director Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating epic look into the mass murders of the Osage over oil rights in the 1920s opens Oct. 20 in wide release across the United States."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ICT [22], 10/20/2023
November 6, 2023 to November 10, 2023

Semana do Jornalismo de Ambiente 2023 [23]

Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN) apresenta em 2023 a segunda edição da Semana do Jornalismo de Ambiente. O evento terá lugar nas tardes de 6 a 10 de novembro na Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, em Lisboa, Portugal.

Other Events [24]
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Public [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Journalism & Media [10]
Wildlife [27]
Region: 
International [28]
Europe [29]

"Climate Advocacy Group Plans to Spend $80 Million on Ads to Aid Biden" [30]

"Climate Power, a liberal advocacy group, plans to spend $80 million on advertising to lift President Biden’s standing on environmental issues and inform voters about the impact of legislation he signed last year."

Activism [25]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [10]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [32], 10/18/2023

"How Gas Utilities Used Tobacco Tactics To Avoid Gas Stove Regulations" [33]

"In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched "Operation Attack," a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas stoves into people's kitchens."

Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [10]
Pollution [34]
Technology [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [36], 10/18/2023

Prosecutors: Stolen Activist Emails Were Later Cited In Court By Exxon [37]

"Federal prosecutors said in a sentencing memo Thursday that hackers hired by an Israeli private investigator stole communications between climate activists that were later used in court by Exxon Mobil Corp."

Activism [25]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [38], 10/16/2023

Electric Vehicles Will Be Burning Rubber in 2024 [39]

As global sales of electric vehicles surge, the positive impact on climate change emissions could be a critical benefit. But as our Backgrounder points out, it’s not as simple as that. There are challenges with politics, tax laws, mineral access, related pollution regulations and union jobs. Get an overview of the issue, in this latest entry in our expanding 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [40]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [31]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [13]
Pollution [34]
Science [41]
Technology [35]
Transportation [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
International [28]
Asia [43]
Europe [29]
Visibility: 
Public [16]

Prying Open the Statehouse Doors [44]

Reporting on environmental stories often leads to the state legislature, where key material can be frustratingly hard to access. Whether that’s because the state is deliberately hiding information, has poor systems for sharing it or isn’t even tracking it, there are ways to get what you need. Four seasoned environment reporters offer tips, tricks and commiseration.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [46]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
California [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [51]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
November 3, 2023

DEADLINE: IJNR Virtual Workshop on Traditional Ecological Knowledge [52]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists to apply by Nov 3 for this virtual workshop, Nov 13-14, 2023, exploring how Tribes and First Nations are joining discussions over environmental policy and resource management – and the challenges and opportunities TEK can bring to conservation and restoration efforts.

Workshops and Fellowships [53]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [54]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
International [28]

Here’s Your Handy Doomsday Dataviz Dashboard [55]

If you’re harboring serious doubts about the climate future but want to be prepared to cover it, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox offers up a seasonably ghoulish list of a dozen and a half great visualization sources to help tell the story. And lest it leave you spooked, remember, as the saying goes, everything will be OK in the end. And if it's not OK, it's not the end.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [56]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [46]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
Environmental Health [26]
Health [57]
Journalism & Media [10]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
International [28]
Visibility: 
Public [16]

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