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"Why Saving the Whales Means Saving Ourselves" [1]

"After decades of conservation efforts to protect whales, two recent books shed light on why they’re still threatened—and how we might change that."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [9], 03/13/2023

Finding the Secret Rail Hazmat Routes Near You [10]

Under federal rules, states can decide whether to divulge information about hazardous materials rolling along their railways — and mostly they don’t. Not knowing where and when hazmat trains are traveling or what’s on board creates anxiety and raises the risk for those who live near the tracks. TipSheet offers resources and step-by-step instructions for investigating railway hazmat threats to your community.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
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Chemicals [12]
Disasters [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Policy [20]
Pollution [21]
Transportation [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
International [8]
Canada [25]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

As Iditarod Mushers Rest, Warm Weather Is Melting Strategies And Plans [26]

"A drizzle fell Wednesday morning in Takotna, where more than a dozen Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams were bedded down for their 24-hour rests."

Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [28]
Transportation [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [30], 03/10/2023

SEJ Stands With Environmental Journalists of Color Affected by Systemic Racism [31]

March 9, 2023 — In June 2020, SEJ’s board of directors issued a statement titled “SEJ Stands With Journalists of Color Speaking Out About Systemic Racism.” The statement included steps SEJ planned on taking to further its diversity, equity and inclusivity initiatives. In an effort to be transparent about those steps, we are updating those commitments here.

Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [32]
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

"#StopWillow Is Taking TikTok By Storm. Can It Actually Work?" [33]

"When Elise Joshi posted a TikTok video about the Alaska oil drilling project known as Willow in early February, she didn’t have high hopes it would go viral."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [34]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
Source: CNN [35], 03/08/2023
March 16, 2023

Press Briefing: How To Cover the Inflation Reduction Act's Roll-Out [36]

Covering the IRA's roll-out is an opportunity for newsrooms to examine how well these promises are met in practice. Join Covering Climate Now and three leading experts for a one-hour discussion about the bill's roll-out. Noon ET.

Other Events [37]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Government [17]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]

"UAE's Jaber Urges Big Oil To Join Fight Against Climate Change" [38]

"A top oil executive from the United Arab Emirates on Monday urged the energy industry to join the fight against climate change, borrowing a famous line from a U.S. astronaut aboard a damaged spacecraft during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [34]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: Reuters [39], 03/07/2023

Annual Conference Q&A Guidelines [40]

Moderators of panels, plenaries and tours are encouraged to remind attendees that the conference [41] is organized by and for journalists. Members of SEJ and other professional journalism organizations will be given priority when asking questions.

Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
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Public [7]

From Swine Waste, Student Journalist Extracts Prize-Winning Story [42]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ Academy [43]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [44]
Air [45]
Chemicals [12]
Diversity [32]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [34]
Food [47]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [21]
Science [48]
Technology [49]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

Will Thousands of Orphan Wells Be Safely Plugged? [52]

Abandoned oil and gas wells are found in significant numbers in some 27 states. Reporters who want to track their status can dig into several databases, but will need to support their data crunching with lots of shoe-leather and ground-truth reporting. Reporter’s Toolbox has insights into what the databases offer. Plus, a primer on API numbers.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [53]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [45]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [34]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [27]
Policy [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [49]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
International [8]
Canada [25]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

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