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Missouri, Florida Journalism Professors Join Classes on Multistate Fertilizer Investigation [1]

What brought together two teams of student reporters, half a dozen states and 1,000 miles apart? For one, the high environmental cost of chemical fertilizer. For another, a pair of dedicated journalism teachers. Cynthia Barnett and Sara Shipley Hiles share how they took the project from daydream to reality, brought students into the field and got pickup from numerous news outlets, in the latest EJ Academy.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ Academy [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Studies [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Food [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
September 21, 2023 to September 22, 2023

CLIMATE CHANGES EVERYTHING: Creating a Blueprint for Media Transformation [19]

Join top journalists and climate experts from around the world in New York for a conversation on how to do justice to the climate story. Hosted by Covering Climate Now, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, The Guardian and Solutions Journalism Network. Free to attend; application required.

Other Events [20]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [21]
Journalism & Media [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [22]

"Top Science Publisher Withdraws Flawed Climate Study" [23]

"Top science publisher Springer Nature said it has withdrawn a study that presented misleading conclusions on climate change impacts after an investigation prompted by an AFP inquiry."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [11]
Science [25]
Public [18]
International [22]
Source: AFP [26], 08/25/2023

Carbon Credit Speculators Could Lose Billions As Offsets Deemed ‘Worthless’ [27]

"Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as scientific evidence shows many offsets they have bought have no environmental worth and have become stranded assets."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [24]
Forests [28]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [18]
International [22]
Source: Guardian [29], 08/25/2023

"Candidates Largely Dismiss Climate Issues At First GOP Debate" [30]

"Climate change received little attention at the first Republican presidential debate Wednesday evening, with Vivek Ramaswamy dismissing it as a “hoax” in what was the most forceful comment on the matter throughout the night."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [11]
Science [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [31], 08/24/2023

"PragerU Says It's Approved In Texas Schools. It's Not." [32]

"The conservative group's big announcement that its climate denial videos were approved in Texas public schools appears to be a lie, the Texas State Board of Education tells HEATED."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Science [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: HEATED [34], 08/23/2023

SEJ Remembers Terri Hansen [35]

SEJ members were saddened to learn that Terri Crawford Hansen, who first joined SEJ in 1994, recently passed away. Terri, "a powerful and big-hearted truth teller," was a member of the Winnebago tribe of Nebraska and a long-time journalist, covering environment, climate, science, tribal and Indigenous issues for multiple publications.

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [21]
Journalism & Media [11]
People & Population [36]
Visibility: 
Public [18]

"Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court" [37]

"Oil companies including Sunoco LP, Chevron Corp., and Exxon Mobil Corp. urged justices to dismiss a climate lawsuit they say falls outside of the scope of local law during oral arguments Thursday at the Hawaii Supreme Court."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Science [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 08/22/2023

Painful Process Underway of Regulating PFAS in Drinking Water [40]

Long-growing concern over dangerous “forever” chemicals has drawn the attention of federal and state policymakers, local communities and the utilities that provide their drinking water. But little about regulating PFAS will be quick or easy, making it a major environmental and public health story for years to come. Issue Backgrounder unfolds the regulatory moves, the politics and the larger implications of PFAS policy.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [43]
Health [44]
Infrastructure [45]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [18]

The Spread of Harmful Algal Blooms Makes News in Multitude of Locales [46]

As algal blooms (think “red tides” or “dead zones”) grow larger and more frequent, they are emerging not just on the coasts and major estuaries, but in inland lakes and streams. And they cause all kinds of harm, to humans and to the environment. The latest TipSheet has details on how to cover the problem locally, including story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [47]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [6]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Health [44]
Journalism & Media [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
International [22]
Visibility: 
Public [18]

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