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Read more about #SEJ2023 Boise: SEJ Stands With Members Impacted by Restrictions to Reproductive Healthcare and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation [1]

"‘Gone Wrong’: Doubts On Carbon-Credit Program In Peru Forest" [5]

"The Cordillera Azul National Park on the eastern flank of the Peruvian Andes takes in a sweep of Amazon rainforest, mountains and waterfalls in a territory about the size of Connecticut, so precious that tens of millions of dollars in carbon credits have been sold in a program that supporters said would protect its trees."

Biodiversity [6]

Economy & Business [8]

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Environmental Politics [10]

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Natural Resources [12]

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South America [13]

Source: AP [14], 03/31/2023

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"EPA Leaves Americans In The Dark On Toxic Air Pollution" [15]

"Across the United States, residents of neighborhoods abutting refineries, chemical plants and other major industrial sources can generally be sure of two facts: Those facilities emits tons of dangerous pollutants and EPA rarely requires monitoring for their presence in local air."

Chemicals [16]

Environmental Health [17]

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Laws & Regulations [11]

Pollution [18]

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Source: E&E News [20], 03/30/2023

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2023 Gathering Goes Big in Boise [21]

The Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference is back to Boise, two-and-a-half years after the first attempt to meet in the mountainous Northwestern state was sidetracked by the COVID pandemic. Co-chairs Tom Michael and Christy George outline the rich schedule of plenaries, panels, tours and other events that are drawing record interest to the April 19-23 program.

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Agriculture [23]

Biodiversity [6]

Diversity [2]

Energy & Fuel [9]

Environmental Health [17]

Environmental Politics [10]

Fish & Fisheries [24]

Forests [25]

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Natural Resources [12]

Policy [27]

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SEJournal News: Weekly Online Publication Seeks Volunteer Editors [33]

The SEJournal is opening its ranks to a new crew of volunteer co-editors. They will join the roster of talented co-editors to oversee the majority of the weekly’s numerous sections, and help shape key content for the longstanding independent publication of the Society of Environmental Journalists. The work is rewarding, the commitment small, the camaraderie great. Find out about the openings and how to join our team.

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International [34]

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Bring Home Cyber Risks to Water Supply, in Wake of EPA Tightening [35]

With the federal government now requiring that states pay closer attention to cybersecurity risks in their regular audits of public drinking water systems, environmental journalists should be doing the same, suggests the latest TipSheet. Here’s how to gauge the cyber risk and to understand the current safe drinking water regulatory regime, plus story ideas and resources to bolster your local reporting.

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TipSheet [36]

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Chemicals [16]

Consumer [37]

Government [26]

Health [38]

Infrastructure [39]

Laws & Regulations [11]

Technology [40]

Water & Oceans [28]

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"In Brazil's Amazon, Carbon Credit Project Halted Over Land Dispute" [42]

"A corporate conservation project in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has sold carbon credits from publicly owned land without state authorization, a Context investigation has found, highlighting concerns about the credibility of offsets from areas with disputed land ownership."

Economy & Business [8]

Forests [25]

Public [4]

South America [13]

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [43], 03/27/2023

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April 28, 2023

DEADLINE: IJNR Lake Superior Institute [44]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites applications until Apr 28 for an expenses-paid Institute for journalists, Jun 10-16, 2023, along Minnesota’s north shore of Lake Superior and into Canada while exploring how we use, manage and conserve this incomparable freshwater resource and related issues.

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April 28, 2023

Ethics, Urgency & Climate Journalism Conference [48]

The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin Madison will host this conference, which is free and open to the public. Attend online or in-person. Keynoter is Justin Worland, a Washington D.C.-based senior correspondent for TIME covering climate change and the intersection of policy, politics and society.

Other Events [49]

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#SEJSpotlight: Kylie Mohr, Fellow, High Country News [50]

Meet SEJ member Kylie Mohr! Kylie is an award-winning journalist based in Montana. She reports for High Country News, covering Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rockies. Her work focuses on wildfire, wildlife, public lands and climate change.

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