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2022 David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award Winner: JoAnn Valenti [6]

The David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award annually recognizes an SEJ member for their exceptional volunteer work. The 2022 Stolberg award goes to JoAnn Valenti, who joined SEJ in October 1990. Her volunteer work for SEJ has been primarily behind-the-scenes work that quietly spread SEJ's name over several continents. She was a judge for SEJ's Rachel Carson Environment Book category for 14 years and also served on the editorial board and wrote for SEJournal.

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Mongabay Probe Key As Brazil Court Rules On Palm Oil Pesticide Contamination [7]

"Prosecutors in Brazil say the findings from a Mongabay investigation were key to obtaining a court decision this week to probe the environmental impacts of pesticides used by oil palm plantations on Indigenous communities and the environment in northern Pará state."

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Source: Mongabay [11], 10/11/2022

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"How Fossil Fuel Firms Use Black Leaders To ‘Deceive’ Their Communities" [12]

"Black community members have been asked to rubber-stamp harmful projects for decades, activists say".

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Source: Guardian [17], 10/11/2022

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Fossil Fuels Registry Promises Global Warming Data. Does It Deliver? [18]

A new global fossil fuels registry sounds like a breakthrough for covering climate change and energy stories. But Reporter’s Toolbox inspected it and found potentially problematic data sourcing and accuracy. That doesn’t mean that it won’t be useful as one of several tools to help report the beat. Here’s how to make the most of fossil fuel data sources.

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COP 27 Egypt — From Afar, How UN Meeting Will Affect Climate Change Reporting [23]

How will the UN’s yearly climate treaty talks in Egypt next month touch domestic U.S. reporting? The latest Backgrounder has an outlook, with close attention to the question of compensation for nations suffering the worst impacts of global warming, plus the politics of war and energy, methane and HFCs. The prospects for action in and after Egypt.

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SEJ Remembers Long-Time Member David Sachsman [35]

SEJ members mourn the passing of David Sachsman, the George R. West Jr. Chair of Excellence in Communication and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, on October 6, 2022.

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November 1, 2022

DEADLINE: IJNR Virtual Workshop: Climate Justice + Environmental Racism [36]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists to apply by Nov 1 for a virtual workshop, Nov 17-18, 2022, that will focus on the ways our changing climate exacerbates historic injustices and provide examples of the people and places working toward a more just and equitable future. Priority will be given to journalists of color.

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"In Alaska's Fat Bear Week Election, There's No Party Like A Salmon Party" [38]

"In many ways, it's a model election. The campaign runs for only one week, and all the candidates are well-grounded and devoid of hypocrisy."

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Source: NPR [43], 10/05/2022

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"Meet the Band of TV Animals That’s Talking to Preschoolers About Climate" [44]

"There are few books, shows or other tools to help parents and teachers talk to preschoolers about global warming. “Octonauts: Above and Beyond” is one of the first to try." ... "Climate scientists say its depictions are largely accurate, with one striking omission. The program says nothing about why the Earth is heating up: the burning of oil, gas and coal."

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