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Ads Claiming Products Are Carbon Neutral By Using Offsetting Face UK Ban [1]

"Adverts that claim products are carbon neutral using offsets are to be banned by the UK’s advertising watchdog unless companies can prove they really work, the Guardian can reveal, as Gucci becomes the latest company to struggle with a high-profile environmental commitment based on offsetting."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [6]
Europe [7]
Source: Guardian [8], 05/16/2023

When Extreme Weather Amplifies Hazardous Waste Threats [9]

Toxic waste is bad enough when it’s in one spot. But it can be even more dangerous when it is made mobile by climate-induced natural disasters. The latest TipSheet looks at just a few of the problems that can arise — or have already arisen. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources to cover this issue in your locale.

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TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [11]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Health [15]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
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Public [6]

Grant Prompts Improved Coverage of Indigenous Perspectives at Bears Ears [23]

Inspired by a discussion at a Society of Environmental Journalists conference, freelancer Rico Moore (pictured, left) applied for a Fund for Environmental Journalism grant to report on Bears Ears National Monument. Then, armed with advice for better covering Indigenous communities and Native American tribes, Moore found a new way to write about the cultural and environmental richness of those lands. His experience, in the new FEJ StoryLog.

SEJ Publication Types: 
FEJ StoryLog [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [25]
Diversity [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Tilling the Storytelling Fields on the Food, Ag and Environment Beat [30]

In his more than a decade at the helm of the Food & Environment Reporting Network, Samuel Fromartz was instrumental in shaping a new way of covering food, agriculture and environmental issues. As he prepares to turn over the top editor’s job to his successor, Fromartz talks about FERN’s innovative business model and the power of narrative.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [27]
Food [35]
Government [36]
Health [15]
Journalism & Media [5]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Climate Deniers Target Scientists For Vicious Abuse On Musk’s Twitter [37]

"Some of the UK’s top scientists are struggling to deal with what they describe as a huge rise in abuse from climate crisis deniers on Twitter since the social media platform was taken over by Elon Musk last year."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [38]
Public [6]
International [39]
Europe [7]
Source: Guardian [40], 05/15/2023

#SEJSpotlight: Sam Baker, Freelance Journalist, Radio/Podcast Host and Audio Producer [41]

Meet SEJ member Sam Baker! Sam hosts and produces the radio program and podcast, Living Planet for DW, bringing listeners environment stories from around the globe each week. She also produces episodes for the BBC's CrowdScience.

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Journalism & Media [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
May 15, 2023

DEADLINE: Altavoz/EHS Environmental Fellowship [42]

Altavoz Lab and Environmental Health Sciences invite applications by May 15 from early-career bilingual journalists eager to report on environmental health, environmental justice and petrochemical industry impacts on communities in Texas, specifically near the Gulf Coast. $3,000 stipend and mentoring.

Workshops and Fellowships [43]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]

Honorary Members of SEJ [45]

See SEJ's honorary members here.

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Journalism & Media [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
June 1, 2023

Making the Climate Connection [46]

Join Sentient Media for a discussion on how to improve media coverage of the food-climate connection. Based on an upcoming report that found only 7% of 1000 articles mention animal agriculture; most cover climate impacts to livestock, not the animal ag industry as a source of greenhouse gas emissions. 12pm ET.

Other Events [47]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [2]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]

Why Fox-Dominion Matters for Environmental Journalists [48]

Not only did the huge legal settlement in the Dominion Voting Systems libel suit against Fox Corp. help reinforce media libel protections set out decades ago in New York Times v. Sullivan. It also served as a reminder for environmental journalists that the “actual malice” standard is a bulwark for their own (often negative) reporting on big corporations. WatchDog Opinion explains.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [49]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [34]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [50]
Policy [51]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
International [39]
Europe [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

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