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"Exxon Tapes Add Fuel For Congressional Investigators" [1]

"Exxon Mobil Corp. scrambled to respond yesterday to a secretive video recording that detailed the company's lobbying practices, but the incident could be an even greater impetus for a congressional inquiry as a House subcommittee chairman continued to warn of subpoenas for top executives."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 07/02/2021

"In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action" [11]

"On the tape, made in a Greenpeace sting, he described working with “shadow groups” to fight climate science, and detailed efforts to weaken President Biden’s proposals to burn less oil."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [16], 07/01/2021

#SEJSpotlight: James Bruggers, Reporter, Inside Climate News [17]

Meet SEJ member James Bruggers! Jim covers the Southeast for Inside Climate News, where he sometimes collaborates or co-publishes with ICN partners that are part of its National Environmental Reporting Network. His beats range from coal to plastics to politics across the region. Jim has been based in Kentucky since December 1999 and previously reported in California, Washington, Alaska, and Montana.

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Public [8]

Job Opening: Editor, Adirondack Explorer [18]

The Adirondack Explorer, a 22-year-old nonprofit newsmagazine covering New York's 6-million-acre Adirondack Park, is looking for a first-rate editor-in-chief to oversee coverage of challenges and opportunities facing this globally important region. This is a chance to cover global issues on a local landscape that ranks as the East’s greatest expanse of wildlands, covering a mix of public lands, designated wilderness areas, private timber holdings and revered lakes.

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"The Chamber of Commerce's Sordid History of Climate Denial" [19]

"A new report from Brown University’s Climate and Development Lab deconstructs the messaging from one of the most aggressive climate denier organizations in the U.S."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Earther [21], 06/30/2021

Solar Panel Stories Can Shine for Local, Regional Reporters [22]

As the solar panel business resurges, the wide scope of possible regional and local story angles — climate, tech, consumer, business, jobs, air quality and grid reliability — make bright prospects for journalists. The latest TipSheet sets out recent political and market developments, along with more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [23]
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Climate Change [2]
Consumer [24]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [26]
Policy [27]
Technology [28]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [29]
Asia [30]
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Public [8]

Journalists Team Up To Continue Colleagues’ Work Exposing Mining Risks [31]

Environmental journalists around the world sometimes pay for their work with their freedom, safety or even their lives. The Forbidden Stories network continues the reporting of some of those journalists, and a team there recently produced an award-winning collaboration to investigate troubles at mining giants in Central America, South Asia and East Africa. “The Green Blood Project” in this month’s Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [32]
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Activism [33]
Disasters [34]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [35]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [7]
Waste [37]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region: 
International [29]
Africa [38]
Asia [30]
Central America & the Caribbean [39]
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Public [8]
July 12, 2021

DEADLINE: American Journalism Project 2021 Grants [40]

The American Journalism Project invites letters of inquiry this quarter from national, topical and regional nonprofit news organizations planning to grow their investments in original local journalism and demonstrate a clear commitment to serving local audiences. Deadline: July 12, 2021.

Awards and Grants [41]
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July 7, 2021 to July 22, 2021

Summer Bootcamp: Digital Safety & Online Abuse Defense [42]

The Society of Environmental Journalists is partnering with PEN America, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and Global Cyber Alliance for a free webinar series offering a crash course on digital safety and online abuse defense for journalists, writers and media organizations. Dates: July 7, 14, 21 and 22, 2021. 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET.

Other Events [43]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]
Technology [28]

Biden Calls Closure Of Hong Kong Daily 'Sad Day For Media Freedom' [44]

"China's foreign ministry on Friday rejected comments by U.S. President Joe Biden that the closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper signaled intensifying repression by Beijing in the semi-autonomous city."

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National (U.S.) [9]
Asia [30]
Source: Reuters [45], 06/25/2021

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