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Beach Closures Offer Key to Bigger Water Pollution Stories [1]

People all too often swim in waters whose pollution risks are far scarier — and far more real — than shark attacks. Yet little attention is paid to the environmental stories behind the beach closures such pollution can necessitate. TipSheet helps you dip your toe, with the backstory on the most common cause for these health risks, plus reporting resources.

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Agriculture [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Health [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
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National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
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#SEJSpotlight: Carol Brzozowski, Freelance Journalist [16]

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"Inside Clean Energy: Ohio Shows Hostility to Clean Energy. Again" [17]

"A new Ohio law solidifies the state’s reputation for stifling clean energy industries. And the law may well be an economic development victory for places that stand to gain projects Ohio chases away."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 07/23/2021
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"The Flint Cover-Up" [22]

"Wiped Phones and the Battle for Evidence in Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s Prosecution"

Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Source: The Intercept [25], 07/22/2021
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"As Arctic Warms, Scientists Wrestle With Its Climate ‘Tipping Point’" [26]

"A leaked version of the newest science report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns of looming, potentially catastrophic tipping points for Arctic sea ice melt, tundra thaw, savannification of the Amazon rainforest, and other planetary environmental thresholds beyond which recovery may be impossible."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [27]
Journalism & Media [9]
Science [28]
Public [15]
International [29]
Source: Mongabay [30], 07/22/2021
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"Justice Department Curtails Seizure Of Reporters’ Phone, Email Records" [31]

"Attorney General Merrick Garland has sharply limited how and when prosecutors can secretly obtain reporters’ phone and email records, formalizing a Biden administration decree that the government would stop using secret orders and subpoenas for journalists’ data to hunt for leakers."

Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [32], 07/21/2021
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"Climate Activists Pan Carbon Capture Plans" [33]

"More than 500 environmental and community groups – from the Nassau Hiking & Outdoor Club to Greenpeace USA – have called on United States and Canadian leaders to abandon efforts to capture carbon emissions from fossil fuels and work harder to curb fossil fuel use in the first place."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Daily Climate [34], 07/21/2021
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Court Case Challenges RCMP’s Treatment Of Journalists At Fairy Creek [35]

"The Supreme Court of B.C. is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to intervene to resolve a conflict between several journalism organizations, including The Narwhal, and the RCMP."

Environmental Justice [23]
Forests [36]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [37]
Public [15]
Canada [38]
Source: The Narwhal [39], 07/20/2021
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July 10, 2025

DEADLINE: The Rory Peck Awards [40]

The Rory Peck Awards aim to give freelance journalists the ​​recognition they deserve, rewarding the most outstanding work​ produced each year and highlighting their significant contribution to the international media industry. Cash prizes. Deadline: July 10, 2025.

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Forest Conservation Case Tests B.C.’s Law To Protect Free Speech [42]

"Lawyers say Todsen Design and Construction’s libel case against two individuals and the Qualicum Beach Preservation Society — each fighting to protect a small coastal Douglas fir forest from development — will test a fairly new provincial law designed to halt strategic lawsuits against public participation".

Activism [43]
Forests [36]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [15]
Canada [38]
Source: The Narwhal [44], 07/15/2021
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