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"Trump Pardons Lawmaker Who Led Protest Ride on BLM Tract" [1]

"President Trump last night issued a full pardon to Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman (R), who served a brief jail stint for leading an illegal all-terrain vehicle protest ride through a closed Utah canyon in 2015."

Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [8], 12/24/2020

"Court Orders EPA To Step Up Asbestos Data Collection" [9]

"In a court ruling hailed by health advocates, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will now have to collect data on asbestos imports into the U.S., a federal judge ruled on Tuesday."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [12], 12/24/2020

Ohio Passes Bill That Could Bankrupt Churches Linked To Fossil Protests [13]

"Ohio lawmakers faced fierce blowback last winter over a bill that would escalate criminal charges on fossil fuel protesters and threaten religious organizations or nonprofits that support such demonstrations with crushing fines."

Activism [14]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: HuffPost [19], 12/23/2020
January 8, 2021

DEADLINE: IJNR Virtual PFAS Workshop for Journalists [20]

Join the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources for a two-day virtual workshop, January 27-28, 2021, to discuss PFAS contamination in communities across the country. Deadline: Jan 8.

Workshops and Fellowships [21]
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Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [3]
Pollution [18]
January 4, 2023

DEADLINE: NYU Journalism-NAJA Scholarship [23]

The New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute is again offering a full-tuition scholarship to a Native American Journalism Association (NAJA) member admitted to one of the ten NYU Journalism graduate programs in the fall of 2023. Deadline of Jan 4, 2023 may be extendable.

Workshops and Fellowships [21]
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Diversity [24]
Journalism & Media [3]
January 27, 2021

2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [25]

Watch the recording [26] of the Society of Environmental Journalists' 9th annual look ahead at the year's key energy and environmental issues. Hosted by National Geographic Society and co-sponsored by the Wilson Center, the event kicked off with a prerecorded interview with new White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, followed by a live interview with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, and SEJ's annual panel of leading journalists offering their predictions for the year ahead.

 

SEJ Regional Conferences [27]
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Public [6]
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Climate Change [15]
Diversity [24]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [2]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Policy [29]
Technology [30]
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National (U.S.) [7]
International [31]

‘We Want Them Infected’: Trump Appointee Demanded ‘Herd Immunity’: Emails [32]

"A top Trump appointee repeatedly urged top health officials to adopt a 'herd immunity' approach to Covid-19 and allow millions of Americans to be infected by the virus, according to internal emails obtained by a House watchdog and shared with POLITICO."

Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [2]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Politico [34], 12/17/2020

Environmental Justice Stories Will Keep Proliferating in 2021 [35]

The surging racial justice movement has reenergized aspirations to correct the environmental injustices that blemish countless underprivileged U.S. communities. The new TipSheet, another part of our 2021 Guide [36], scans the landscape of trouble spots, from urban to rural, industrial zones to Superfund sites. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [37]
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Activism [14]
Air [38]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [39]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [3]
People & Population [40]
Policy [29]
Pollution [18]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
International [31]
Mexico [49]
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“You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism” [50]

It’s been a half-century since the first Earth Day in 1970 and a new book from an old hand catalogues the advances and the setbacks in the decades since. BookShelf contributor Francesca Lyman reviews “You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism,” and explores how a long view from a veteran environmentalist informs the field of environmental reporting.

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BookShelf [51]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [14]
Air [38]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [52]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [40]
Policy [29]
Pollution [18]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [6]
December 15, 2020 to December 17, 2020

Covering the Environment Using Google Tools for Journalists [53]

Join Google News Labs’ Maggie Farley for a quick tour of Google’s new tools for journalists, with a particular focus on environmental journalism. Learn how to find and analyze data, then learn how to tell stories using clear, powerful data visualization tools. Noon-12:30 p.m. ET each day. Sponsored by SEJ and The Resilience Media Project of Columbia University's Earth Institute.

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Technology [30]

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