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Trump DOI Downplayed Coronavirus -- Then Praised His ‘Decisive’ Response [1]

"Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Friday tweeted a video of President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency and lauded his boss for taking “decisive — even unprecedented — actions to protect the American people” from the coronavirus. But just two days earlier, Bernhardt’s office had sent talking points to Interior officials that downplayed the virus threat."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
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Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: LA Times [8], 03/16/2020

Sanders And Biden Vied For The Climate Title At Sunday’s Debate [9]

"It only took 10 debates, a worldwide pandemic, and the winnowing of the Democratic field down to two men in their late 70s — but on Sunday night, for about 12 minutes, the American public finally got to hear a substantive debate about climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Grist [11], 03/16/2020

SEJ Objects to EPA's 'Freedom of Information Act Regulations Update' [12]

The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), in a letter to U.S.

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WatchDog TipSheet [13]
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"Revealed: Monsanto’s Secret Funding For Weedkiller Studies" [14]

"Monsanto secretly funded academic studies indicating “very severe impacts” on farming and the environment if its controversial glyphosate weedkiller were banned, an investigation has found."

Agriculture [15]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
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Science [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [19], 03/13/2020

Coronavirus Reminds Journalists To Prepare for Public Health Emergencies [20]

COVID-19 is an unpleasant reminder that when a public health emergency hits, it pays for journalists — including environment reporters — to be prepared. The latest TipSheet offers advice on handling the unknown and gathering an emergency “go bag,” as well as tracking story ideas and numerous federal, state/local and media resources.

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Chemicals [16]
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Journalism & Media [5]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Brazil Restricts Environmental Employees' Media Contact After Report [25]

"Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama on Thursday published an order restricting contact between its employees and journalists, following a Reuters report on thousands of cargos of Amazon rainforest wood being exported without agency authorization."

Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [26]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [6]
South America [27]
Source: Reuters [28], 03/09/2020

SEJ Condemns Indonesia Arrest of Mongabay Journalist [29]

The Society of Environmental Journalists condemned Indonesia’s arrest and imprisonment of Philip Jacobson, an editor for the environmental news site Mongabay.

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SEJ Joins RCFP Amicus Brief — Parekh v. CBS [30]

SEJ joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 55 journalism groups and other interested parties in filing an amicus brief in Parekh v. CBS, supporting the right of CBS and reporter Brian Conybeare to recover attorneys’ fees under the Florida anti-SLAPP statute.

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National (U.S.) [7]
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SEJ Joins RCFP Amicus Brief — Carroll County E911 v. Hasnie [31]

SEJ joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 15 other media organizations in filing an amicus brief in Carroll County E911 v. Hasnie. Carroll County refuses to disclose 911 recordings pertaining to a November 2016 house fire in which four Flora, Indiana children died.

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SEJ Joins RCFP Amicus Brief — La Liberte v. Reid [32]

SEJ joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 20 other media organizations in filing an amicus brief in La Liberte v. Reid.

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