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Soiled Skies Incite ‘Choked’ Author To Pursue Air Pollution Story  [1]

The data on dirty air is devastating. But it wasn’t just the numbers that prompted freelance journalist Beth Gardiner to chase the story of worsening air pollution around the globe. It was also the impact on human lives and the intersection with politics, power and money. She explains in our latest feature story. Plus, resources for your own reporting.

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Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
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National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Asia [17]
Europe [18]
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Data Sources a Jumping-Off Point for Radon Stories [20]

If radon is the forgotten environmental health story, per our recent TipSheet [21], then at least journalists ready to report have some good resources to do it. Our latest Reporter’s Toolbox details several databases that provide invaluable info on the problem, including a new comprehensive, and mappable, database from the Centers for Disease Control.

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Reporters Toolbox [22]
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Air [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
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National (U.S.) [15]
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Public [19]

Start a Ripple Effect: Support Environmental Journalism Today [24]

"Supporting SEJ is an investment in environmental reporting right now. But it's also an investment in the future." Read more [24] from David Poulson, senior associate director of Michigan State University's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism and former Society of Environmental Journalists Board Member, then start a ripple effect: Support SEJ and our members with your tax-deductible donation [24].

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"Supreme Court Justices Reject Michael Mann Climate Defamation Cases" [25]

"The Supreme Court will not wade into a defamation battle between a prominent climate scientist and conservative groups that compared the scientist to a convicted child molester."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [14]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Greenwire [27], 11/26/2019

Make Waves: Support Environmental Journalism Today [28]

Environmental journalists tell the world's most important stories. They write about life's essentials: the water we drink, the food we eat and the air we breathe. By exposing threats to our health and well-being, journalists protect us and our families. SEJ helps improve and increase journalism about what matters most to you and your family. You too can help the people who tell the world's most important stories. Click for giving options. [28]

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Radon — The Forgotten Environmental Health Story [21]

Thousands of lives are lost each year to lung cancers caused by radon exposure. Yet as the latest TipSheet explains the story often remains untold. Get the context to help turn this life-and-death environmental health concern into local news reporting. Plus, Reporter’s Toolbox highlights databases [20] that can kick-start coverage.

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TipSheet [29]
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Air [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Health [8]
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February 2, 2026

DEADLINE: New America's Fellows Program [30]

New America invests in thinkers with big, bold ideas that have an impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day. $15k-$30k stipend provided for Sep-May fellowship. Stay in your current job, coming together for two cohort gatherings during the fellowship year. Apply by Feb 2, 2026.

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"Bayer AG Discussed Plans To Give Not-For-Profit Funding For Influence" [33]

"Bayer AG discussed plans to give the German drugs giant influence within a prestigious American not-for-profit dedicated to media freedoms that would protect and promote the company’s business interests in exchange for generous funding, records obtained by the Guardian show."

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Public [19]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [35], 11/22/2019

Supreme Court Weighs Lawsuit Pitting Climate Scientist Against Skeptics [36]

"The Supreme Court on Friday will consider whether to take up a prominent climatologist's defamation suit against a venerated conservative magazine, in a case that pits climate scientists against the free speech rights of global warming skeptics."

Climate Change [5]
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Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [14]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [37], 11/22/2019

"Oxford Names ‘Climate Emergency’ Its 2019 Word of the Year" [38]

"Oxford Dictionaries has named “climate emergency” as its 2019 Word of the Year, choosing it from an all-environmental shortlist that also included “climate action,” “climate denial,” “eco-anxiety,” “extinction” and “flight shame.”"

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Public [19]
International [16]
Source: NY Times [39], 11/21/2019

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