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Reuters Series Wins 2019 Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting [14]

The Nina Mason Pulliam Award judges had the privilege of reading the winning projects from every category of SEJ’s 2019 Awards for Reporting on the Environment, and the difficult task of choosing one from among them for this "best of the best" honor. Reuters' "Ocean Shock" series, a deeply reported and stunningly presented look at an underwater crisis of global proportions by Maurice Tamman, Matthew Green, Mari Saito, Sarah Slobin and Maryanne Murray, is this year's Pulliam winner [14]. The prize includes $10,000 and a trip to SEJ's 29th annual conference in Fort Collins, Colorado this October.

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Interior Took Notes From FBI While Developing Controversial FOIA Policy [15]

"The Interior Department took notes from the FBI, which handles reams of classified material and is known as a slower responder to public records requests, while developing its controversial policy for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, according to emails reviewed by The Hill."

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Source: The Hill [18], 08/07/2019

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Top Climate Scientist Quits USDA, Complaining of Political Suppression [19]

"A top climate scientist quit USDA, following others who say Trump has politicized science." "One of the nation’s leading climate change scientists is quitting the Agriculture Department in protest over the Trump administration’s efforts to bury his groundbreaking study about how rice is losing nutrients because of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."

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Source: Politico [24], 08/06/2019

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For ‘Wonky’ Pollution Story, Making the Complex Clear [25]

The latest Inside Story column takes a look at how one reporter turned a series of complex policy stories on renewable energy and pollution into an accessible, localized narrative — and in the process won a Society of Environmental Journalists’ explanatory reporting award. A Q&A about the project with Baltimore Sun’s Scott Dance.

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Finding Record Temps for Summer Heat [30]

For environmental journalists covering this summer’s record-high temperatures, finding accurate data on local temperature extremes is key. Our latest Reporter’s Toolbox helps you locate the source of local data via the National Weather Service, then walks you through how to pinpoint your area’s numbers for high temperatures and for heat-related extremes.

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Sen. Hirono Leads Letter Warning of Science Data Suppression at USGS [33]

"Last week, Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and 21 of her US Senate colleagues sent a letter to Dr. James Reilly, the director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to express their concern over recent reports that USGS will only utilize climate models that project the effects of climate change through 2040."

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Alaska Natives Accuse White House Of Hiding Arctic Oil Impact Info [35]

"Alaska Natives and environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, accusing it of concealing information about the effects of oil development in the long-protected Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."

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"Interior: Wyden To Ice Jorjani Vote Over FOIA Program" [37]

"Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden (D) declared today he will block the confirmation of Daniel Jorjani to become the Interior Department's solicitor over concerns about how the agency handles Freedom of Information Act requests."

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"Brazil President Threatens Officers Over Deforestation Data" [38]

"President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Thursday to dismiss officers at the Brazilian agency that monitors deforestation in the Amazon over its publication of data he disagrees with."

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