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Help SEJ Support Journalists Like Luis Joel Méndez González [1]

Luis Joel Méndez González reports for Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism through Report for America, investigating climate change, government preparedness, coastal erosion, infrastructure and sea level rise. You can help SEJ support journalists like Luis by giving to SEJ programs, Fund for Environmental Journalism, conference travel stipends, members-in-need fund or creating a legacy with a free will.

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Judge Won't Dismiss Suit Claiming Poland Spring Water Isn't From A Spring [4]

"A federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss a long-running lawsuit accusing the former Nestle Waters North America of defrauding consumers by labeling its Poland Spring bottled water as "spring water."

Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Journalism & Media [2]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Source: Reuters [13], 01/03/2025

#SEJSpotlight: Lori Valigra, Investigative Environment Reporter, Bangor Daily News [14]

Meet SEJ member Lori Valigra! Lori is an investigative environment reporter for the Bangor Daily News' Maine Focus investigative team. She holds an M.S. in journalism from Boston University. She was a Knight journalism fellow at M.I.T. and has extensive international reporting experience in Europe and Asia.

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"Chemtrail Conspiracy Theories: Why RFK Jr Is Watching The Skies" [15]

"Belief in a supposed US government plot linked to aircraft condensation trails has been boosted by confusion over proposals to geoengineer a response to the climate crisis"

Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [2]
Science [17]
Transportation [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [19], 01/02/2025

Toxic Benzene Plagued Channelview, Tex. Regulators Never Told Residents. [20]

"The highest levels exceed even Texas’ benzene guideline — the weakest in the nation — but aren’t being recorded by a state monitor. That means the community’s cancer risk could be higher than previously thought."

Air [21]
Chemicals [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Journalism & Media [2]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [25]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: Public Health Watch [27], 01/02/2025
January 15, 2025

DEADLINE: ICFJ News Creator Award for Excellence in Independent Video Journalism [28]

This inaugural award, organized by the International Center for Journalists with support from YouTube, will honor independent journalists and news creators from across the world who produce high-quality, reliable news in the public interest. Deadline is Jan 15, 2025.

Awards and Grants [29]
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International [30]
January 31, 2025

DEADLINE: IJNR Southern California Wildfire Institute [31]

From March 2-8, 2025, the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will conduct a training program in San Diego and locations across southern California for ~15 professional journalists to advance their reporting on a range of wildfire-resilience topics. Apply by Jan 31.

Workshops and Fellowships [32]
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Disasters [33]
Journalism & Media [2]
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California [34]
January 6, 2025

DEADLINE: Extreme Heat Reporting Training in West Africa [35]

Join Climate Resilience for All for a three-day in-person training course in Accra, Ghana on February 10-12, 2025, designed to improve your reporting on the impacts of extreme heat, giving you new sources, story angles and ideas on how to cover the mounting impacts of this climate threat. Apply by Jan 6.

Workshops and Fellowships [32]
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Climate Change [36]
Disasters [33]
Journalism & Media [2]
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International [30]
Africa [37]
February 15, 2025

DEADLINE: UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize [38]

Journalists, institutions and others who have made a significant contribution to press freedom anywhere in the world, representing all types of media including digital media, may be nominated (in English or French) for this annual $25,000 prize. Deadline: Feb 15, 2025.

Awards and Grants [29]
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Senator Urges EPA to Release Report on Formaldehyde Health Risks [39]

"Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., urged the Environmental Protection Agency in a letter this week to issue a final report on the health risks of formaldehyde that is “science-based” and “as strong as possible,” adding that “the agency has an obligation to protect the public from the chemical.”"

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [16]
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Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [25]
Science [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ProPublica [41], 12/23/2024

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