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"The Refuge Revealed" [1]

"Oil rigs may soon be coming to the nation’s largest wildlife refuge. We find out what that could mean to the people who live there."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [10]
Source: Reveal [11], 03/09/2020

"Bernhardt Defends Bird Treaty Rule Amid Verbal Combat in Senate" [12]

"Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, visibly shaking and combative during a Senate hearing Wednesday, defended the Interior Department’s plan to re-interpret the Migratory Bird Treaty Act so that oil companies would not be fined for killing birds due to oil spills."

Biodiversity [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [14], 03/05/2020

"Clean Water Rule: Science Advisory Board Slams Trump's WOTUS Rewrite" [15]

"An EPA advisory panel has finalized a striking rebuke of the Trump administration's revamped Clean Water Act rule, saying critical elements are not adequately based on science."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [20], 03/05/2020

"Supreme Court: Justices Accept Endangered Species FOIA Plea" [21]

"The Supreme Court today [Monday] agreed to hear a dispute over whether certain draft documentation of Endangered Species Act decisionmaking should remain off-limits to the public."

Biodiversity [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [23], 03/03/2020
May 31, 2020

DEADLINE: BigPicture Emerging Photographer Grant [24]

Are you a photographer 18-25 years old? What ideas do you want to convey around the themes of conservation, biodiversity and sustainability of the natural world? Your fresh approach to this topic presenting your perspective in photographs and media could win you one of two $2,500 grants and mentorship.

Awards and Grants [25]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [13]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Forests [27]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [6]
Planning & Growth [28]
Pollution [18]
Science [29]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [7]

Illustrating the Environment in a New Light [30]

Freelance photographer Morgan Heim explores the ethical and creative considerations of non-traditional photography when reporting on wildlife issues, in a sidebar to the latest EJ InSight. See a slideshow of images with her unique approach [31]. Plus, Heim on surviving in today’s constrained news media economy [32] and the implications for storytelling, independence and integrity.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [13]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Studies [26]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [6]
Science [29]
Wildlife [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
California [34]
International [35]
South America [36]
Visibility: 
Public [8]

Freelance Photographer Charts New Journalistic Path [32]

How do you survive as a freelance wildlife photojournalist in today’s constrained news media economy? In the latest EJ InSight, photographer Morgan Heim shares the approach she has successfully pursued, and shares its implications for storytelling, independence and integrity. See a slideshow of her images [31]. Plus, Heim explores the ethics of non-traditional photography [30].

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [37]
Biodiversity [13]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Journalism & Media [22]
Science [29]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
California [34]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
International [35]
Asia [39]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
March 1, 2026

DEADLINE: BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition [40]

Photographers worldwide can contribute their work that celebrates and illustrates the rich diversity of life on Earth and inspires action to protect and conserve it through the power of imagery. Cash prizes in seven categories. Entry fees apply. Deadline: Mar 1, 2026.

Awards and Grants [25]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [13]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Forests [27]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [18]
Science [29]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [7]

"Oil Industry Tool to Spare Polar Bears Is More Miss Than Hit" [41]

"A new study casts doubt on the effectiveness of what is considered a state-of-the-art tool to help industry avoid injuring or disturbing polar bears by detecting their dens in the snow. Over more than a decade on the North Slope of Alaska, the study found, oil companies located fewer than half of the known dens of maternal bears and their infant cubs using airborne instruments called forward-looking infrared, or FLIR, cameras."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Antarctica & Arctic [42]
Source: NY Times [43], 02/28/2020

Judge Voids 1 Million Acres Of Oil And Gas Leases Over Public Input [44]

"A federal judge in Idaho ruled Thursday that a Trump administration policy limiting public input on oil and gas leasing decisions was “arbitrary and capricious,” overturning the 2018 directive and voiding nearly 1 million acres of leases out West as a result."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [45], 02/28/2020

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