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August 24, 2022 to August 26, 2022

Environmental Justice Briefing for Reporters on Plastic Pollution [1]

Beyond Plastics invites journalists to Bennington College in Vermont for this two-day, in-person environmental justice briefing on plastic pollution issues, including its impact on frontline communities in the southern US and Indonesia.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Pollution [6]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Asia [8]

"Native American Tribes To Co-Manage National Monument For First Time" [9]

"The Biden administration has reached a historic agreement to give five Native American tribes more say over the day-to-day management of a national monument in Utah, marking a new chapter in the federal government’s often-fraught relationship with tribes."

Environmental Justice [5]
Government [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 06/21/2022
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"Black Farming Projects Look To Recoup Historical U.S. Land Losses" [15]

"When Black land rights activists were offered a 150-acre (60-hectare) plot in the U.S. South, they saw it as an opportunity towards righting a historical wrong."

Agriculture [16]
Environmental Justice [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [17], 06/21/2022
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"Unhoused in Phoenix’s Perilous Heat: ‘If I Don’t Keep Cool, I’ll Die’" [18]

"Phoenix is the US’s deadliest city for heat fatalities while its urban sprawl makes it a concrete heat island".

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [22], 06/21/2022
  • Read more about "Unhoused in Phoenix’s Perilous Heat: ‘If I Don’t Keep Cool, I’ll Die’" [18]

Environmental Journalist Recounts His Historical Slave-Era Find [23]

The historic discovery of the Clotilda — America’s “Last Slave Ship” — is only part of the story told in a new book by Alabama-based journalist Ben Raines, which tells the far larger tale about the ship’s survivors, the remarkable Jim Crow-era community they created and its ultimate erosion when faced by decades of environmental racism. A review by BookShelf Editor Tom Henry.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Justice [5]
Journalism & Media [25]
People & Population [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
International [28]
Africa [29]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
  • Read more about Environmental Journalist Recounts His Historical Slave-Era Find [23]

"Senate Poised To Pass Bill Helping Soldiers Exposed To Toxic Substances" [30]

"Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson deployed to Iraq and Kosovo with the Ohio National Guard, but the battle didn’t end when he returned home."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Military [32]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [33], 06/14/2022
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Women In Environmental Leadership. Making Progress? Or Hitting More Ceilings? [34]

"California is a good laboratory to explore women’s impact on environmental policy and the hurdles they continue to face."

Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [35]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: LA Times [36], 06/10/2022
  • Read more about Women In Environmental Leadership. Making Progress? Or Hitting More Ceilings? [34]

"Alaska Tribe Nominates Pribilof Islands Area For Sanctuary" [37]

"An Alaska Native tribe has nominated for consideration as a national marine sanctuary an area around the Pribilof Islands that supports Stellar sea lions, northern fur seals and other marine life."

Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Water & Oceans [39]
Wildlife [40]
Public [3]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Source: AP [42], 06/10/2022
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August 8, 2024

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Virtual Public Meeting [43]

The U.S. EPA's next NEJAC virtual public meeting will run approximately 1:00-6:30 pm (ET), with a focus on several topics including, but not limited to, NEJAC recommendations for cumulative impacts and presentations from EPA programs. The meeting is free to attend; registration is required.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Justice [5]
Government [10]

"History of US Forest Mismanagement Fans The Flames Of Disaster" [44]

"Residents of the New Mexico canyon scorched by the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires blame the government for the acres they lost".

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [35]
Forests [45]
Government [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: Searchlight N.M. [47], 06/08/2022
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