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Between the Lines: Getting Inside the Head of a Book Editor [14]

“Think big, but keep your feet on the ground” — that’s the kind of sound advice that would-be authors receive behind closed doors at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference, where book editors offer confidential feedback on author pitches in the yearly “Book Slam.” Now, SEJournal has tapped Slam moderator Meera Subramanian to gather book editors’ top 15 tips from the 2018 SEJ gathering in Flint. We share them with you in our latest Between the Lines.

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Climate Change Issue Will Heat Up in 2019 [16]

The topic of climate change will certainly heat up in 2019. That’s not just because a Democratic House will push back against the Trump administration, but also because of pressure from a “Green New Deal” clean-energy jobs movement, not to mention ongoing legal action, and corporate and state-level moves to limit carbon emissions. This special edition TipSheet explores the fault lines on climate in the year ahead.

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The 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [23]

SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with this "2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment" special report. Stay tuned as we continue to add elements to the report up through and beyond its formal launch Jan. 25 at an annual roundtable [24], organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists with the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

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SEJ News [25]

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Activism [18]

Air [26]

Chemicals [27]

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Melting Arctic Ice Pours 14,000 Tons Of Water Per Second Into The Ocean [40]

"A new scientific survey has found that the glaciers of the Arctic are the world’s biggest contributors to rising seas, shedding ice at an accelerating rate that now adds well over a millimeter to the level of the ocean every year."

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Source: Washington Post [41], 01/02/2019

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"Deep Beneath Your Feet, They Live in the Octillions" [42]

"The real journey to the center of the Earth has begun, and scientists are discovering subsurface microbial beings that shake up what we think we know about life."

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Source: NY Times [43], 12/24/2018

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"Five Oil Majors Face 2019 Climate Target Pressure By Investors" [44]

"U.S. and Norwegian oil majors Chevron and Equinor have become the latest target of activist investors moving to force five of the biggest oil companies to commit to fixed emissions targets and align with the Paris climate agreement."

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Source: Reuters [45], 12/21/2018

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"Japan To Resume Commercial Whaling After Leaving IWC – Report" [46]

"Japan is to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and resume commercial whaling next year, a report claimed on Thursday, in a move that drew condemnation from Australia, with other anti-whaling nations expected to follow suit."

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Source: Guardian [47], 12/20/2018

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That Global Warming Hiatus? It Never Happened. Two New Studies Explain [48]

"The United Nations panel of climate science experts mentioned it in a 2013 report, scientists have published more than 200 papers analyzing it, and climate deniers said it was proof that climate change didn't exist, but in reality the global warming "pause" or "hiatus" never occurred."

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Source: InsideClimate News [49], 12/19/2018

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Creator Of Floating Collector Struggling To Capture Plastic In Pacific [50]

"A crew of engineers in the middle of the ocean will try to fix a device that was intended to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic have coalesced into a field of debris twice the size of Texas."

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