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"Oyster Renaissance Lifts Chesapeake Bay, But Troubles Linger" [1]

"A campaign to add 10 billion oysters to the bay by 2025 — naturally purifying the water — is on pace even as Virginia and Maryland contend with agricultural runoff and other pollutants."

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Fish & Fisheries [5]
Food [6]
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Source: E&E News [12], 05/22/2024
June 2, 2024

DC SEJ Happy Hour [13]

SEJ DC-area members who met at this year's SEJ conference in Philadelphia are planning an environmental journalist happy hour. Non-SEJ environmental journalist friends are also welcome. The gathering is at 4:00 p.m. at the Midlands Beer Garden in Petworth/Columbia Heights. 

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Amid Controversial Sale, U.S. Steel Falls Behind In Cleaner Steelmaking [16]

"U.S. Steel’s proposed sale to Nippon Steel stokes concerns over labor rights and national security, all while the company continues to break clean air laws in Western Pennsylvania."

Air [17]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Source: Daily Climate [24], 05/10/2024

"The Surging Demand For Data Is Guzzling Virginia’s Water" [25]

"In recent years, these data centers have been rapidly expanding in the United States. But the gargantuan facilities do more than keep cloud servers running — they also guzzle absurd amounts of water to run cooling systems that protect their components from overheating."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [26]
Technology [27]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Source: Grist [28], 05/09/2024

"Pennsylvania’s First Proposed Chemical Recycling Plant Cancelled" [29]

"Plans to build what would have been one of the largest chemical recycling plants in the country in Pennsylvania were canceled this week."

Air [17]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [19]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [8]
Waste [31]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Source: EHN [32], 04/22/2024
May 1, 2024

Environmental Journalists on the Frontlines of Democracy [33]

Prior to this year's World Press Freedom Day, the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program, in partnership with SEJ, will celebrate the important role of environmental journalism and highlight the need to protect journalists around the world from surveillance, censorship, oppression and violence. 10am ET.

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International [35]

Philly Steaks Out New Ground [36]

It just wouldn’t be the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference recap without the waggish tales of SEJ’s resident wit, David Helvarg, who once again this year skewers the lot of us, sparing not a jot of our five days in Philadelphia. Read on and prepare to snicker.

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Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [38]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [30]
Food [6]
Government [40]
Health [41]
Infrastructure [26]
Journalism & Media [15]
Natural Resources [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [42]
Policy [43]
Pollution [8]
Technology [27]
Transportation [44]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [45]
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April 19, 2024

DEADLINE: Planet Forward Frontline Climate Fellowship [46]

The Planet Forward Frontline Climate Fellowship, June 10-July 19, is seeking six unique, highly diverse college students to report environmental stories from, by and about underserved communities on the front lines of climate change and environmental inequity. This is a paid opportunity. Apply by Apr 19.

Workshops and Fellowships [47]
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Diversity [48]
Environmental Justice [49]
Journalism & Media [15]
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National (U.S.) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]

Coverage: SEJ's 33rd Annual Conference [50]

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#SEJ2024 took place April 3-7, 2024 in Philadelphia, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. Find multimedia coverage [50] provided by SEJ, UPenn, our multischool Student Newsroom, volunteers and conference attendees, including videos of the four plenaries. Most sessions were audio-recorded and will be posted as available.

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April 6, 2024

#SEJ2024 Closing Plenary: Battling Disinformation, Fending Off Despair and Staying Relevant — What’s the Future for Environmental Journalism? [52]

Join the livestream of the #SEJ2024 closing plenary exploring hoiw to combat the ever-present climate disinformation and consider evolving views on journalistic objectivity. We’ll consider how to cope with the feeling of despair, and at how some journalists and outlets have created new business models to fund their journalism. 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET.

SEJ Annual Conferences [53]
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