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August 3, 2016 to August 7, 2016

NABJ/NAHJ Joint Convention and Career Fair [1]

The two largest minority journalist organizations in the United States are joining forces to offer unequalled opportunities for face-to-face networking and professional development at a joint annual convention in Washington, DC.

Professional Meetings [2]
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Public [3]
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Biodiversity [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]

The Year Ahead in Energy and the Environment: Stories to Watch in 2016 [7]

As the Paris climate agreement rolls out, the U.S. presidential race speeds up, and the Supreme Court weighs in, 2016 is already a banner year for environment and energy news. On February 11,  the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program presented our fourth annual “Year Ahead in Environment and Energy” event in Washington, DC. Leading reporters and editors discussed breaking news from the Supreme Court, climate accord prospects and other critical issues of 2016.

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Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Journalism & Media [5]
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Public [3]
February 11, 2016

The Year Ahead in Energy and the Environment: Stories to Watch in 2016 [13]

As the Paris climate agreement rolls out and the U.S. presidential race speeds up, this will be a banner year for environment and energy news. Join the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program for the fourth annual “Year Ahead in Environment and Energy” event in Washington, DC, where leading reporters and editors will discuss the critical issues that will shape 2016.

SEJ Regional Conferences [14]
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Public [3]
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Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Journalism & Media [5]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]

"Bioreactors Taking a Bite Out of Pollution on Eastern Shore Farms" [15]

"Pits use wood chips to remove nutrients from ag runoff before it reaches streams".

Agriculture [16]
Pollution [17]
Technology [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Bay Journal [21], 12/29/2015

As Decision Nears, Opposition Builds To Atlantic Offshore Drilling [22]

"When then-Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) first pushed the idea in 2010, it was easy to find Virginians who favored oil and gas drilling along the Virginia coast, even in this tourism-dependent city of 450,000. The Virginia Beach City Council voted 8 to 3 that year in support of the giant offshore rigs, betting, along with the mayor, that 'there’s going to be money made.'"

Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Wash Post [25], 12/22/2015

J-Groups Meet with WH Press Secretary, Seek More Openness [26]

Representatives of a coalition of 53 journalism groups met December 15, 2015, with White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. The groups, including SEJ and Society of Professional Journalists, have complained about agency press offices obstructing reporters' access to officials and information.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
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Government [28]
Journalism & Media [5]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
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Public [3]

Lawmakers, Activists Call for Better Enforcement of Md. Lead-Paint Laws [29]

"State and city regulators need to do a better job enforcing laws meant to protect children from lead poisoning if the longtime health scourge is ever to be eliminated, key lawmakers and community leaders said Monday."

Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Baltimore Sun [32], 12/10/2015

"In Evangelical Country, an Apocalypse of Rising Seas" [33]

"In Hampton Roads, Va., the epicenter of both the evangelical movement and climate change, land and ideology are losing the battle to a rising Atlantic."

Climate Change [34]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: InsideClimate News/Scalawag [36], 12/08/2015

"A Proposed Luxury Resort Where Eagles Soar Stirs Anger" [37]

"Twice a year, bald eagles from as far north as Canada and as far south as Florida flock by the thousands to a stretch of the Rappahannock River in Virginia for an all-you-can-eat buffet. They perch in trees atop pale cliffs rising along this river to the Chesapeake Bay and dive bomb the waters for shad, catfish, stripers and even waterfowl."

Wildlife [38]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: AP [39], 12/01/2015

Residents Fight Economics And Erosion To Preserve Chesapeake Island [40]

"SMITH ISLAND, Md. -- Fragments of marshes whittled by waves rise a few feet above the Chesapeake Bay. A boat creeps along the jagged sandy edge, fishing lines trailing, and the two men raise their hands in greeting."

Economy & Business [11]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: ClimateWire [41], 11/18/2015

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