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"CDC Issues Health Alert For Deadly Tick-Borne Disease" [1]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday warned clinicians and the public about an outbreak of a rare but deadly tick-borne disease that hospitalized five patients in Southern California, killing three of them, after they traveled to or lived in a Mexican border city in recent months."

Environmental Health [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Washington Post [6], 12/11/2023

Student Journalists Show the Way on Data With Methane Flaring Project [7]

The global warming gas methane was much in the news at the start of the just-ended COP28 climate meeting, with a final Biden administration rule to trim releases by the fossil fuel industry. But when it comes to good journalism on the problem, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox spotlights the work of a team of journalism students who used sophisticated satellite data to tell the story of underreported methane flaring at drilling sites.

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Air [9]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Pollution [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
International [17]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Capturing the Invisible — Photographing Extreme Heat Waves [18]

If extreme heat seems an unusual subject for December, the new EJ InSight column reminds us that among the natural disasters sweeping 2023 were waves of devastating global highs. Yet telling that story visually is an enormous challenge, acknowledges former LA Times photo editor Silvia Rázgová, who shares insights into how to portray the seriousness of extreme heat, getting beyond the cliches and connecting (safely) with its dangerous reality.

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EJ InSight [19]
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Climate Change [10]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
California [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
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Public [3]
December 13, 2023

SEJ Webinar: Learn How To Apply for Report for America Job Openings [24]

Learn about Report for America and how to apply for more than 50 full-time journalism positions, including 11 environmental positions offered through a partnership with the University of Missouri School of Journalism and the Society of Environmental Journalists. These 11 positions are part of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a collaborative network meant to boost coverage of environmental and agricultural issues throughout the river basin. 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

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Agriculture [26]
Journalism & Media [12]
Waste [27]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]

"Eight Workers At Texas Chemical Plant Hospitalized After Toxic Gas Leak" [30]

"Eight people were taken to a hospital for treatment on Monday after a toxic gas leak at Altivia Chemicals’ plant in La Porte, Texas, local officials said."

Chemicals [31]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [2]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Guardian [33], 12/06/2023

"This Documentary Shows The Huge Stakes Of Fighting For A Free Press" [34]

"In the fall of 2019, journalists at Mvskoke Media, the news outlet covering the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma, were documenting a dramatic election season while also facing a tough fight to safeguard their right to report the story."

Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: HuffPost [35], 12/04/2023

'We Didn't Know We Were Poisoning Ourselves': Deadly Legacy Of Uranium Boom [36]

"The Diné helped dig the raw materials to build the US’s nuclear arsenal, but were never told of the danger".

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [21]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [37]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Guardian [38], 11/21/2023

"Texas Board Rejects Many Science Textbooks Over Climate Change Messaging" [39]

"A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to include information on climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [40]
Environmental Studies [41]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Science [42]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Texas Tribune [43], 11/20/2023

Gathering Offers Sobering Look Ahead at 2024, But With Glimmers of Hope [44]

Top environmental journalists and others at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual “Journalists’ Guide to Environment and Energy” program foresee some challenging realities to cover in 2024, most notably with the ongoing impacts of climate change. Bright signs emerged as well. Read our take, watch the event video [45] and visit our full “2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy [46]” special report.

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Topics on the Beat: 
Air [9]
Biodiversity [48]
Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [40]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Forests [50]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [12]
Natural Resources [51]
People & Population [52]
Policy [53]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [54]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [55]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
International [17]
South America [56]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Oil or Water? Midland Says Disposal Wells Could Threaten Water Supply" [57]

"As oil and gas companies struggle to dispose of their wastewater in the Permian Basin, the city of Midland is challenging applications for disposal wells near one of its drinking water sources."

Consumer [58]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [2]
Infrastructure [59]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Water & Oceans [54]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 11/13/2023

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