Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)

"The Pinyon Jay’s Plight" [1]

"Two culprits have pushed this keystone species to the brink in New Mexico."

Biodiversity [2]

Climate Change [3]

Forests [4]

Natural Resources [5]

Wildlife [6]

Public [7]

National (U.S.) [8]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

Source: The Revelator [10], 11/03/2022

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"‘Hubris’: LNG Plant Officials Saw Trouble Days Before Blast" [11]

"For at least two days before a pipe exploded at its Texas gas export terminal, Freeport LNG had been trying to figure out what was wrong, records show. The June 8 blast forced the plant to close and took almost a fifth of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports offline."

Chemicals [12]

Disasters [13]

Energy & Fuel [14]

Public [7]

National (U.S.) [8]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

Source: E&E News [15], 11/01/2022

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ESA Inaction Spells Trouble for an Iconic Grassland Bird [16]

The lesser prairie-chicken is in dire need of protection, but a decision on listing it under the Endangered Species Act is months overdue. Environmental reporter Mike Smith looks at the causes and potential consequences of the bureaucratic delay and muses on whether this unique bird will go the way of its even more imperiled relative, the Attwater’s prairie-chicken [17].

SEJ Publication Types:

Features [18]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [19]

Agriculture [20]

Biodiversity [2]

Economy & Business [21]

Energy & Fuel [14]

Environmental Politics [22]

Government [23]

Laws & Regulations [24]

Natural Resources [5]

Policy [25]

Science [26]

Wildlife [6]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [27]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

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Public [7]

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October 15, 2023

DEADLINE: NPR-IJA NextGenRadio — Indigenous Workshop [30]

NPR and the Indigenous Journalists Association invite applications from early-career professionals for their next audio-focused, digital journalism workshop, designed to enhance coverage of Indigenous affairs with Indigenous voices, Nov. 13-17, 2023, in Albuquerque, N.M. Cash stipend. Apply by Oct 15.

Workshops and Fellowships [31]

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Public [7]

Topics on the Beat:

Diversity [32]

Journalism & Media [33]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

"As Rio Grande Shrinks, El Paso Plans for Uncertain Water Future" [34]

"With a megadrought persisting in the Southwest, El Paso and other cities on the Rio Grande are scrambling to find alternative sources of water and are turning to innovative approaches — desalination, transporting water via pipelines, and “toilet-to-tap” wastewater recycling."

Climate Change [3]

Disasters [13]

Water & Oceans [35]

Public [7]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

Source: YaleE360 [36], 10/12/2022

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On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics [37]

Concerns about seaborne plastic waste go back decades, but science writer Juli Berwald suggests that myths and disinformation about sources and solutions continue to cloud the waters. From lentil-sized nurdles to sprawling fishing nets, 200 million tons of plastic now fill the ocean and, for her, it has become evident that the ocean plastics story is really a land story. But will the newly signed international treaty on plastics offer relief?

SEJ Publication Types:

Features [18]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [19]

Biodiversity [2]

Chemicals [12]

Climate Change [3]

Consumer [38]

Economy & Business [21]

Energy & Fuel [14]

Environmental Health [39]

Environmental Studies [40]

Fish & Fisheries [41]

Government [23]

Infrastructure [42]

Journalism & Media [33]

Laws & Regulations [24]

Natural Resources [5]

Policy [25]

Pollution [43]

Science [26]

Technology [44]

Waste [45]

Water & Oceans [35]

Wildlife [6]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

Alaska and Hawaii [46]

California [47]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]

Northwest (OR WA) [49]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

International [50]

Mexico [51]

Africa [52]

Asia [53]

Europe [54]

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Public [7]

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Beat Reporter’s Coverage Calls Out Natural Gas Proponents [55]

Electric utilities may sound like a wonky beat, but in the hands of L.A. Times’ Sammy Roth, it became an opportunity to weave together seemingly dry, technical subject matter into a series of award-winning stories on natural gas that captured flash points for climate change, communities of color and energy politics. Roth shares his reporting experience in the latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:

Inside Story [56]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [19]

Air [57]

Climate Change [3]

Consumer [38]

Economy & Business [21]

Energy & Fuel [14]

Environmental Justice [58]

Environmental Politics [22]

Infrastructure [42]

Journalism & Media [33]

Natural Resources [5]

People & Population [59]

Policy [25]

Pollution [43]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

California [47]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

Visibility:

Public [7]

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Arizona Tribe And Biologists Rescue The Apache Trout From Near Extinction [60]

"The White Mountain Apache reservation stretches across about 1.24 million acres in eastern Arizona, rising at its highest point to 11,000 feet above sea level. It is the only place in the world where the state fish of Arizona lives in its natural habitat ."

Fish & Fisheries [41]

People & Population [59]

Public [7]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

Source: Arizona Republic [61], 09/30/2022

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Texas Is Now the Nation’s Biggest Emitter of Toxics Into Water [62]

"Texas is a notably easy place to set up shop for industrial projects with lots of liquid waste and nowhere good to put it. The state’s waterways are open for business, an analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data shows, to send large volumes of discarded chemicals and industrial discharge downstream and out to sea."

Chemicals [12]

Environmental Health [39]

Laws & Regulations [24]

Pollution [43]

Water & Oceans [35]

Public [7]

National (U.S.) [8]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

Source: Inside Climate News [63], 09/28/2022

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"Climate-Fueled Wildfires Worsen Danger for Struggling Fish" [64]

"Biologist Bryan Bakevich unscrewed the top of a plastic bucket and removed a Rio Grande cutthroat trout that squirmed from his grasp and plopped onto the grassy bank of Middle Ponil Creek."

Biodiversity [2]

Climate Change [3]

Disasters [13]

Fish & Fisheries [41]

Water & Oceans [35]

Public [7]

National (U.S.) [8]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

Source: AP [65], 09/23/2022