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Award-Winning Beat Reporting Highlights Legacy of Environmental Racism [1]

Top-flight regional reporting (and data analysis) that explored inequities between Black and white communities around Baltimore, Maryland, yielded journalist Scott Dance a wide range of stories — and a first-place prize in the most recent awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists. Dance, now on the climate desk for The Washington Post shares insights from the beat in the new Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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"Scientists Are Shedding Light on ‘Dark Vessels’ at Sea" [17]

"A recent study revealed just how much fishing activity is slipping under the radar, finding that roughly three-quarters of the world’s industrial fishing ships are not publicly tracked."

Fish & Fisheries [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [16]
International [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 03/25/2024
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‘Dangerous And Abusive’ Conditions In Indian Shrimp Industry: Report [21]

"Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the freezer and saw “Product of India,” she wrinkled her nose."

Agriculture [3]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Food [25]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [9]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Asia [26]
Source: AP [27], 03/22/2024
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33,000 Hours Of Harmful Seabed Trawling Revealed In Protected UK Waters [28]

"Industrial vessels suspected of using a harmful fishing method known as bottom trawling spent more than 33,000 hours in British marine protected areas last year, a new analysis of satellite data shows."

Biodiversity [29]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
Europe [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 03/21/2024
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Fishers Who Catch Baby Eels For $2,000 A Pound Hope For Years Of Fishing [33]

"Baby eels, also called elvers, are likely the most valuable fish in the United States on a per-pound basis - worth orders of magnitude more money at the docks than lobsters, scallops or salmon."

Fish & Fisheries [6]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [19]
Asia [26]
Source: AP [34], 03/18/2024
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"Pebble Sues EPA To Revive Southwest Alaska Copper And Gold Mine Prospect" [35]

"The company behind the giant Pebble copper and gold mine project in Southwest Alaska filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to overturn its decision last year to halt the mine."

Environmental Politics [36]
Environmental Studies [37]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [39], 03/18/2024
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SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism Awards $47,605 to Support Stories on the U.S. Clean Energy Transition [40]

The Fund for Environmental Journalism has awarded $47,605 for 11 projects selected through the 2023-24 round of competition for stories on the U.S. Clean Energy Transition. 100% of the story projects focus on under-represented communities or share diverse perspectives on environmental issues.

Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [36]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [12]
Technology [42]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [43]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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Corals at Risk as Great Barrier Reef Faces Its Latest Bleaching Event [44]

"Increasingly frequent marine heat waves are hammering away at the world’s coral reefs, scientists say."

Biodiversity [29]
Climate Change [4]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
International [19]
Australia & Oceania [45]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 03/13/2024
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‘Catastrophic’: California Salmon Season To Be Restricted Or Shut Down — Again [47]

"California’s fishing industry is bracing for another bad year as federal managers today announced plans to heavily restrict or prohibit salmon fishing again, after cancelling the entire season last year."

Fish & Fisheries [6]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [48]
Source: CalMatters [49], 03/12/2024
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"Amid Louisiana’s Crawfish Shortage, Governor Issues Disaster Declaration" [50]

"Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry Wednesday."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [22]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Food [25]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: AP [52], 03/08/2024
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