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"G-20 Climate Talks Stall Ahead of Rome Leaders’ Summit" [1]

"The world’s major economies are gridlocked in their efforts to agree concrete steps to tackle climate change just two weeks before a crucial summit in Rome, according to three people familiar with the matter."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [6], 10/18/2021

"The United States Has More Abandoned Wells Than We Thought" [7]

"The number of abandoned oil and gas wells in the United States is much higher than previously thought, according to an exclusive analysis shared with The Climate 202."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [11], 10/18/2021

120,000+ US Sites Feared To Handle Harmful PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals [12]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified more than 120,000 locations around the US where people may be exposed to a class of toxic “forever chemicals” associated with various cancers and other health problems that is a frightening tally four times larger than previously reported, according to data obtained by the Guardian."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Pollution [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [15], 10/18/2021

Key Biden Climate Plan Likely to Be Cut Because of Manchin Opposition [16]

"The West Virginia Democrat told the White House he is firmly against a clean electricity program that is the muscle behind the president’s plan to battle climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [19], 10/18/2021
November 3, 2021

DEADLINE: IJNR/SEJ Virtual Workshop on Environmental Racism and Indigenous Communities [20]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources, in partnership with SEJ, will present a virtual workshop, Nov 17-18, 2021, on covering the ongoing problem of Indigenous voices being ignored or silenced during conversations about contemporary natural resource management. Participating journalists eligible for story grants. Deadline: Nov 3.

Other Events [21]
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Activism [22]
Diversity [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Natural Resources [25]
October 20, 2021

How Journalists from 13 Countries Covered the Crimes in the Global Fishing Industry [26]

Oceans Inc. is a cross-border investigation series into crimes in the global fishing industry, from the South China Sea to the Antarctic. At 8:00 a.m. ET, meet the journalists behind the series and find out more about the Environmental Reporting Collective's reporting and training grants that are worth over USD15,000.

Other Events [21]
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Journalism & Media [24]
Water & Oceans [27]
October 27, 2021

SEJ Webinar: The Time Is Now — A COP26 Primer for Journalists [28]

SEJ and the UN Foundation are bringing together UN policy experts and journalists to discuss what to watch for ahead of the 26th Climate Change Conference of the Parties, as the international community seeks to measure and accelerate progress towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement. 1:00 p.m. ET.

SEJ Regional Conferences [29]
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Climate Change [2]
Journalism & Media [24]

#SEJSpotlight: Rachel Nuwer, Freelance Journalist [30]

Meet SEJ member Rachel Nuwer! Rachel is an award-winning freelance journalist who regularly writes about conservation, ecology and wildlife trade for the New York Times, National Geographic, Scientific American and more. Her multi-award-winning first book, "Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking," was published in September 2018 with Da Capo Press.

Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [31]
Journalism & Media [24]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
October 30, 2021

DEADLINE: Spark Grant Initiative [32]

As members of the World Federation of Science Journalists, SEJ and its members are eligible to apply for this new funding of up to US$20,000 per project for work that strengthens science journalism locally while also benefitting the worldwide community. Projects or initiatives must be brand new. Apply by Oct 30, 2021.

Awards and Grants [33]
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Journalism & Media [24]
Science [34]

"A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms" [35]

"Spend some time around the shell-shocked journalists at the Tribune these days, and you’ll hear the same question over and over: How did it come to this?"

Economy & Business [36]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Atlantic [37], 10/15/2021

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