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"Bird Flu Spreads To Dairy Cows In Idaho, Michigan And New Mexico" [1]

"A highly virulent bird flu first detected in dairy cows in Texas and Kansas this week has spread to additional herds, bringing the number of affected states to five and adding evidence the virus may be spreading cow-to-cow."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [9]
Source: Washington Post [10], 04/02/2024

Courage and Caring — Documentary Celebrates Environmental Icon Stewart Udall [11]

While the name of Stewart Udall, U.S. interior secretary through the tumultuous 1960s, may have faded from public memory, his influence on environmental policies is still felt today. Contributor Francesca Lyman shines the spotlight on a new documentary about Udall and his legacy, and talks with director John de Graaf about Udall’s insights and inspiration.

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Features [12]
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Air [13]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [18]
Forests [19]
Government [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [27]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [28]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
California [31]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
International [9]
Central America & the Caribbean [35]
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Solar Power, the Community Way [36]

The energy transition imperative to move from fossil fuels toward renewable energies could leave out individual homeowners unable to install rooftop solar. But as the latest TipSheet points out, there’s an alternative: community solar. Good local reporting is needed to demystify it though. The backstory, plus more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [38]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Policy [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
April 6, 2024

#SEJ2024 Closing Plenary: Battling Disinformation, Fending Off Despair and Staying Relevant — What’s the Future for Environmental Journalism? [39]

Join the livestream of the #SEJ2024 closing plenary exploring hoiw to combat the ever-present climate disinformation and consider evolving views on journalistic objectivity. We’ll consider how to cope with the feeling of despair, and at how some journalists and outlets have created new business models to fund their journalism. 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET.

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Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
International [9]
April 5, 2024

#SEJ2024 Opening Plenary: Election 2024 — How Will Climate Change Matter? [42]

Join the livestream of the #SEJ2024 opening plenary on how the 2024 election is likely to dominate coverage across local, regional and national newsrooms. 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET.

SEJ Annual Conferences [40]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
April 5, 2024

#SEJ2024: U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan Keynote and Q&A [43]

Join the livestream of this #SEJ2024 discussion with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 16th Administrator, Michael S. Regan, and Bloomberg Law senior reporter Jennifer Hijazi. 8:30-9:30 a.m. ET.

SEJ Annual Conferences [40]
Visibility: 
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Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
April 3, 2024

#SEJ2024 Opening Program: Welcome to Philly! [44]

Join the livestream of the #SEJ2024 opening program! We'll preview UPenn’s environmental-related research and efforts; showcase Philly, its foods and sports craziness; hear from the Philly Youth Poet Laureate and take a virtual artistic tour through the city’s amazing street murals and environmental justice history. We’ll also hear from our UPenn hosts and disinformation warriors — Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Michael Mann — who together have quite a story to tell about disinformation overwhelming our world and what we might be able to do about it. 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. ET.

SEJ Annual Conferences [40]
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Other or All [45]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
International [9]

"A River in Flux" [46]

"Extreme flooding and droughts may be the new norm for the Amazon, challenging its people and ecosystems."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [47]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
South America [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 04/01/2024

Last Coal-Burning Power Plant In New England Set To Close. Enviros Win. [50]

"The last coal-fired power plant in New England, which had been the focus of a lawsuit and protests, is set to close in a victory for environmentalists."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Pollution [27]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Source: AP [52], 04/01/2024

"Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun" [53]

"Legislation to protect critical wetlands faces uncertainty as titanium mine moves closer to permitting."

Biodiversity [3]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution [55], 04/01/2024

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