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"To Save Monarch Butterflies, They Had to Silence the Lawn Mowers" [1]

"An unlikely group of New Yorkers is winning small victories in the battle to protect butterfly habitats."

Biodiversity [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Wildlife [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 10/16/2023
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Refrigerants Are A Nightmare For The Climate. Alternatives Must Spread Fast [9]

"When Jennifer Byrne, owner and technician at Comfy Heating and Cooling, gets a call to come and fix a relatively new air conditioning system, one of the first questions she asks is if the house has just been remodeled."

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [15]
Source: AP [16], 10/16/2023
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Prosecutors: Stolen Activist Emails Were Later Cited In Court By Exxon [17]

"Federal prosecutors said in a sentencing memo Thursday that hackers hired by an Israeli private investigator stole communications between climate activists that were later used in court by Exxon Mobil Corp."

Activism [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [22], 10/16/2023
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"In A Warming World, Hunger Stalks Guatemala's Mayan Highlands" [23]

"Crop failures are one reason an unprecedented number of migrants are heading to the U.S. border."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [25]
Food [26]
People & Population [27]
Public [5]
Central America & the Caribbean [28]
South America [29]
Source: Reuters [30], 10/16/2023
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"How Megafires Are Remaking the World" [31]

"In our Pyrocene age, enormous wildfires aren’t merely damaging ecosystems but transforming them."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Studies [32]
Forests [33]
Natural Resources [3]
Wildlife [4]
Public [5]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [34], 10/16/2023
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"Canada's Top Court Backs Alberta Challenge To Trudeau Environment Law" [35]

"Canada's Supreme Court dealt a blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government on Friday by ruling that a federal law assessing how major projects such as coal mines and oil sands plants impact the environment is largely unconstitutional."

Environmental Studies [32]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [3]
Public [5]
Canada [36]
Source: Reuters [37], 10/16/2023
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Giant Open-Pit Mine Near Two National Parks Dealt A Blow By Biden DOI [38]

"A road critical to operating a proposed open-pit mine in a remote part of Alaska hit a new hurdle Friday when the Biden administration issued a finding that the road could threaten Alaska Native communities and their lifestyle more than previously estimated."

Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Studies [32]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [3]
Transportation [41]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 10/16/2023
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Electric Vehicles Will Be Burning Rubber in 2024 [44]

As global sales of electric vehicles surge, the positive impact on climate change emissions could be a critical benefit. But as our Backgrounder points out, it’s not as simple as that. There are challenges with politics, tax laws, mineral access, related pollution regulations and union jobs. Get an overview of the issue, in this latest entry in our expanding 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [13]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [47]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [3]
Policy [48]
Pollution [14]
Science [49]
Technology [50]
Transportation [41]
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National (U.S.) [6]
International [15]
Asia [51]
Europe [52]
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Prying Open the Statehouse Doors [53]

Reporting on environmental stories often leads to the state legislature, where key material can be frustratingly hard to access. Whether that’s because the state is deliberately hiding information, has poor systems for sharing it or isn’t even tracking it, there are ways to get what you need. Four seasoned environment reporters offer tips, tricks and commiseration.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [54]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [10]
Economy & Business [55]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Government [47]
Infrastructure [40]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [3]
Policy [48]
Water & Oceans [56]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
California [57]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [58]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [59]
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Public [5]
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November 3, 2023

DEADLINE: IJNR Virtual Workshop on Traditional Ecological Knowledge [60]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists to apply by Nov 3 for this virtual workshop, Nov 13-14, 2023, exploring how Tribes and First Nations are joining discussions over environmental policy and resource management – and the challenges and opportunities TEK can bring to conservation and restoration efforts.

Workshops and Fellowships [61]
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Diversity [62]
Journalism & Media [20]
People & Population [27]
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National (U.S.) [6]
International [15]

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