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#SEJSpotlight: Christopher James Preston, Author; Professor, University of Montana [1]

Meet SEJ member Christopher James Preston! Christopher is a transplanted Brit writing from Missoula, Montana. His work orbits around climate change and biodiversity. His new book on animal recoveries, "Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think About Animals," finds glimmers of hope in a dozen species back from the brink.

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February 21, 2024

SEJ Webinar: How To Use Data From Grist's Land Grab University 2.0 Investigation [4]

In this SEJ webinar, you'll learn how to use state trust land data from Grist's latest project, a follow up to the 2020 High Country News investigation, which examined how land grant institutions got their land and money. We'll show you how to use our data set on Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. 1-2pm ET.

SEJ Regional Conferences [5]
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Journalism & Media [2]
People & Population [8]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
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"Climate Lab: Watch The Earth Breathe For One Year" [15]

"This image of our planet is the closest we get to a real-time view of how carbon dioxide builds up in our atmosphere."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Journalism & Media [2]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Public [3]
International [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 02/02/2024
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"Utah Legislature Takes Aim at Rights of Nature Movement" [23]

"Lawmakers in Utah are advancing legislation aimed at stopping a growing “rights of nature” movement that has coalesced around efforts in the state to save the Great Salt Lake, which is drying up as a combination of climate change, development and agriculture drain on its freshwater sources."

Activism [24]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [25]
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Natural Resources [18]
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National (U.S.) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 02/02/2024
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"US Wildfire Response Could Force Poorest Out Of Paradise" [29]

"Fire in Paradise: Low-income US home owners face soaring insurance premiums in 'managed retreat' from climate change".

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Justice [7]
Infrastructure [31]
People & Population [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [27]
California [32]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [33], 02/02/2024
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Barbudans Launch New Environmental Lawsuit Against Wealthy Developers [34]

"Construction of two private villas inside a national park in Barbuda has sparked the latest environmental legal fight between angry residents and wealthy foreigners seeking to develop the Caribbean island with support from the government."

Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [8]
Public [3]
Central America & the Caribbean [35]
Source: AP [36], 02/02/2024
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"Too Hot To Party? Extreme Temperatures Threaten Live Music Shows" [37]

"From hail the size of golf balls to deadly heat, concert-goers in 2023 were forced to deal with extreme weather events that put them in harm's way during the world's warmest year on record, with temperatures predicted to climb even higher in 2024."

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [39]
People & Population [8]
Public [3]
International [21]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [40], 02/02/2024
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"Truck Makers Team Up to Push for Electric Vehicle Chargers" [41]

"There are more than four million electric vehicles on American roads, but fewer than 1,000 of them are heavy-duty trucks. On Tuesday, the three largest truck makers announced a push to remedy that deficit by calling on governments and utilities to help them build many more places to charge big rigs."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Infrastructure [31]
Transportation [42]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NYTimes [43], 02/02/2024
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"In Peru, a Mission to Save the Stingless Bee" [44]

"Native to the tropics, these pollinators are taking a lead role in one of the latest efforts to conserve the Amazon rainforest."

"As a child, Heriberto Vela, an Indigenous resident of Loreto, Peru, watched his father pull nests of wild stingless bees from trees in the Amazon forest. Together, the two then extracted honey from the nests to help cure colds and other ailments.

Biodiversity [45]
Climate Change [16]
Forests [46]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [3]
South America [47]
Source: NYTimes [48], 02/02/2024
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"Understanding How The Environment Affects Pregnant People’s Health" [49]

"After years of focusing on babies and children, researchers find that exposure to environmental hazards can have long-term effects on pregnant people’s health, too."

Environmental Health [39]
People & Population [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [21]
Source: EHN [50], 02/02/2024
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