"Marsha Jackson Is Trying to Move Shingle Mountain"
"The illegal dump is southern Dallas’ most visible environmental justice crisis. It’s far from the only one."
Source: Texas Observer, 09/08/2020
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US Dismantles International Crime Ring That Trafficked in Shark Fins
"Shark fin soup, considered a delicacy in some countries, has long fueled demand for illegally harvested fins. But federal authorities in Georgia announced this week that they had dismantled at least one source for the ingredient: a multimillion-dollar organization they described as an international money laundering, drug trafficking and illegal wildlife trade ring."
Source: NYTimes, 09/08/2020
Youth Activist Groups Push Climate Into Voting Booths
A key Democratic primary win in Massachusetts last week appears to portend a weather change in climate politics, with youth groups helping propel the issue into November’s polling places. Reporter’s Toolbox helps environmental journalists cover the shift by cataloging some of the biggest youth climate activist groups with local chapters and large geographic reach.
A Quick-and-Dirty Back-to-School Guide for the Apocalyptical Educator
In these downside-up days of contagion, climate disasters and social convulsions, being a journalism educator presents some seriously serious challenges. But in this EJ Academy back-to-school guide, pedagogical pilot Bernardo Motta offers seven tips to manage the mess. Among the advice: You are not an island. And everything will fail … and that’s a good thing.
‘The Power of Partnerships’ Helps Uncover America’s Energy Gamble
It took teams of journalists to produce an award-winning series of reports digging into environment and climate health effects of massive oil and natural gas production in the Southwestern United States. Our latest Inside Story talks with Jamie Smith Hopkins of the Center for Public Integrity about the benefits of reporting a big story jointly and the project’s sometimes surprising findings.
"Tahlequah, 'Tour of Grief' Killer Whale, Gives Birth"
"An endangered killer whale named “Tahlequah,” which famously carried her dead calf on her head in mourning for 17 days through the Salish Sea off British Columbia in 2018, is a new mother."
Source: Reuters, 09/07/2020
Invisible Enemy: Battle To Save Black-Footed Ferrets From The Plague
"Yersinia pestis killed millions of people across Europe in the middle ages. Today it remains a deadly threat to one of the US’s most endangered species"
Source: Guardian, 09/07/2020
"US Regulators Take Public Comments On Nuclear Fuel Plan"
"U.S. nuclear regulators have hosted their final public hearing on a proposal to build a multibillion-dollar complex in southern New Mexico to store spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants around the country, and there’s still disagreement about whether granting a license to Holtec International would be a good thing."
Source: AP, 09/07/2020
"Environment Activists Blockade UK Newspaper Printing Plants"
"Police arrested more than 70 environmental activists who blockaded two British printing plants, disrupting the distribution of several national newspapers on Saturday."
Source: AP, 09/07/2020
"EPA Denies Pledge to ‘Cancer Alley’ Communities on Chemical Risks"
"U.S. Gulf Coast communities got no assurance from the EPA that the agency’s second round of chemical risk evaluations will examine whether the groups’ particularly high exposures put them at high risk for asthma, cancer, or other diseases."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/07/2020
