USDA Internal Watchdog To Probe Allegedly Buried Climate Change Reports
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) inspector general is launching a probe into whether the agency withheld reports on climate change."
Source: The Hill, 10/23/2019
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"E&E News Report Begets Possible Pebble Insider Trading Probe"
"Environmental group Earthworks wants an investigation into possible insider trading by an investor and others involved in EPA's actions surrounding the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, according to a formal complaint filed yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, New Jersey Bureau of Securities and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority."
Source: Greenwire, 10/23/2019
Trump Admin Moves to Lift Protections for Fish and Divert Water to Farms
"The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to weaken protections for a threatened California fish, a change that would allow large amounts of water to be diverted from the San Francisco Bay Delta to irrigate arid farmland and could harm the region’s fragile ecosystem."
Source: NY Times, 10/23/2019
DEADLINE: ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Grants
ProPublica's Local Reporting Network pays the salary and a stipend for benefits for reporters at news organizations across the country so they can spend a year working on an accountability journalism project of importance to their communities. Next deadline, for five open spots: Apr 14, 2025.
NPF Webinar: Covering Clean Energy and Politics
In this free National Press Foundation webinar (1:00-2:00 p.m. EST), we will help journalists understand clean energy and climate change and the resources you’ll need to cover these issues in an election year. Topics to be covered include global trends and challenges, fuel diversity, and government incentives and pressures.
People-Powered Publishing Conference 2019
This fourth annual event, at Columbia College Chicago, will tackle culture change in the newsroom with programs, workshops, talks and clinics. How do you build and protect a newsroom culture that is focused on what makes you essential for your community amid unpredictable social media trends, shifting corporate priorities, and constant cuts? Cost: $25.
"As Waters Rise, So Do Concerns For Sports Teams Along Coast"
"One franchise’s challenge: Amid rising sea levels, build a stadium to last 100 years."
Source: Washington Post, 10/22/2019
"The Warming Climate Is Making Baby Sea Turtles Almost All Girls"
"BOA VISTA, Cape Verde — She emerged from the ocean just before midnight, clambering up the shore as her ancestors have for 200 million years."
Source: Washington Post, 10/22/2019
Feds Won’t Test Black Mold Growing In California Prisons
"Hundreds of correctional officers across the U.S. are working in prisons – including two in California – with mold growing in areas constantly populated by both officers and inmates."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 10/22/2019
Public Lands: Federal Employees See Threats, Assault As 'Part Of Job'
"Federal land-management agencies tallied at least 360 incidents of threats and assaults against their employees in the four-year period ending in 2017, according to a government watchdog."
Source: Greenwire, 10/22/2019
