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Learn more about our #SEJ2017 host city, Pittsburgh, which is located in western Pennsylvania at the junction of three rivers.
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DEADLINE: Global Shining Light Award
This award honors investigative journalism in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress or in the direst of conditions. Cash prize and a trip to the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference, Nov 20-24, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Deadline: Feb 28, 2025.
One-Day Workshop: Covering the Grand River — Covering Any River
The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University will host a free one-day workshop on Saturday, April 1, for journalists about reporting on river issues such as pollution, wetlands, habitat restoration, water recreation, shoreline development and dam removal. Lunch is included. Enrollment is limited.
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Agenda for SEJ's 27th Annual Conference
See the full agenda for #SEJ2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"Oyster Wars: Volunteers, Watermen, Vie Over Sanctuaries"
"St. Mary’s watershed group, harvesters debate value of leaving bivalves untouched in ‘mother lode’ of reproduction".
Source: Bay Journal, 03/08/2017
"How Administration Regs Could Affect The Future Of The Electric Car"
"President Trump promised to roll back fuel economy rules put in place by the Obama administration. It could take years to play out. What's at stake in the near term: the future of the electric car."
Source: NPR, 03/08/2017
DAPL Court Challenge Denied, Oil Could Flow As Soon As Next Week
"A federal judge has denied a request by the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River tribes to halt construction of the final piece of the Dakota Access Pipeline."
Source: NPR, 03/08/2017
Clean Water Rule: Trump WOTUS Rewrite 'Could Get To Be Very, Very Messy'
"If President Trump tries to overhaul the contentious Clean Water Rule, he may find himself in much the same legal quagmire as his predecessor."
Source: Greenwire, 03/08/2017
"Democrats Urge EPA Not To Reopen Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Rules"
"U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and 11 other Democrats said on Tuesday it was "critical" that the Trump administration leave in place new vehicle fuel efficiency rules, saying the higher standards were achievable."
Source: Reuters, 03/08/2017
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