"Getting The Lead Out Of Spices In Bangladesh And Georgia"
"Many low- and middle-income countries lack the resources to tackle lead poisoning. Here’s how two countries did it."
Source: EHN, 10/06/2023
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"New Saltwater Forecast Could Spare Most Of New Orleans, Jefferson Parish"
"Forecasts for when salt water advancing up the Mississippi River will reach the New Orleans area were drastically pushed back Thursday, potentially sparing most of the city and Jefferson Parish entirely from the threat while avoiding the need to build an emergency pipeline estimated to cost as much as a quarter of a billion dollars."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 10/06/2023
"Appeals Court Gives Connecticut Win In Climate Fight With Exxon"
"In a win for local governments suing oil and gas majors over climate change, a federal appeals court Wednesday became the seventh to reject the industry’s bid to move a lawsuit to federal court."
Source: E&E News, 10/06/2023
September Set Records And Was So Hot Scientists Call It ‘Mind-Blowing’
"After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency reported Thursday."
Source: AP, 10/06/2023
"Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have Few Protections"
"Tens of millions of Americans are struggling to cope with soaring temperatures. OSHA is developing new workplace safety standards, but they are not yet complete."
Source: NYTimes, 10/06/2023
2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy
SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with our eighth annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy. In the 2024 special report, we offer a series of forward-focused TipSheets and Backgrounders, plus an overview analysis and coverage from the Society of Environmental Journalists' year-ahead roundtable in Washington, D.C.
Three-Part Legal Training in Spanish for Journalists
These free online courses in Spanish are part of the Reporters Committee's ProJourn collaboration with Microsoft and Davis Wright Tremaine. Register for one or all: Newsgathering rights (Oct 18); Pre-publication review of articles, podcasts, documentaries (Nov 1); and Access and transparency (Nov 15). 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.
DEADLINE: RJI Student Innovation Competition
The 2025 Reynolds Journalism Institute competition challenge is to work with a local-to-you newsroom and local news influencers (nonjournalists) to expand reach and community relationships. Each team can be up to four students, who can be enrolled at any US college or university. Cash prizes. Enter by Oct 17, 2025.
USFWS Creating a Frozen Library of Biodiversity to Help Endangered Species
"In a new initiative announced on Tuesday, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is working with the nonprofit Revive & Restore and other partners to create a “genetic library” of the country’s endangered species—before it’s too late." "Biobanking enables researchers to preserve genetic diversity in wildlife by freezing and storing living cells."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/05/2023
"Amphibian Crisis: 41% Of Species Deemed Threatened With Extinction"
"Earth's amphibians - from the thorny spike-thumb frog to the red knobby newt, West African giant squeaker, ornate tree toad and fire salamander - are being pushed closer to the brink due to habitat destruction, disease and climate change, with 41% of species now threatened with extinction."
Source: Reuters, 10/05/2023
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