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25th Annual SEJ Awards: How To Enter SEJ's Rachel Carson Environment Book Contest

DEADLINE TO ENTER: December 21, 2026

LATE DEADLINE: January 4, 2027. Late fees apply.

 


Rachel Carson Environment Book Award

Recognizes a nonfiction book addressing an environmental issue of local, national or global significance. The book should demonstrate excellence in environmental storytelling, reporting or analysis.

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Landmark Youth Climate Trial Against Canadian Government Begins

"The trial, which start[ed] Monday, comes as Canada rolls back climate policies. A new government report warns the country could experience 5 degrees Celsius of warming under current emissions trajectories."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/27/2026

Koalas Are Cute, Furry, Iconic – And Dying Of Chlamydia. Does Vaccine Work?

"At wildlife hospitals across eastern Australia, many koalas brought in have distinctive brown patches on their bottoms – a sign of urinary incontinence and a painful inflamed bladder. Others have red, weeping eyes, pointing to a bacterial disease that can cause blindness in the endangered marsupials."

Source: Guardian, 10/27/2026

Trump Would Strip Calif. Coastal Protections Unless State Yields To Demands

"In what one environmental law expert described as “a dangerous ultimatum,” the Trump administration said it would strip California of its authority to protect its coastline unless state regulators agreed to more than a dozen “corrective actions” that would benefit close allies of the White House, according to the draft findings of a controversial federal review."

Source: Los Angeles Times, 10/27/2026

Subtropical Storm Josephine Forms in the Atlantic

"Damage from Josephine has closed the only highway to North Carolina’s Outer Banks; king tide flooding is predicted to bring some of the highest water levels of the past 10 years to portions of the Southeast U.S. early next week."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 10/27/2026

Floods in Four Corners Region Displace Residents. Storms Move Southeast

"Rare, heavy rainfall started to hit New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona on Wednesday. Since then, brown-colored floodwaters have led to road closures, mandatory evacuations and emergency declarations across the four states."

Source: NPR, 10/27/2026

Dengue Cases In Florida Continued To Climb After Emergency Declared

"About a month after three Florida counties declared states of emergency over what officials described as a “wildly unusual” dengue outbreak, infections of the mosquito-borne disease have continued to climb."

Source: Washington Post, 10/27/2026

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