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"Biden Team Prepares $3 Trillion in New Spending for the Economy"

"President Biden’s economic advisers are pulling together a sweeping $3 trillion package to boost the economy, reduce carbon emissions and narrow economic inequality, beginning with a giant infrastructure plan that may be financed in part through tax increases on corporations and the rich."

Source: NYTimes, 03/23/2021

Environmental Podcasting 101, Pt. III — Getting Out the Word, Getting In the Dough

In Part III of our three-part series on starting your own environmental journalism podcast, SEJournal’s editors explore how to get more ears listening through marketing and promotion, as well as how to fund your podcast. And don’t forget to check out Part I, which helps you find and refine your podcast concept and Part II, which looks at podcast gear and hosting strategies.

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Environmental Podcasting 101, Pt. II — Gear Up and Host Smartly

In Part II of our three-part series on starting your own environmental journalism podcast, SEJournal’s editors take a look at podcast gear and hosting strategies. Plus, check out Part I, which helps you find and refine your podcast concept. Then stay tuned next week for a look at marketing/promotion and funding.

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Environmental Podcasting 101, Pt. I —  Find Your Voice on the Digital Frontier

Ever considered starting your own environmental journalism podcast but weren’t sure how? SEJournal’s editors have put together a three-part series to help get the show on the digital road. Part I walks you through finding and refining your podcast concept. Then stay tuned next week for a look at podcast gear and hosting strategies.

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Quagga Mussels — Worse Than Zebra Mussels and Maybe Headed Your Way

An invasive species of mussel — no, not zebra mussels, but quagga mussels — are wreaking havoc not just in the Great Lakes, but have now spread through the Mississippi and Colorado basins, as far west as Lake Mead. The latest TipSheet runs down the extent of the problem, how quaggas may be even worse than zebra mussels, and ideas for reporting on your local waterways.

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“What Bears Teach Us”

Bears are incredibly complex animals with much to teach humans, writes the author of a new volume on grizzlies, black and polar bears. Our BookShelf review calls the text, which also integrates striking photographs, highly scientific yet accessible, and suggests it might go a long way to helping not just to understand bears, but improve their odds of survival.

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"Florida Bans Nonnative Species Despite Industry Outcry"

"Florida's promoters like to sing its superlatives — best beaches, prettiest sunsets, perfect climate (except for the occasional hurricane). But there's a No. 1 distinction the boosters never mention. Florida is infested with more exotic and invasive species than any other state and perhaps, some say, than anywhere else in the world."

Source: Washington Post, 03/22/2021

"U.S. Army Corps Suspends Wetlands Permit For Polymet Copper Mine"

"A federal regulator has suspended the permit it issued to PolyMet Mining Corp. to fill or dredge more than 900 acres of wetland for Minnesota's first copper mine, handing a victory to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa."

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 03/22/2021

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