Human Rights Group: Egypt Stifles Environmental Work Ahead of COP
"Egyptian campaigners told Human Rights Watch they faced harassment by authorities, as the country prepares to host Cop27 climate talks in November".
Source: AP, 09/13/2022
Journalism & Media
"FEMA Removes Data Showing Drop In Flood Insurance Policies"
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency has removed publicly available records from its website that showed hundreds of thousands of people had dropped their federal flood insurance policies in recent months."
Source: E&E News, 09/13/2022
SEJ Mourns Loss of Stephanie Ocko
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SEJ lost long-time member Stephanie Ocko on July 22, 2022.
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"It Wasn’t Just Oil Companies Spreading Climate Denial"
"The electricity industry knew about the dangers of climate change 40 years ago. It denied them anyway."
Source: Atlantic, 09/12/2022
Fill Your Plate With Chicken Stories
Chicken production in the United States is a colossal industry controlled by a few vertically integrated companies. On a much smaller scale, it’s also heritage breeds and increasingly popular backyard flocks. As the latest avian flu outbreak makes headlines, journalist Christine Heinrichs looks at environmental reporting opportunities related to poultry pathogens, pollution and more.
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Burgeoning National EV Trend Helps Drive Local Environment, Climate Stories
The auto market is getting supercharged by California’s recent decision to require all-electric vehicle sales in a little over a decade. The latest TipSheet looks at how this big national trend will affect climate change by cutting CO2 emissions, how California came to have such an outsized impact on the U.S. market and how local environmental reporters can plug in for stories around their communities.
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Your Vote Matters During SEJ’s Upcoming Election
SEJ board president Sadie Babits explains how important your vote is in our 2022 election, the details of the proposed bylaws amendment (a change for the good) and why SEJ needs YOU to thrive.
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#SEJSpotlight: Holly Haworth, Author
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"Carbon Capture Has A Long History. Of Failure"
"Carbon capture and storage is an old technology, first commercialized in the 1970s. Back then it was called enhanced oil recovery, because the carbon dioxide recovered from oil and gas production was injected into depleted oil and gas reservoirs to re-pressurize them and extract more hydrocarbons."
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 09/09/2022
"Energy Majors Exaggerating Green Performance: Analysis"
"Energy majors are exaggerating their green credentials in public messaging while continuing to allocate the majority of new investment to oil and gas projects, according to an industry analysis released Thursday."
Source: AFP, 09/09/2022
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