"World Population Day: India Will Overtake China In 2023, Says The UN"
"India is set to become the world's most populous country next year, overtaking China with its 1.4bn people, according to UN figures."
Source: BBC News, 07/12/2022
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"Supreme Court Limits Historic McGirt Ruling"
"The United States Supreme Court has limited the scope of its historic McGirt decision. In a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta that the state of Oklahoma has concurrent jurisdiction and the ability to prosecute non-Natives when the victim is Native and the crime is committed on tribal land."
Source: ICT, 06/30/2022
Amid Heat Waves, Data on Heat Deaths Deadly Serious
Heat waves, heat domes … heat deaths. The reality of climate change means a grim uptick in fatalities, more so from excess heat than any other kind of extreme weather event. Reporter’s Toolbox points to useful data sources for covering the crisis, with insights on how to go behind the numbers to find the stories of those most vulnerable to heat’s effects.
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#SEJSpotlight: Leah Mahan, Independent Documentary Filmmaker
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Meet SEJ member Leah Mahan! Leah is an independent documentary filmmaker whose work has been nominated by the Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement. She is also a nonfiction producer, writer, storytelling consultant and teacher.
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"UN Rights Body Expert Says He Will Fight For Climate Refugees"
"A newly appointed U.N. expert on climate change and human rights said he will fight for legal protection for people driven across international borders by extreme weather, drought and rising sea levels, he said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 06/24/2022
Haaland Lays Out Next Steps On Native Boarding Schools Probe, Legislation
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Wednesday outlined the next steps her department has planned to address the legacy of abuses at government-run schools for Indigenous children and legislation to examine the matter."
Source: The Hill, 06/24/2022
Environmental Journalist Recounts His Historical Slave-Era Find
The historic discovery of the Clotilda — America’s “Last Slave Ship” — is only part of the story told in a new book by Alabama-based journalist Ben Raines, which tells the far larger tale about the ship’s survivors, the remarkable Jim Crow-era community they created and its ultimate erosion when faced by decades of environmental racism. A review by BookShelf Editor Tom Henry.
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Farmers Restoring Hawaii’s Ancient Food Forests That Once Fed An Island
"Maui is a hub for GMO research but Indigenous farmers are trying to bring back the abundant and thriving landscapes of their ancestors for Hawaiians who took only what they needed."
Source: Guardian, 06/20/2022
"History of US Forest Mismanagement Fans The Flames Of Disaster"
"Residents of the New Mexico canyon scorched by the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires blame the government for the acres they lost".
Source: Searchlight N.M., 06/08/2022
1st Nation Reclaims Territory By Declaring Indigenous Protected Area In B.C.
"The Mamalilikulla First Nation has declared part of its traditional territory on British Columbia’s Central Coast that it lost to colonialism to be an Indigenous protected and conserved area (IPCA)."
Source: Mongabay, 06/07/2022
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