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September 1, 2026

DSG Webinar: What Journalists Need to Know About Solar Geoengineering

Solar geoengineering is receiving growing attention, bringing a complex and still-evolving field into wider public conversation. Journalists face a difficult reporting challenge: how to cover a field marked by scientific uncertainty, potentially far-reaching risks, uneven governance and sharply different views about whether and how research should proceed. On September 1, the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering (DSG), together with Solutions Journalism Network-trained journalist Yessenia Funes, will host a free, interactive webinar designed to help journalists navigate this challenge with more context.
 

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Scientists Warn Senate TSCA Overhaul Could Put Children At Greater Risk

"A group of over 30 scientists, health professionals, and public health advocates is urging the Senate not to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a move they say will put children in harm’s way from toxic chemicals and pollutants."

Source: The New Lede, 08/14/2026

Summer’s Strongest Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here’s How to Watch.

"The moon’s shadow will descend upon Earth on Wednesday, and some will bear witness to a total solar eclipse. But the universe won’t stop there: At night, nature’s fireworks will accent the sky as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak."

Source: New York Times, 08/12/2026

"Trump Administration Kills a Flagship Annual Report on the Arctic"

"The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for an annual report chronicling the changing environment of the Arctic, where rapid warming is upending ecosystems, reconfiguring trade routes and scrambling Great Power strategy."

Source: New York Times, 08/12/2026
August 21, 2026 to August 27, 2026

Film Screening: TO USE A MOUNTAIN at NYC's DCTV Firehouse Cinema

Catch a screening of an SEJ-supported feature documentary TO USE A MOUNTAIN at NYC's DCTV Firehouse Cinema in Chinatown this week, with Q&As w/ director Casey Carter. Winner of the 2025 Visions du Réel Special Jury Award, the film chronicles a people's history of resistance and stewardship when six rural American communities were marked as candidates to become a burial ground for 77,000 tons of nuclear waste.

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