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Rains Forecast To Douse Australia Wildfires, Raising Hopes Crisis Over [1]

"Torrential rain across Australia’s east could extinguish all remaining bushfires in the country’s most populous state by the end of the week, authorities said on Tuesday, raising hopes a deadly national crisis is almost over."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
Australia & Oceania [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 02/11/2020
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Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [8]

This special report is designed to help journalists in the Pacific Northwest cover the impacts of climate change, as well as the actions taken to mitigate its worst effects and to adapt to what can’t be stopped. The report includes a wide-ranging issue backgrounder and tipsheets on climate impacts, mitigation and adaptation, plus a toolbox of sources. Read on for a wealth of story ideas for right now, and over the coming decade. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and welcome your suggestions [9] and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."​

Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [10]
Air [11]
Biodiversity [12]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [13]
Disasters [3]
Diversity [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [20]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Food [22]
Forests [4]
Government [23]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Military [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [29]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Policy [32]
Pollution [33]
Science [34]
Technology [35]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [38]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [39]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
International [41]
Canada [42]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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The Emerald Corridor — Impacts, Fixes and Rethinking Everything [43]

As the Pacific Northwest faces serious impacts from climate change, and moves to respond, the Society of Environmental Journalists provides a special in-depth report on how journalists can tell the unfolding story. “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor” launches Feb. 11 with an extensive issue backgrounder, which will be followed by tipsheets and a toolbox over the next few weeks. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and we welcome your suggestions [9] and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [44]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [10]
Air [11]
Biodiversity [12]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Food [22]
Forests [4]
Government [23]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Policy [32]
Pollution [33]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [39]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
International [41]
Canada [42]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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"Yellow Cedar Is Dying. Can Southeast Alaska Sawmills Profit?" [45]

"Yellow cedar is a commercially valuable tree species for the timber industry. It grows from California all the way to Southeast Alaska, but there are fewer living trees growing across the range because of climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [15]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
Source: Alaska's Energy Desk [47], 02/05/2020
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Amazon Emissions Lowest From Indigenous And Protected Lands: Scientists [48]

"Indigenous lands and protected areas in the Amazon rainforest account for just 10% of all carbon emissions from tropical forests spread across the nine countries of the Amazon in South America, researchers said on Monday."

Climate Change [2]
Forests [4]
People & Population [30]
Public [5]
South America [49]
Source: Reuters [50], 01/28/2020
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"Trump Administration Exploited Wildfire Science To Promote Logging" [51]

"Revealed: emails show Trump and appointees tried to craft a narrative that forest protection efforts are responsible for wildfires".

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [4]
Journalism & Media [25]
Science [34]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [39]
Source: Guardian [52], 01/27/2020
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California Giant Sequoias Dying 500 Years Before They Are Supposed To [53]

"Giant sequoias were thought to be immune to insects, drought and wildfires. Then the unthinkable happened: trees started to die – and scientists began the search for answers".

Climate Change [2]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
California [54]
Source: Guardian [55], 01/23/2020
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"Trump Hails 1 Trillion Trees Plan But Ignores Roots Of Problem" [56]

"As the world’s forests come under increasing threat from fires, agriculture and logging, the World Economic Forum-led initiative to ensure 1tn trees are restored, saved from loss or better protected by 2050 has gathered international support. Now Donald Trump is onboard too, he told Davos."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [4]
Journalism & Media [25]
Public [5]
International [41]
Source: Guardian [57], 01/22/2020
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Environment, Energy Issues Will Make Headlines in 2020 [58]

As part of our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [59]” to help reporters track the stories coming their way this year, SEJournal Online looks ahead to major developments on the beat — from Washington, D.C. to the Arctic, from public lands to fossil fuels. We also explore pending news on transportation, agriculture, nukes, federal funding, freedom of information and even algae. Also under our gaze, key facets of the climate story. Read our overview analysis and then dive deep into the full offering of special Backgrounders, TipSheets and WatchDogs.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [60]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Food [22]
Forests [4]
Government [23]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [29]
Policy [32]
Pollution [33]
Science [34]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [39]
International [41]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Aussie Firefighters Save World's Only Groves Of Prehistoric Wollemi Pines [61]

"It was a lifesaving mission as dramatic as any in the months-long battle against the wildfires that have torn through the Australian bush. But instead of a race to save humans or animals, a specialized team of Australian firefighters was bent on saving invaluable plant life: hidden groves of the Wollemi pine, a prehistoric tree species that has outlived the dinosaurs."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
Australia & Oceania [6]
Source: NPR [62], 01/17/2020
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