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Health [5]

Pollution [9]

Water & Oceans [10]

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]

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Public [13]

Read more about Sifting Through 'Toxic Secrets' To Nail Polluter [1]

June 16, 2025

DEADLINE: The Water Desk Grants [14]

The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder's Center for Environmental Journalism is offering grants (up to $10,000) to media outlets and individual journalists covering water issues (and intertwined topics) related to the Colorado River Basin. Apply by Jun 16, 2025.

Awards and Grants [15]

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Public [13]

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Agriculture [16]

Biodiversity [17]

Climate Change [18]

Economy & Business [19]

Health [5]

Water & Oceans [10]

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California [20]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]

FED Tool Tracks Pollution on Federal Lands [23]

A revamped Reporter’s Toolbox begins today with a new focus on data resources for environmental journalists. The now biweekly column starts with a look at a massive database designed for federal land managers that reporters can use to scan dozens of pollution data sets about air quality and more in parks, forests and other federal lands.

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Reporters Toolbox [24]

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Air [25]

Consumer [26]

Forests [27]

Government [28]

Health [5]

Pollution [9]

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Public [13]

Read more about FED Tool Tracks Pollution on Federal Lands [23]

June 6, 2019

Webinar: Toxic Cities: Telling Big Stories on Hidden Risks [29]

This free Center for Healthy Journalism webinar, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET, will provide you with fresh ideas for reporting on hidden threats in your community. Philadelphia Inquirer reporters Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman, who reported the groundbreaking series "Toxic City," will share their bold and unconventional strategies for environmental testing.

Other Events [30]

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Public [13]

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Chemicals [3]

Consumer [26]

Health [5]

Pollution [9]

Urban Farming a Fertile Bed for Crop of Local Stories [31]

The rise of the modern environmental and food movements has shifted urban farming into high gear. For environmental journalists, that could yield a bumper crop of local stories. The latest TipSheet has more, along with questions to ask, story angles to follow and reporting resources to tap.

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TipSheet [32]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [33]

Agriculture [16]

Chemicals [3]

Consumer [26]

Food [34]

Health [5]

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Public [13]

Read more about Urban Farming a Fertile Bed for Crop of Local Stories [31]

State of the Air Report Spotlights Persistent Pollution Problems [36]

Happen to have any air breathers in your audience? Then the latest State of the Air Report will give you fodder to cover the persistent pollution problems that plague the skies. This week’s TipSheet has the backstory on the fight against air pollution and five smart ways to tell the story from a local-regional context.

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TipSheet [32]

Topics on the Beat:

Air [25]

Chemicals [3]

Climate Change [18]

Government [28]

Health [5]

Natural Resources [37]

Pollution [9]

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]

Asia [39]

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Public [13]

Read more about State of the Air Report Spotlights Persistent Pollution Problems [36]

September 18, 2019

Underwater Sound Sources – 2019 Webinar Series [40]

Discovery of Sound in the Sea presents a free, four-part webinar series on anthropogenic underwater sound sources. Topics include seismic sound sources, pile-driving, wind turbines, commercial vessel traffic, echosounders and sonar.

Other Events [30]

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Public [13]

Topics on the Beat:

Biodiversity [17]

Energy & Fuel [41]

Fish & Fisheries [42]

Health [5]

Pollution [9]

Technology [43]

Transportation [44]

Water & Oceans [10]

Use EPA TRI Database To Find Toxic Threats [45]

The Toxics Release Inventory database, refreshed annually, has long been the foundation of many a good environmental news story. The latest release is now out, and this week’s TipSheet reminds journalists why the searchable online TRI can be such a valuable reporting tool in tracking toxic dangers.

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TipSheet [32]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [33]

Air [25]

Chemicals [3]

Disasters [46]

Government [28]

Health [5]

Pollution [9]

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Asia [39]

Visibility:

Public [13]

Read more about Use EPA TRI Database To Find Toxic Threats [45]

Styrofoam Facts — Why You May Want To Bring Your Own Cup [47]

What makes styrofoam good — like its insulating, shock-absorbing qualities that make it suitable for hot coffee cups, coolers, helmets and packing material — is also what makes it bad … for the environment, that is. This month’s Backgrounder looks at the technical and environmental aspects of this long-troubling plastic pollution source.

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Backgrounders [48]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [3]

Consumer [26]

Environmental Politics [49]

Food [34]

Government [28]

Health [5]

Pollution [9]

Science [50]

Waste [51]

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Visibility:

Public [13]

Read more about Styrofoam Facts — Why You May Want To Bring Your Own Cup [47]

Styrofoam Container Bans May Be Trending [52]

The first state ban on styrofoam food containers makes this a good time to see how things stand with styrofoam in your area, as the controversial plastic draws negative attention for overflowing landfills, causing litter and polluting waters. More, plus story ideas and reporting resources, in this week’s TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [32]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [33]

Chemicals [3]

Consumer [26]

Environmental Politics [49]

Fish & Fisheries [42]

Food [34]

Health [5]