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Young Indigenous Organizers Bring Together Ceremony, Activism In Alberta [1]

"For Indigenous activists in Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton), a change in government doesn't necessarily mean a change in tactics."

Activism [2]
People & Population [3]
Public [4]
Canada [5]
Source: The Narwhal [6], 12/24/2019

Washington Rep. Matt Shea Helped Plan Malheur Takeover: State Report [7]

"State Rep. Matt Shea planned and participated in domestic terrorism against the United States before and during the armed takeover at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, an investigation commissioned by the Washington state House found."

Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Military [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Seattle Times [14], 12/20/2019

Conflict Over EPA, Interior FOIA Policies May Come to Head in 2020 [15]

FOIA is under fire. And for journalists who rely on open records to do their work, the coming year may prove a crucial test of policies at key federal agencies on the beat. This special WatchDog TipSheet takes a deep dive on looming FOIA controversies at Interior and EPA, flagging potential flashpoints for 2020.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility: 
Public [4]

"Trump Mocks Greta Thunberg on Twitter, and She Jabs Back" [19]

"The 16-year-old climate activist changed her Twitter biography to read, “a teenager working on her anger management problem,” after the president tossed that accusation at her."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [17]
Public [4]
International [21]
Source: NY Times [22], 12/13/2019

"Greta Thunberg Awarded Time's 'Person of the Year'" [23]

"Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine’s 2019 “Person of the Year” early Wednesday."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [17]
People & Population [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [24], 12/11/2019

“Whose Water Is It Anyway?: Taking Water Protection Into Public Hands” [25]

Water rights activist Maude Barlow eschews sanitized language to take on what she calls the “lords of water,” fighting global and local battles to turn communities “blue.” Barlow’s new book, “Whose Water Is It Anyway?: Taking Water Protection Into Public Hands” is the subject of our latest BookShelf review.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Politics [8]
Natural Resources [12]
Policy [18]
Water & Oceans [28]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
International [21]
Canada [5]
Visibility: 
Public [4]

COP25 Climate Summit: Put Children At Heart Of Tackling Crisis, Says UN [29]

"Children and young people must be at the heart of dealing with the climate crisis, the UN and campaigners have said as climate talks in Madrid enter their second week with little concrete progress."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [4]
International [21]
Source: Guardian [30], 12/10/2019

"Activist Thunberg Channels Youth Fury To U.N. Climate Summit" [31]

"Teen activist Greta Thunberg reached Europe on Tuesday after a 21-day catamaran dash across the Atlantic for a United Nations summit where she will invoke the fury of global youth at politicians’ foot-dragging over climate change."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [4]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [32], 12/04/2019

"Killers of Honduran Activist Get Up To 50-Year Sentences" [33]

"A Honduran court sentenced seven people to prison terms of up to 50 years Monday for the 2016 murder of indigenous and environmental rights activist Berta Caceres."

Activism [2]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [4]
Central America & the Caribbean [34]
Source: AP [35], 12/04/2019

Climate Hunger Strikers Arrested After Storming Pelosi's Office [36]

"The hunger strike inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office to protest inaction on climate change wasn’t going well Thursday."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [37], 11/22/2019

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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/young-indigenous-organizers-bring-together-ceremony-activism-alberta [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [6] https://thenarwhal.ca/meet-the-young-indigenous-organizers-working-to-bring-together-ceremony-and-activism-in-alberta/ [7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/washington-rep-matt-shea-helped-plan-malheur-takeover-state-report [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [14] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-state-rep-matt-shea-engaged-in-domestic-terrorism-against-the-u-s-says-state-house-inquiry/ [15] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/conflict-over-epa-interior-foia-policies-may-come-head-2020 [16] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-mocks-greta-thunberg-twitter-and-she-jabs-back [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [22] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/us/politics/greta-thunberg-trump.html [23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/greta-thunberg-awarded-times-person-year [24] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/474028-greta-thunberg-awarded-times-2019-person-of-the-year [25] https://www.sej.org/publications/bookshelf/whose-water-it-anyway-taking-water-protection-public-hands [26] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/bookshelf [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cop25-climate-summit-put-children-heart-tackling-crisis-says-un [30] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/09/cop25-climate-summit-put-children-at-heart-of-tackling-crisis-says-un [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/activist-thunberg-channels-youth-fury-un-climate-summit [32] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-accord-greta/activist-thunberg-channels-youth-fury-to-u-n-climate-summit-idUSKBN1Y70T1 [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/killers-honduran-activist-get-50-year-sentences [34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/central-america-caribbean [35] https://apnews.com/298652fbe24244c7a32aa116ece8163b [36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-hunger-strikers-arrested-after-storming-pelosis-office [37] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/11/21/nine-climate-activists-arrested-after-storming-nancy-pelosis-office/ [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=81 [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=78 [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=79 [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=80 [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=83 [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=84 [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=85 [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=86 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism?page=186