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"3rd Environmental Activist Killed This Year In Mexico" [1]

"The U.N. human rights office in Mexico issued a statement Monday condemning the killing of an environmental activist in the violent Gulf coast state of Veracruz."

Activism [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Mexico [7]
Source: AP [8], 04/14/2020
July 22, 2020

DEADLINE: Historias Sin Fronteras / Stories Without Borders [9]

InquireFirst is accepting applications for our Cross-Border Science Journalism Project, an initiative to promote collaborative cross-border science journalism in Latin America with up to $3,000USD in support. This is the second of three 2020 calls for proposals. Deadline for the cross-border project on conservation of water and/or the ocean is Jul 22.

Awards and Grants [10]
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Mexico [7]
Central America & the Caribbean [13]

SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [14]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

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Agriculture [16]
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Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Food [28]
Forests [29]
Government [30]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Military [32]
Natural Resources [33]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [34]
Other or All [35]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [37]
Policy [38]
Pollution [39]
Science [40]
Technology [41]
Transportation [42]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [44]
Wildlife [45]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
California [47]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
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Northwest (OR WA) [53]
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International [56]
Canada [57]
Mexico [7]
Africa [58]
Antarctica & Arctic [59]
Asia [60]
Australia & Oceania [61]
Central America & the Caribbean [13]
Europe [62]
Middle East [63]
South America [64]
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Second Man At Mexico’s Largest Monarch Butterfly Reserve Found Dead [65]

"Authorities are investigating the death of a part-time tour guide in one of Mexico’s largest butterfly sanctuaries — the second person connected to the reserve found dead in less than a week."

Activism [2]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [45]
Public [6]
Mexico [7]
Source: Washington Post [66], 02/03/2020

"Missing Monarch Butterfly Activist Found Dead In Mexico" [67]

"Authorities have found the body of a missing farm leader who was active in protecting the wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly in Mexico, prosecutors said Wednesday."

Activism [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Mexico [7]
Source: AP [68], 01/30/2020

Climate Change Playing Havoc With Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Migration [69]

"No one knows when millions of monarch butterflies began crisscrossing North America, spending their winters clustered on the same hillsides in Central Mexico, a blaze of orange wings in the green forest."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [20]
Wildlife [45]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mexico [7]
Source: Washington Post [70], 01/06/2020

"Can The Long-Lost Abalone Make A Comeback In California?" [71]

"Hunched over a tank inside the Bodega Marine Laboratory, alongside bubbling vats of seaweed and greenhouses filled with algae, Kristin Aquilino coaxed a baby white abalone onto her hand."

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Science [40]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [6]
California [47]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
Mexico [7]
Source: LA Times [72], 11/08/2019

Another Bad-News Year Ahead for U.S. Coal? [73]

As U.S. coal’s comedown continues, our latest Issue Backgrounder takes a close look at the factors behind the industry’s decline and finds a combination of economics, competition and shifting global markets, along with aging technology, politics and environmental pushback. What’s in store for coal in 2020?

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Activism [2]
Air [17]
Climate Change [20]
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Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [39]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
California [47]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
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International [56]
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Mexico [7]
Africa [58]
Antarctica & Arctic [59]
Asia [60]
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Central America & the Caribbean [13]
Europe [62]
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"2/3 of Bird Species In North America Could Vanish In Climate Crisis" [75]

"Two-thirds of bird species in North America are at risk of extinction because of the climate crisis, according to a new report from researchers at the Audubon Society, a leading US conservation group."

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Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Canada [57]
Mexico [7]
Source: Guardian [76], 10/11/2019

Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [77]

It’s poisoning fresh waters across the United States, as well as elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Blue-green algae is on the rise, lingering later and later into the year. Our new Issue Backgrounder explains the contributing factors behind the potent toxin’s scourge, its societal and public health ramifications, and the many angles and resources to tell the story.

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