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"Diminishing Ice Cover On Maine’s Lakes Could Impact Fish Populations" [1]

"AUBURN, Me. — In September 2012, local and state officials noticed something odd at Lake Auburn. Fish were dying for no discernible reason."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Portland Press Herald [7], 04/26/2021

"Beehive Deliveries Keep New Yorkers Buzzing On Rooftops, Backyards" [8]

"Bustling New York City may not seem a bee-friendly place, but its high-rise rooftops and tiny gardens are buzzing with honeymakers threatened by pesticides in rural areas."

Agriculture [9]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Reuters [13], 04/14/2021

Job Opening: Director of Communications, Green Century Capital Management [14]

Green Century Capital Management is seeking a Director of Communications to lead its communications and marketing team.

Green Century Capital Management (Green Century) is the administrator of the Green Century Funds, the first family of fossil fuel free, responsible, and diversified mutual funds in the U.S. For more than 25 years, Green Century has been the standard bearer of responsible investing, and no other fund can match our environmental and public health impact.

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Journalism & Media [15]
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"Biden DOJ Backs PennEast Gas Pipeline in Supreme Court Fight" [16]

"The Biden administration is throwing its legal weight behind the PennEast pipeline in a high-stakes Supreme Court case that could affect natural gas projects across the U.S."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 03/10/2021

Interior Nears OK For First US Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Project [22]

"The Interior Department moved one step closer Monday to allowing for the construction of the country’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [23]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: The Hill [25], 03/09/2021

Teaching Environmental Journalism. For the First Time. In a Pandemic. [26]

An initiate to the ways of teaching collegiate journalism winds her way through unique obstacles of a first term under COVID-19, from students reporting in masks to class sessions on computer screens. Not to mention the already onerous challenges of training young journalists to report and write a range of environmental stories. EJ Academy has her story, from the stumbles to the successes.

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EJ Academy [27]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Studies [23]
Health [28]
Journalism & Media [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [4]
Wildlife [12]
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National (U.S.) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
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Public [5]

Job Opening: Reporter, ecoRI News [31]

ecoRI News, a nonprofit environmental news organization based in Rhode Island, is seeking a full-time reporter to join our dedicated team.

Job responsibilities

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Public [5]

Grid Data Can Guide Reporting on Power Disasters [32]

The power and water fiasco that followed a deep freeze in Texas was a predictable debacle and, thus, a warning signal to journalists covering disasters and climate-driven weather extremes. To help, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox provides a rundown of data sources about power grids, from local, regional and national entities, and recommends you start tracking the numbers and be prepared.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [34]
Disasters [35]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Government [36]
Infrastructure [37]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Planning & Growth [38]
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National (U.S.) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
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Public [5]

"Construction Starts On Disputed $1B Electricity Corridor" [40]

"Construction on part of a $1 billion electricity transmission corridor through sparsely populated woods in western Maine is on hold because of legal action, but that doesn’t mean all building has been halted."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Forests [41]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Canada [42]
Source: AP [43], 02/11/2021

Biden Nominees Foretell Aggressive Action on Climate, Environmental Justice [44]

Key picks for President Biden’s environment and energy team suggest top priorities, among them an aggressive, whole-government climate change agenda. The latest Backgrounder assesses choices to pursue Biden’s international and domestic climate policies, as well as historic selections for EPA and Interior, and more. Plus, dive into SEJournal’s expanding “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [45]” special report.

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Backgrounders [46]
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Activism [47]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Policy [48]
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National (U.S.) [24]
California [49]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [51]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [52]
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