"The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago."
"The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”"
Source: NYTimes, 01/02/2025
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Oil Industry Playbook: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
"Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry."
Source: ProPublica, 01/02/2025
Calif. Will Require Insurers To Increase Home Coverage In Fire-Prone Areas
"Insurance companies that stopped providing home coverage to hundreds of thousands of Californians in recent years as wildfires became more destructive will have to again provide policies in fire-prone areas if they want to keep doing business in California under a state regulation announced Monday."
Source: AP, 01/02/2025
"Climate Change Added 41 Days Of Dangerous Heat Around World In 2024"
"People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024.
The analysis from World Weather Attribution and Climate Central researchers comes at the end of a year that shattered climate record after climate record as heat across the globe made 2024 likely to be its hottest ever measured and a slew of other fatal weather events spared few.
Source: AP, 01/02/2025
DEADLINE: ICFJ News Creator Award for Excellence in Independent Video Journalism
This inaugural award, organized by the International Center for Journalists with support from YouTube, will honor independent journalists and news creators from across the world who produce high-quality, reliable news in the public interest. Deadline is Jan 15, 2025.
DEADLINE: IJNR Southern California Wildfire Institute
From March 2-8, 2025, the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will conduct a training program in San Diego and locations across southern California for ~15 professional journalists to advance their reporting on a range of wildfire-resilience topics. Apply by Jan 31.
DEADLINE: Extreme Heat Reporting Training in West Africa
Join Climate Resilience for All for a three-day in-person training course in Accra, Ghana on February 10-12, 2025, designed to improve your reporting on the impacts of extreme heat, giving you new sources, story angles and ideas on how to cover the mounting impacts of this climate threat. Apply by Jan 6.
DEADLINE: UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Journalists, institutions and others who have made a significant contribution to press freedom anywhere in the world, representing all types of media including digital media, may be nominated (in English or French) for this annual $25,000 prize. Deadline: Feb 15, 2025.
SEJ Is Here for You, Navigating What’s Ahead
Meet SEJ’s newly elected board president, Halle Parker, an environment reporter for New Orleans Public Radio. In her inaugural President’s Report, Halle shares 2025 plans to raise SEJ leader voices to better protect our members and advocate for our industry — plus details on new, virtual office hours, a major funding milestone and how you can help support and shape SEJ’s future.
"Trump Vows To Rename Denali As Mount Mckinley"
"U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was assassinated in 1901."
Source: Reuters, 12/23/2024
