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October 15, 2021

Faith Communities Organizing for Climate Action

Join the Yale Center for Environmental Communication for a virtual conversation on how faith communities organize around environmental concerns, including helping launch the environmental justice movement. 12:00 p.m. ET.

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October 26, 2021

Mental Health Management for Freelancers

Join Wudan Yan  and Jenni Gritters of The Writers' Co-op    for a frank discussion of how  to manage your well-being to sustain your freelance business over the long haul. 3:00 p.m. ET.

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October 20, 2021

Climate Journalism: Demanding Environmental Accountability Around the Globe

Join Jodie Ginsberg, Internews CEO Europe, for a virtual interview with journalist and Internews Fellow Fredrick Mugira to explore the changing roles of climate journalists and the impact of climate media. 12:00 p.m. ET.

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October 15, 2021

Investigative Partners: How Journalists & Scientists Can Team Up

Join Planet Forward, George Washington's National Geographic Professor of Science Communication Lisa Palmer, and Molly Bingham and Victoria Fine of Orb Media for a virtual workshop for students about how journalists and scientists can forge collaborative partnerships to both gather and report on new scientific findings. 1:00 p.m. ET.

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"Climate Scientists Created a SWAT Team for Weather Disasters"

"When weather disaster strikes, observers near and far ask the same question: Climate change—is it or isn’t it?" "Friederike Otto and her colleagues jump into action during heat waves, floods, and fires to pinpoint if global warming is to blame."

Source: Bloomberg Green, 10/08/2021

"Navajo Leaders Seek Hearing On Oil And Gas Drilling Dispute"

"Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park."

Source: AP, 10/08/2021

"As the Climate Bakes, Turkey Faces a Future Without Water"

"No nation in the Mediterranean region has been hit harder by climate change than Turkey. But as heat and drought increase, Turkey is doubling down on water-intensive agriculture and development and spurring a water-supply crisis that is expected to get much worse."

Source: YaleE360, 10/08/2021

"Corps of Engineers Considers Nature-Based Flood Control"

"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But a new initiative seeks natural flood control solutions as climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather events that test the limits of concrete and steel."

Source: AP, 10/08/2021

"Moment Of Truth For Grid Expansion: Who Pays?"

"Planning continues for a $30 billion grid expansion across a wide swath of the central United States to help states and utilities accelerate the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy over the next 30 years. But before the region’s grid operator, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), can even approve an initial set of projects, the process is mired in a thorny debate over who will pay for them."

Source: E&E News, 10/08/2021

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