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L.A. County Sues Pepsi And Coca-Cola Over Plastic Pollution

"Los Angeles County has filed suit against the world’s largest beverage companies — Coca-Cola and Pepsi — claiming the soda and drink makers lied to the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and, as a result, left county residents and ecosystems choking in discarded plastic."

Source: LA Times, 11/05/2024

Police In Brazil Indict Colombian Fish Trader In Journalist Killing

"Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slaying of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon in 2022, they announced Monday."

Source: AP, 11/05/2024
May 20, 2025

DEADLINE: National Endowment for Democracy Grants for Independent Media

The NED annually makes more than 2,000 grants to support the projects of nongovernmental groups abroad who are working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions in more than 100 countries, including those that "Support freedom of information and independent media." Next deadline: May 20, 2025.

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February 14, 2025

DEADLINE: Fellowships To Attend the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference

The conference, taking place Nov 20-24, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is offering fellowships (travel, lodging, meals, conference registration) to journalists from the Global South, and those from historically underrepresented groups, to participate in this biennial event. Deadline: Feb 14.

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"Trump Will Push To Get Fluoride Out Of Drinking Water, RFK Jr. Says"

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged Saturday that a future Trump administration would seek to remove fluoride from drinking water as a Day 1 goal, reversing a decades-old intervention widely credited for boosting public health."

Source: Washington Post, 11/04/2024

"London Protesters Demand Water Companies Clean Up Sewage-Tainted Rivers"

"Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged waterways."

Source: AP, 11/04/2024

Colorado Ballot Measure To Ban Big Cat Hunting Raises Clashing Concerns

"Colorado wildlife experts are at odds over whether a ballot measure to ban the hunting of certain wildcats would help or hurt the formidable felines that have long been intrinsic to Rocky Mountain ecosystems."

Source: The Hill, 11/04/2024

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