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Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Climate-Stressed Texas Panhandle

"In a small Texas city, officials say land previously treated with a prescribed burn stopped the Windy Deuce Fire from entering neighborhoods. But the practice of intentionally burning excess vegetation has faced opposition from some private landowners."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/16/2024

"California Dairies Scramble To Guard Herds Against Bird Flu"

"Earlier this spring, California dairy farmers noted a puzzling drop in milk production in Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Ohio, Kansas and Michigan. Weeks later, news broke that several herds in these states, as well as North Carolina, had been diagnosed with avian influenza — the same strain that has devastated bird populations across the globe and shown a troubling ability to jump to mammals."

Source: LA Times, 04/16/2024

EPA Has Done Nearly All It Can To Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.

"Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say."

Source: ProPublica, 04/16/2024
July 17, 2024

DEADLINE: Banff Centre's Adventure Filmmakers Workshop

This Banff Centre workshop, Oct 25-Nov 3, 2024, provides the opportunity for independent and emerging filmmakers to turn projects into reality, guided by two of the world’s premier adventure filmmakers. Deadline: Jul 17, 2024.

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July 17, 2024

DEADLINE: Banff Centre's Mountain Writers Intensive

The Banff Centre's Mountain Writers Intensive, Oct 23-Nov 12, 2024, offers writers an opportunity to work on mountain, landscape or environmentally themed writing projects, under the guidance of two celebrated faculty. Deadline: Jul 17, 2024.

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April 25, 2024

DEADLINE: Journalismfund.eu Fossil Fuels Programme

This Journalismfund.eu program is aimed at cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or newsrooms to investigate and document unreported activities by European fossil fuel companies and their proxies within and beyond the continent. Next deadline: Apr 25, 2024.

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