Letter to SEJ Members and Friends
SEJ Executive Director Meaghan Parker announces she'll be stepping down and shares why she chose this moment as the right time for a successful transition to SEJ’s new leader.
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"The Indigenous Forager Reconnecting Native Americans With Their Roots"
"Twila Cassadore hopes teaching Western Apache traditional foodways can aid mental, emotional and spiritual health".
Source: Guardian, 06/05/2023
"FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Backlog. Can It?"
"In the fall of 2007, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission raised concerns about how to manage the unprecedented number of renewable energy projects seeking to connect to the U.S. grid. The agency is still grappling with the issue more than 15 years later — except now, the problem is worse, and the stakes are higher."
Source: E&E News, 06/05/2023
"Haaland Orders 20-Year Oil Leasing Ban Around Chaco Canyon"
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday ordered a 20-year moratorium on new oil and gas leasing within 10 miles of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, protecting lands sacred to many Native American communities in New Mexico and northern Arizona."
Source: E&E News, 06/05/2023
"Biden Plans To Pick Physician Mandy Cohen To Lead CDC"
"President Biden plans to select former North Carolina health secretary Mandy Cohen to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to three people with direct knowledge of the pending announcement."
Source: Washington Post, 06/05/2023
After Rough Start, UN Plastic Treaty Talks End With Mandate For 1st Draft
"After a rocky start to a week of negotiations, around 170 countries agreed to develop a first draft by November of what could become the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution by the end of next year.
Source: Reuters, 06/05/2023
EPA Spurns Trump Effort to Drop Pollution Controls for Plastic Recycling
"Affirming long-standing incineration regulations, the Biden administration has withdrawn a plan to help ease the way for unchecked pyrolysis and gasification of plastic."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/05/2023
"Three ‘Forever Chemicals’ Makers Settle Public Water Lawsuits"
"Three major chemical companies on Friday said they would pay more than $1 billion to settle the first in a wave of claims that they and other companies contaminated drinking water across the country with so-called forever chemicals that have been linked to cancer and other illnesses."
Source: NYTimes, 06/05/2023
Whether Wetlands or Blacktop, Land Cover Database Provides Foundation for Environmental Reporting
For journalists looking to understand the condition of U.S. rangeland, forests or urban pavement, a high-quality government dataset collected via Landsat can help. And for data geeks who want to go a step further and illuminate human impacts on the environment, mapping overlays on the Landsat data can do the trick. Find out more in the new Reporter’s Toolbox.
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From TV Meteorologists, More Straight Talk About Climate Change
Reporters covering floods, fires and other weather-driven disasters sometimes hesitate to link these extreme events to climate change. But TV meteorologists increasingly see an opportunity — and a responsibility — to help local audiences better understand the connections. Their unique relationship with viewers makes it easier to get past partisan divisions, while innovative tools are providing new ways to communicate information.
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