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Beach Nourishment Offers Challenging Local Environmental Stories

It’s peak beach season around much of the United States, with its timeless traditions of sunbathing, beach reads, swimming and beachcombing. But nature has its own ideas about shorelines, stripping some beaches and growing others. Humans, too, have their own beach engineering enterprises, with their own environmental impacts. The latest TipSheet helps you cover your local beach scene, with questions to ask, story ideas and reporting resources.

DEADLINE: CASW New Horizons Travel Fellowships

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing offers fellowships, up to $1,200 each, to cover the costs of attending the annual New Horizons in Science Briefing for Journalists/Science Writers meeting, taking place this year Nov 8-11 in Raleigh, N.C. Apply by Sep 10.

Rebecca Leber — SEJ Board Candidate 2024

"I served on SEJ’s board from 2022 to 2024, until I navigated a career transition that required me to step down from my active board seat this summer. I have two main reasons I am running (again), now to represent associate members: First, I want to finish the work I started. Second, I know I can be a strong advocate for members working outside of a traditional newsroom. I’m certainly not alone among SEJ members who have faced career changes in an unstable media industry."

Tony Barboza — SEJ Board Candidate 2024

"I’m running for reelection to the Board of Directors to continue helping SEJ and its members during a critical and uncertain time for environmental journalism. As we approach SEJ’s 35th anniversary, I want to help the organization grow and evolve so we can be around another 35 years and beyond."

Mark Schapiro — SEJ Board Candidate 2024

"I’ve enjoyed these past three years of serving on the SEJ board — but that, of course, is not a reason to run for reelection. I’m hoping to continue to build upon what we’ve accomplished over the past three years in opening up SEJ. I am also working closely with the Program Committee on our upcoming Phoenix conference, and hoping to continue: It already seems that we could not have picked a better location to tell the stories of the American, and global, future."

"How The World’s Last Wild Red Wolves Are Avoiding Extinction"

"ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. — In April, the latest glimmer of hope appeared here in the only spot on Earth where endangered red wolves remain in the wild. Five pups were born to a pair of wolves — a female known as 2413, and a male known as 2444 — marking the third year in a row that at least one new litter began life in this corner of coastal North Carolina."

Source: Washington Post, 08/16/2024

WHO Declares New Mpox Outbreaks In Africa A Global Health Emergency

"The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent."

Source: AP, 08/16/2024

"Wind Beat Coal Two Months in a Row for U.S. Electricity Generation"

"Wind turbines generated more electricity than coal-burning power plants across the United States in March and April, outstripping the dirtiest fuel for two consecutive months for the first time, according to the Energy Information Administration."

Source: NYTimes, 08/16/2024

EPA Faults Miss. State Communications On Water Risks Before Jackson Crisis

"Mississippi’s state health department did not adequately enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act in Jackson, contributing to the 2022 crisis that left 150,000 residents without drinking water, according to a report released Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG)."

Source: The Hill, 08/16/2024

As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say USFS Has Left Them With Shortages

"The agency recently said that it had reached 101% of its firefighter hiring goal for 2024, but those on the front lines say the agency is understating how badly depleted their ranks are, especially for experienced firefighters."

Source: ProPublica, 08/16/2024

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