"Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more than a century after the city’s boom days."
"New Yorkers are spending billions on houses in flood-prone areas despite growing awareness of the effects of climate change."
"EPA has issued a violation notice to the operator of the country’s first carbon dioxide injection wells for permanent storage, alleging that the company hasn’t complied with its federal permit."
"Shrink-wrap sealed around a piece of raw meat. Takeout containers filled with restaurant leftovers. Plastic bottles filled with soft drinks." "A new study shows the extent to which chemicals are finding their way into human bodies."
"A sneaky ocean rainstorm lashed the Carolinas on Monday, bringing ashore strong gusts and coastal and inland flooding to the Mid-Atlantic." "The storm produced up to 18 inches of rain and serious flooding in Carolina Beach, N.C."
"From Florida to Oregon, utilities are racing to meet a surge in demand from power-hungry AI data centers, manufacturing facilities and electric vehicles."
CatchLight and Report for America have formed an expanded partnership to place subsidized photojournalists in up to 20 local newsrooms throughout the United States in 2025 and provide comprehensive photo desk support to all participating organizations. Deadline is Oct 21, 2024.
SEJ member Bennet Goldstein, a reporter at Wisconsin Watch and the Mississippi River Basin Ag and Water Desk, is leading a free webinar for newsrooms in collaboration with the Solutions Journalism Network on how to develop and frame climate stories in ways that motivate and inspire. 2:30 pm CT / 3:30 pm ET.
The Solutions Journalism Network and the European Journalism Centre invite applications from media leaders for their 10-month, fully funded fellowship program aimed at revolutionizing how climate issues are reported across Europe. Deadline: Oct 6, 2024.
The Association of Health Care Journalists' year-long domestic fellowship aims to help U.S.-based journalists tackle a big reporting project that they might not otherwise be able to do in their daily work, while maintaining their regular employment. Apply by Oct 4, 2024.
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