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December 13, 2024

IIJ Freelance Webinar Series

This fall, the Institute for Independent Journalists is offering free monthly webinars to help you strengthen your freelance journalism practice. The series continues Dec 13, 2024 with "How to Find Journalism-Adjacent Freelance Work." 12-1:15 p.m. ET.

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"Carbon Credit Market Confidence Ebbs As Big Names Retreat"

"Voluntary carbon markets have shrunk for the first time in at least seven years, as companies including food giant Nestle and fashion house Gucci reduced buying and studies found several forest protection projects did not deliver promised emissions savings."

Source: Reuters, 09/05/2023

Green Groups Are Divided Over Proposal to Boost the Nation’s Hydropower

"The new bill would shorten the permitting process for some projects, with a focus on converting old dams that don’t currently produce electricity into ones that do."

"America’s hydropower industry is hoping to reestablish some of its former glory by making itself central to the nation’s transition to clean energy—and it’s turning to Congress for help.

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/05/2023

"Biden Surveys Storm Damage In Florida, Without DeSantis"

"President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to survey the destruction from Hurricane Idalia and comfort victims of the storm, but he did not meet with Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential rival, who opted not to come."

Source: Reuters, 09/05/2023

Shuttered EPA Probe Could’ve Brought 'Meaningful Reform' In Cancer Alley

"As industrial plants have overtaken historic Black communities and burdened neighborhoods with toxic air pollution, environmental advocates and residents of Louisiana’s chemical corridor have spent decades calling for change."

Source: WWNO, 09/05/2023

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