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Join the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources for four half-day virtual workshops, May 13, May 20, June 3 and June 10, to explore current conditions and future projections in the Great Lakes and what those changes mean for both current and future residents. Deadline: Apr 28.
"An urban wildlife refuge is meant to alleviate generations of environmental racism that has beset the historic neighborhood of Mountain View. That’s assuming it can meet the community’s needs".
"A lawsuit filed by the Orutsararmiut Native Council has led to a judgment that invalidates a key permit for what could be one of the largest gold mines in the world: Donlin Gold in western Alaska."
When a Chicago-based freelancer was just about to hit the road to report a three-part story and TV segment on the potential impacts of two proposed copper mines in the Great Lakes basin, there was a little hitch: The COVID-19 pandemic hit. The new FEJ StoryLog has the story of how Lorraine Boissoneault found the flexibility to complete her grant-supported project.
"Once vengefully drained by Saddam Hussein, the wetlands in southeastern Iraq have since been partially restored. Now the region and its isolated settlements face a new set of challenges."
"On my most recent visit to the Mesopotamian marshes, in March, I arrived at Sayeed Hitham’s for breakfast. The pandemic had kept me away for more than a year.
The sun was just rising, the sky pink and golden. Hana, Hitham’s wife, stood smiling near the door to their reed house. “Tea is ready, bread is ready,” she said. “Come on in.”
Ahead of the Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by President Biden, the Wilson Center's Global Europe Program is partnering with the Smithsonian Institution and European embassies in Washington D.C. to launch a conversation series focused on solutions and possibilities when it comes to climate risk, conservation and sustainability.
"SAYA DE MALHA BANK, Indian Ocean - Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents sweeping across an underwater mountain plateau the size of Switzerland."
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland met with Utah politicians, tribal leaders and other stakeholders Wednesday and Thursday as President Biden weighs whether to change the boundaries of two monuments that were shrunk by former President Trump."
Join Water.org for a discussion on the global water crisis and health implications for the poor, including solutions to help meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6, clean water and sanitation for all, and what journalists can do to help cover this issue. 10am ET.
"President Biden has nominated Robert Anderson, the Interior Department’s principal deputy solicitor, to serve as the department’s solicitor, according to an announcement Wednesday."