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Grant Brings Documentary Team to Chesapeake Bay’s Vastness

New York-based documentarians Sebastian Tuinder and Duy Linh Tu took their multimedia skills on the road to explore the environmental problems plaguing the Chesapeake Bay. The resulting project, “Trouble in the Chesapeake,” was nominated for a local Emmy award and was credited with helping efforts to curb over-the-limit discharges from Maryland’s wastewater plants. Lessons learned from the grant-funded effort, in the latest FEJ StoryLog.

SEJ Webinar: Mining Rebuild by Design's Atlas of Accountability for Local Climate Disaster Stories

Join SEJ for a webinar on Rebuild by Design's Atlas of Accountability, an interactive mapping tool designed to empower journalists and others to understand localized climate-fueled exposure to extreme weather disasters. Featuring AP’s Seth Borenstein and MK Wildeman and Rebuild by Design's Amy Chester and Johanna Lawton. 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT.

"Opinion: How The Quiet War Against Press Freedom Could Come To America"

"Some foreign leaders have ruthlessly curtailed journalism. U.S. politicians could draw from their playbook."

Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2024

"With Hotter, Drier Weather, California’s Joshua Trees Are in Trouble"

"In the Mojave Desert, rising temperatures, less rainfall, and more intense wildfires are killing off Joshua trees. California officials are working on a plan to protect the distinctive yucca tree and its desert ecosystem by establishing refuges and controlling development."

Source: YaleE360, 09/06/2024

"Coral Restoration's Wake Up Call"

"Rebuilding degraded coral reefs started as a noble endeavor, but now some coral scientists are confronting a dark reality."

Source: HuffPost, 09/06/2024

"Can The US Census Keep Up With Climate-Driven Displacement?"

"Four years after a string of disasters plagued one Louisiana town, its residents are still on the move."

Source: Grist, 09/06/2024

Colleges With Fossil Fuel Funding Can Become 'Vehicle Of Climate Obstruction'

"For decades, oil and gas companies have donated tens to hundreds of millions of dollars to colleges and universities, sat on governing boards, sponsored scholarships and built pro-fossil fuel programming and curriculum — resulting in real or apparent conflicts of interest for universities and their researchers."

Source: Floodlight, 09/06/2024

"Pakistan Hasn’t Learned Lessons From 2022 Deadly Floods, Experts Say"

"Millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters, showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people, experts said Thursday, as an aid group said half of the victims among 300 people killed by rains since July are children."

Source: AP, 09/06/2024

Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer? A WHO Review Of 63 Studies Finds No Link.

"A review commissioned by the World Health Organization found wireless technology use has skyrocketed, but brain cancer rates have not gone up accordingly."

Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2024

"Project Bison Fails. What’s Next For The Carbon Removal Megaproject?"

"The Wyoming venture’s collapse raises questions about the fledgling direct air capture industry — and the Biden administration’s support of it."

Source: E&E News, 09/06/2024

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