"A Growing Force In The Climate Movement: Moms"
"Activists are deploying the moral authority of mothers to push for climate action. Their protests must steer clear of nap time."
Source: NYTimes, 03/14/2022
Activism
All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.
Houston Plays Host to First On-Site SEJ Conference Since 2019
Environmental journalists from around the country and beyond will gather in Houston later this month for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 31st annual conference. Widely known as the energy capital of the world, this highly diverse city is an ideal place to drill down on the causes and consequences of climate change and other environmental issues of the day.
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Aussie Author’s Angry Look at ‘Crimes Against Nature’
A historical look at how profit and capitalism have ravaged the natural world is the subject of our new BookShelf review. Contributor Melody Kemp offers her take on award-winning Australian journalist Jeff Sparrow’s forthcoming volume, which explores the damage wrought by cars, roads and PR spin, as well as solutions suggested by models of Indigenous land management.
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"Night-Time Attack On Controversial Canadian Gas Pipeline Site"
"Police release video of attack on workers’ equipment at camp of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline opposed by First Nation groups".
Source: Guardian, 02/25/2022
"Using Science and Celtic Wisdom to Save Trees (and Souls)"
"At a hale 77, Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a medical biochemist, botanist, organic chemist, poet, author and developer of artificial blood. But her main focus for decades now has been to telegraph to the world, in prose that is scientifically exacting yet startlingly affecting, the wondrous capabilities of trees."
Source: NYTimes, 02/24/2022
Students From 5 Top Universities Sue To Compel Fossil-Fuel Divestment
"For years, they tried to convince universities that investing in fossil fuels was immoral. Now they’re telling them it’s illegal."
Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2022
"Greta Thunberg Condemns UK Firm’s Plans For Iron Mine On Sami Land"
"A British company has fallen foul of Greta Thunberg, Unesco, Sweden’s national church, and the indigenous people in the north of the country over plans for an open-pit mine on historical Sami reindeer-herding lands."
Source: Guardian, 02/14/2022
Walking With the ‘Guardians of the Forest’ — Lessons From Coverage of Amazonian Fires
Three teams of video journalists descended on the Brazilian Amazon amid some of its worst-ever fires to capture efforts of Indigenous rainforest “guardians” to protect it from destruction. They returned with award-winning reporting, but also a deeper understanding of the region and its people, and of how to bring the climate change story closer to home. They share their experiences, in the new EJ InSight.
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"Lawsuit Says US Failed To Protect Manatee Habitats"
"Conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday over last year’s record manatee deaths, saying the government failed to follow the law by designating protected habitat for the marine mammals."
Source: S Fla Sun Sentinel, 02/04/2022
"Alaska Court Rules Against Youths In Climate Change Lawsuit"
"The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans who claimed long-term effects of climate change will devastate Alaska and interfere with their individual constitutional rights."
Source: AP, 01/31/2022
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