"Climate change activists blasted Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday for leading an 'Orwellian' campaign to ban employees of the state's lead environmental agency from using such terms as 'global warming' and 'climate change.'"
China's Communist Party has banned from the web a documentary about pollution in China that had gone viral with hundreds of millions of views during the week after its release.
"Two hundred million and counting: That's how many times a documentary about China's massive air pollution problem has been viewed online since the weekend. Environmentalists are hailing it as an eye-opener for Chinese citizens."
"A federal judge on Monday chastised the Environmental Protection Agency for its 'mishandling' of Freedom of Information Act requests."
"A University of Colorado environmental studies professor says he is the target of a congressman's "witch hunt" because he expressed doubt in congressional testimony about whether climate change is making natural disasters worse."
"The RCMP has labelled the 'anti-petroleum' movement as a growing and violent threat to Canada’s security, raising fears among environmentalists that they face increased surveillance, and possibly worse, under the Harper government’s new terrorism legislation."
Small pilotless remote-controlled "drones," which have promise for many kinds of environmental journalism, are finally coming under tentative regulation from the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA released proposed rules Sunday.
A coalition of journalism and photography groups, including SEJ, objected to requirements for permits and fees for photography in the public parks of Fairfax County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. In a February 4, 2015, letter to the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA), the 14 groups asked the agency to revise its rules to protect photojournalists' First Amendment rights.
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SEJ is proud to announce expansion of the Fund for Environmental Journalism, made possible through new support from the Wyss Foundation, the Grantham Foundation for the Environment and dozens of individual donors. This year, SEJ is providing two new grants to news organizations for two new full-time reporting positions, two new competitive rounds for grants up to $5,000, as well as travel fellowships to support diverse participation in SEJ’s 25th Annual Conference, Oct 7-11, 2015 in Norman, OK. Read about the expansion and see the grantees of the Fall/Winter 2014 cycle. Photos: Co-grantees Coleen Jose (left), Kim Wall and Hendrik Hinzel.
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