Join the International Journalists' Network for a virtual, solutions-oriented conversation about diversity and inclusion in the media, with Krissah Thompson, Darshna Soni and Selymar Colón, moderated by Gary Younge. 10:00 a.m. ET.
Tune into a webinar with freelance multimedia reporter Melissa Noel, moderated by International Center for Journalists' Global Forum Community Manager Paul Adepoju. Learn how to pitch across borders, carve out your niche/beats, develop relationships with editors, negotiate contracts, more. 10:00 a.m. ET.
The ICCA Consortium launches its 2021 report on territories of life on May 20, highlighting local and national case studies, including global analysis of how much of the planet is likely conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities. Journalists are invited to the May 12 pre-launch press conference.
"Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic governor of Oregon over a controversial proposal to breach four dams on the Snake River to save endangered salmon runs."
"United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged leaders of the Group of Seven richest countries to make “substantial” pledges to help developing countries tackle climate change over the next five years."
"The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it was weighing whether a controversial refinery on St. Croix posed “an imminent risk to people’s health” after a third accident in the span of three months sickened local residents and forced three schools to close."
"The European Union’s top court has upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming bees, preventing their use on certain crops."
"A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered BC Hydro and the B.C. government to release secret Site C dam financial and safety documents to West Moberly First Nations, but the public will not be permitted to see the information."
"A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them."
"An internal government watchdog on Thursday questioned the adequacy of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions standards for an air pollutant that the agency considers carcinogenic and another that it considers likely carcinogenic."
