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DEADLINE: WFSJ Call for COVID-19 Proposals
The World Federation of Science Journalists invites journalists who belong to any of their member organizations to submit proposals for pandemic stories. (SEJ is a member of WFSJ.) Deadline: April 12, 2021.
Climate Change and the Way Forward
Metcalf Institute will host a virtual Leeson Lecture to explore issues such as green job creation and changes in energy and climate policies, 1 p.m. ET, featuring Jody Freeman (pictured), the Archibald Cox Professor of Law and director of the Environmental and Energy Law Program at Harvard University.
DEADLINE: Unbias the News
This new, remote cross-border newsroom showcases international journalism that breaks through geographical or structural barriers. Journalists worldwide can pitch underreported stories with global relevance and get paid, free training and networking. Collaborative projects welcome. Deadline: April 18, 2021.
"“Kenneled, Strip Searched, Shackled And Held""
"The Biden administration remains silent while Indigenous women continue to battle Line 3 with their bodies."
Source: HEATED, 04/02/2021
FEMA Unveils New Flood Insurance Calculation It Calls More Equitable
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Thursday unveiled changes to the National Flood Insurance Program that it says will be aimed at being more equitable."
Source: The Hill, 04/02/2021
"Study: US Pesticide Use Falls But Harms Pollinators More"
"American farmers are using smaller amounts of better targeted pesticides, but these are harming pollinators, aquatic insects and some plants far more than decades ago, a new study finds."
Source: AP, 04/02/2021
"Supreme Court Hands Win to Georgia in State Water War"
"The U.S. Supreme Court won’t force Georgia to curb its water usage, a defeat for downstream Florida in the two states’ long legal war over limited resources."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/02/2021
"That Spotty Wi-Fi? There’s $100 Billion to Fix It."
"Kimberly Vasquez, a high school senior in Baltimore, faced a tough problem when the pandemic began. She had no fast internet service in her home, but all her classes were online."
Source: NYTimes, 04/02/2021
"Biden Plan Would Spend $16B To Clean Up Old Mines, Oil Wells"
"President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion plan to transform America’s infrastructure includes $16 billion to plug old oil and gas wells and clean up abandoned mines, a longtime priority for Western and rural lawmakers from both parties."
Source: AP, 04/02/2021
