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Concurrent Sessions 2

21 Apr 2023

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm MT

Concurrent Sessions 2

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The Society of Environmental Journalists is North America’s largest membership organization for journalists covering energy and environment. A 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization, SEJ provides educational opportunities and vital support to journalists, faculty, and students. www.sej.org

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#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member @kyliemohr, an awar

#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member @kyliemohr, an award-winning journalist based in Montana. She reports for @HighCountryNews, covering Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rockies. Tune in on Twitter this Friday as she takes over @ sejorg. Learn more and read Kylie’s work at the 🔗 in 📜.

#SEJ2023 attendees — we need conference buddies!

#SEJ2023 attendees — we need conference buddies! 125 newcomers have requested someone to show them the ropes, but only 47 previous attendees have signed up to be a buddy. It’s an easy lift — one meetup at mutual convenience. Can you help? Email sej@sej.org to sign up. Thanks!

A farm bill soon to emerge for debate in Congress

A farm bill soon to emerge for debate in Congress will have huge implications for the environment beat, affecting natural resources, climate, food production and public health. #SEJournalBackgrounder lays out some of the key issues and provides resources. 🔗 in 📜. Photo: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon via Flickr Creative Commons (CC BY-ND 2.0). Above, an Oregon farm uses a cover crop to improve soil health.

Reporters can prepare for rail accidents involving

Reporters can prepare for rail accidents involving hazardous materials with a keener understanding of what hazmat may be carried through your area. #SEJournalReportersToolbox guides you to helpful lists of dangerous substances, plus a rundown of the worst offenders and their risks. 🔗 in 📜. Photo: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Jeffrey M. Schultze, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Above, a locomotive engineer disconnects a rail car carrying flammable jet fuel from Texas to Beale Air Force Base in California.

When humans began to put down roots, we started to

When humans began to put down roots, we started to forge what scientist Giulio Boccaletti (@water_a_biography) calls a “social contract” with water. In his book, “Water: A Biography,” he explores that relationship through a historical lens. Read the #SEJournalBookShelf review by Gary Wilson at the 🔗 in 📜.

Geothermal has been hyped as the next big thing in

Geothermal has been hyped as the next big thing in renewable energy, but its breakthrough moment hasn’t happened yet. Here’s contributor @jessimckenzi’s take on the possibilities, challenges and the government funding that may finally fire it up. #SEJournalFeature 🔗 in 📜. Photo: Jessica McKenzie. Above, the Dixie Valley geothermal plant at the foot of the Stillwater Range in Nevada.

Under federal rules, states can decide whether to

Under federal rules, states can decide whether to divulge information about hazardous materials rolling along their railways — and mostly they don’t. Not knowing where and when hazmat trains are traveling or what’s on board creates anxiety and raises the risk for those who live near the tracks. #SEJournalTipSheet offers resources and step-by-step instructions for investigating railway hazmat threats to your community. 🔗 in 📜. Photo: Sûreté du Québec, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 1.0). Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, on July 6, 2013, after an oil tanker train derailed in the town center. Explosions and fire killed 47 people and destroyed many buildings and other infrastructure.

SEJ is now accepting entries for the 2023 #SEJAwar

SEJ is now accepting entries for the 2023 #SEJAwards, honoring the best environmental journalism in 10 categories and bringing recognition to the stories that are among the most important on the planet. Student SEJ members enter free! Join SEJ and enter the awards at the link in our bio. Deadline: May 1.

Industrial hog farmers tout swine biogas as a clea

Industrial hog farmers tout swine biogas as a clean, green energy source, but others point to its messy side. In the latest #SEJournalEJAcademy, a young journalist, @cam_in_underland, who investigated the underreported stench of environmental racism associated with this technology learned valuable lessons along the way to producing a feature story that won her 1st place at the 2022 #SEJAwards for outstanding student reporting. 🔗 in 📜. Photo: Courtesy of Waterkeeper Alliance. An industrial hog farm and waste lagoon in Sampson County, North Carolina. Facilities like this are disproportionately located in the state’s most vulnerable communities.

#SEJournalInsideStory spoke with Hannah Northey an

#SEJournalInsideStory spoke with Hannah Northey and Kevin Bogardus of @eenewsupdates, two journalists who used everything from FOIA appeals to on-the-ground reporting to get at the heart of how problems with wetlands and waterways in the US are tied to #climatechange concerns. 🔗 in 📜. Photo: Hannah Northey. Orange flood-control barriers run along a canal behind a row of homes on Detroit’s east side. The draining of wetlands in the city exacerbated recent flooding.

Reporters who want to track the status of abandone

Reporters who want to track the status of abandoned oil and gas wells can dig into several databases, but will need to support their data crunching with lots of shoe-leather and ground-truth reporting. Plus, a primer on API numbers. #SEJournalReportersToolbox 🔗 in 📜. Photo: Environmental Defense Fund. The United States has roughly 117,000 oil and gas wells that are documented as being inactive, unplugged and with no solvent owner of record, as shown in the map above. There may be as many as 3.4 million undocumented orphan wells.

There’s just one week left to register for #SEJ2

There’s just one week left to register for #SEJ2023 before the late rates kick in! We hope you’ll join us in Boise for five days of intensive learning, immersive tours, networking and professional development designed by journalists for journalists. Register now at the 🔗 in 📜.

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