"Companies Are Claiming To Be ‘Plastic Neutral.’ Is It Greenwashing?"
"Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic."
Source: Grist, 09/12/2023
Journalism & Media
Free Press Nearly Impossible With Corporate Business Model
It may seem like fast-moving technology that’s undermining traditional news outlets. But for WatchDog Opinion, it may be more about the notion of news as property, rather than a public good. Could nonprofit newsrooms — many of which cover energy and the environment — be a better model? And is there a funding mechanism that would support them sustainably … and permanently?
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One Grant, Multiple Stories
Seattle-based correspondent Brett Walton has a habit of adding extra days to his reporting schedules. In this FEJ StoryLog, Walton shares how he used one such buffer to stretch a grant and produce not just one story on California’s small drinking water systems, but a second on the aftermath of wildfire on another town’s water system, plus finish a third pending project on household water debt.
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#SEJSpotlight: Emilio Godoy, Freelance Journalist
Meet SEJ member Emilio Godoy! Emilio has been a journalist since 1996. Based in Mexico, since 2007 Emilio has focused his work on the socio-economic and environmental effects of the climate crisis, the need to move towards a low-carbon economy, and sustainable development modalities in Mexico and Latin America.
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Waste Incineration May Put Toxics Into Local Air
Sometimes on the environment beat, what seems like an old story is perpetually new again. That’s the case with waste incineration, finds the latest TipSheet. Rather than being reduced, incinerators are just being transformed, with the ongoing burning of plastics especially troubling for the environment and public health. Get the backstory on where the regulatory regime may have holes, plus key reporting angles and story ideas.
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"Conspiracy Theories Falsely Link Wildfires To 'Smart Cities'"
"Disinformation about deadly wildfires in the United States and Canada has run rampant across social media, with posts falsely blaming coordinated arson, lasers—and plans to develop "smart cities."
Source: AFP, 09/11/2023
Experts Warn of ‘Denialism Comeback’ Ahead of November’s Climate Talks"
"Even amid a disaster-filled summer marked by record heat, climate misinformation continues to spread online at alarming rates. Some experts fear it could slow progress at COP28."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/11/2023
#SEJ2024 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 3-7
Check out the multimedia coverage (including videos of the plenaries) of SEJ's 33rd Annual Conference in Philadelphia, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. Here's the agenda.
It's critically important to SEJ to gather evidence on the impact of our work. So we're tracking stories inspired by or informed by our conference in Philadelphia. The stories don't have to be about Philly or Pennsylvania; they can be based on sources or ideas you got from being at the conference. Please help us to keep SEJ strong and share links, photos, copies of reporting generated or informed by this conference. Send your story links to Cindy MacDonald, SEJ's web content manager. It's never too late. Please send yours! Moderators, speakers, tour leaders: We also welcome resources, tipsheets, etc., from sessions or tours that you wish to share.
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"A Scientist Manipulated Climate Data. Conservative Media Celebrated."
"A climate scientist ignited controversy Tuesday when he claimed that he withheld key details of his wildfire research to fit “preapproved narratives” on climate risks in order to be published in one of the world’s most esteemed science publications."
Source: E&E News, 09/08/2023
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