"Gaza’s Limited Water Supply Raises Concerns For Human Health"
"A lack of clean water in the Gaza Strip is raising major concerns for human health."
Source: AP, 10/23/2023
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SEJ Statement on Flatwater Free Press Reporter Yanqi Xu
October 20, 2023 — The Society of Environmental Journalists stands with Flatwater Free Press reporter Yanqi Xu, whose work was dismissed by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on the basis of her nationality. In response to Xu’s reporting on high nitrate levels in groundwater on Pillen’s hog farms, the governor said on live radio that he will not read the story because the “author is from Communist China.” Read SEJ's statement.
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Do Home Buyers Have a Right to Flood Risk Disclosure?
In the second of a two-parter for our 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, the latest TipSheet considers how local environmental journalists can make news out of the state-by-state patchwork of flood risk disclosure laws amid rising climate extremes. A dozen-and-a-half story ideas and reporting resources on the topic. Plus, see part one on climate and insurance.
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"‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Opens Across US (Finally!)"
"Spellbinding, heartbreaking and exhaustingly researched, director Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating epic look into the mass murders of the Osage over oil rights in the 1920s opens Oct. 20 in wide release across the United States."
Source: ICT, 10/20/2023
GOP AGs, Industry Ask For Emergency Supreme Court Stay Of Biden Smog Rule
"A coalition of Republican attorneys general on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to stay the federal “Good Neighbor” interstate smog rule while they appeal a lower court ruling."
Source: The Hill, 10/20/2023
UN Countries Agreed To Support Climate Reparations, Now Deadlocked On Details
"The celebrated “loss and damage” fund is stalled over disagreements about who should pay in, who should receive funds, and the role of the World Bank."
Source: Grist, 10/20/2023
New York's Gas Stove Ban an 'Existential Threat,' Trade Group Lawsuit Says
"Construction and gas trade groups have filed a lawsuit to block a law passed by New York officials that would ban furnaces and gas stoves in newly constructed buildings."
Source: Earther, 10/20/2023
"USDA Working With Ranchers Toward Indigenous Food Sovereignty"
"Since the near extinction of the buffalo mostly by White settlers, the animal has become a symbol of both Indigenous resilience and food sovereignty. Now, buffalo are central to a new pilot program to improve food distribution on Native land."
Source: ICT, 10/20/2023
‘It’s Never Too Late’: Canada Sued Over Near-Extinction Of Spotted Owls
"As the species hangs on to survival in the country, the federal government will defend its role in delaying emergency measures that could have helped the raptor from disappearing in B.C.’s heavily logged forests".
Source: The Narwhal, 10/20/2023
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