Green Echoes #39: Environmental reporting, opportunities and more
Greetings and a warm welcome to the latest issue of Green Echoes, the bi-monthly newsletter brought to you by the Environmental Reporting Collective. Our foremost goal is to provide you with a comprehensive roundup of the latest investigative reports, data sources, training opportunities, and projects related to environmental concerns spanning Asia and beyond. We deeply appreciate your support in our efforts to promote a greener and more sustainable world.
Environmental reporting to take note of
The growing interest and investment in carbon dioxide removal is spurring a wide range of new CDR approaches and technologies. Here are four key things to know about the recent growth and diversification of the CDR field over the past several years.
The world will likely use fewer fossil fuels to produce electricity this year in a "turning point" for planet-friendly energy, a new report says.
Scientists and fishers team up to protect the Bolivian river dolphin: Hunting, fishing, pollution and degradation and loss of habitat are the main threats facing the Bolivian river dolphin, a species of river dolphin that is found in 10 protected areas in the country.
The polar regions have become known as the “canaries in the coal mine” of the climate crisis. Here’s why.
Changing coal use in the EU and China since the energy crisis: As the EU continues to reduce its CO2 emissions from coal, what lessons from its accelerating transition?
A report found that wind and solar energy made up a record high of 12% of global electricity generation in 2022. Meanwhile, EU countries are lagging behind with wind power expansion.
Join the ERC Slack community to meet and engage with fellow journalists for more grants and other opportunities and share your work
Opportunities
Rest of World Labor x Tech Reporting Fellowship: a new opportunity for reporters native to regions outside the West who want to produce a deeply reported body of work on how tech impacts labour and workers around the world.
Climate Tracker has announced the third cycle of their Climate Journalism Mentoring Program, exclusively for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Oxford Climate Journalism Network: a unique opportunity to join a global network and learn from peers and academics while developing your expertise and career in climate journalism.
Data, Resources and Training
Human Impacts and Human Rights on the High Seas: A Webinar for Ocean Journalists. This webinar was targeted at journalists looking to report on issues beyond the coast and their country’s territorial waters – but aren’t sure where to start.
Is there a ‘lighter side’ to our possible environmental apocalypse? Ocean activist and author David Helvarg deals with dark thoughts about the state of the world environment with humour in a new op-ed.
The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and independent media outlet Agenda Propia and its Red Tejiendo Historias program present this e-learning course to help understand journalism from the perspective of Indigenous people.
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