"Court Quashes Youth Climate Change Case Against Government"
"A federal appeals court has thrown out the landmark climate change lawsuit brought on behalf of young people against the federal government."
Source: NY Times, 01/20/2020
Activism
All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.
"Environmental Groups Challenge Plastics Complex Permit"
"Conservation and community groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday, challenging environmental permits for a Taiwan company’s planned $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana."
Source: AP, 01/16/2020
"World’s Biggest Long-Term Risks Are Environmental, WEF Says"
"The World Economic Forum is sounding alarm bells on climate change, with environmental risks occupying the group’s top five long-term concerns for the first time on record."
Source: Bloomberg, 01/16/2020
Future of Nuclear Power Hangs in Balance of Climate, Costs
Safety has traditionally been the key question when discussing the realities of nuclear power. But in assessing the future of the nuclear industry amid debates over its potential to help tackle the climate crisis, the latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & the Environment” reports that there may be an equally pressing concern.
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‘We’re Building An Army’: Jane Fonda Caps Climate Protest In D.C.
"Clad in her signature red hat and coat, clenched fist raised high, Jane Fonda saluted the sea of chanting people who had gathered for her final “Fire Drill Friday” this week. She cheered as 147 of them were arrested on the steps of the Capitol building."
Source: Washington Post, 01/13/2020
"Sunrise Movement Endorses Bernie Sanders"
"Sunrise Movement, the influential Green New Deal campaigners, endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president on Thursday, boosting the progressive’s credentials as the 2020 race’s leading candidate on climate change."
Source: HuffPost, 01/10/2020
Climate, Environment Sure To Reverberate in 2020 Elections
This election year, environmental issues like climate change may well break the pattern of past campaigns, where they seemed to recede as voting approached. Our latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment” explains how green politics may shape both national and state/local races in the months to come, and provides resources for reporters to track that rapidly changing landscape.
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Coal Train Protesters Target Big New England Coal Power Plant
"Climate activists halted a coal train bound for one of New England's last large coal-fired power plants by building a barricade on the tracks and sitting on it for about eight hours this week. The delay was temporary, but it was the fifth time activists had stopped a coal train in the region in less than a month."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/07/2020
“Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle To Save the Florida Panther”
Sometimes in the face of bad news, it can help to laugh a little. That’s what award-winning environmental writer Craig Pittman may help readers do with his new dispatch from the Sunshine State. Our latest BookShelf reviews Pittman’s upcoming witty, truth-telling volume,“Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle To Save the Florida Panther.”
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