"How Big Insurance’s Investment in Fossil Fuels Came Back to Bite It"
"In a vicious cycle, the sector’s financing of oil and gas is having an impact on its bottom line."
Source: Capital & Main, 01/27/2025
Climate Change
"Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists"
"President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections."
Source: NYTimes, 01/27/2025
EPA Nominee Heads for Approval, Despite Inexperience
Former Congressman Lee Zeldin, the Trump administration nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has scant expertise in the field and little appeal to environmental groups. But at a Senate hearing earlier this month, the Trump loyalist aimed to score points by confirming the existence of climate change and deflating rumors of an agency move out of the Capital. The latest EJ TransitionWatch takes a look at Zeldin's prospects.
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Telling the Stories of the Silent Sentinels
To many, plants are a merely green backdrop, indistinguishable and inconsequential. But, freelancer Karen Mockler says that such “plant blindness” belies an urgent need for our notice. More than a third of the world’s trees and thousands of other plant species face extinction. Their plight — and their many blessings — offer perceptive journalists a wealth of reporting and storytelling opportunities. Mockler on why to write about plants.
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As Workers Clean Up After The LA Fires, Can The State Keep Them Safe?
"The LA fires have left domestic workers and day laborers jobless. They may soon be hired for wildfire cleanup work, where they can be exposed to ash and other toxins."
Source: CalMatters, 01/24/2025
"Revealed: US Climate Denial Group Working With European Far-Right Parties"
"Climate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies, the Guardian can reveal."
Source: Guardian, 01/24/2025
"Bloomberg To Fund UN Climate Agency After US Exit From Paris Accord"
"Billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation would fund the UN climate change agency after President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement. Bloomberg’s pledge will cover the 22 percent of its $96.5 million budget previously provided by the US for 2024-2025."
Source: France24, 01/24/2025
"Senate Committees Advance Trump’s Energy, Environment Nominees"
"President Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s energy and environment-focused agencies all sailed through committee votes on Thursday morning."
Source: The Hill, 01/24/2025
"Trump Reverses Biden On Natural Resource Protections In Alaska"
"The partisan divide over natural resource protections took a hard shift to the right with the inauguration of President Trump, who reversed moves the Biden administration took to protect natural resources in Alaska from mining and energy development and hunting bears with baits."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 01/23/2025
"Trump’s Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback and Doubt"
"Automakers and even some Republicans may fight to preserve funds, and environmental activists will likely sue, but some experts said that some changes may not survive legal challenges."
Source: NYTimes, 01/23/2025
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