The Biden Administration and Regan EPA are focusing money and energy on environmental justice issues and toxic release monitoring like never before. With our host city plagued with industry-related explosions, a cancer cluster and some of the highest levels of cancer-causing air stemming from industrial pollution, we'll hear from EPA leaders on how they're addressing these issues on multiple fronts. Join the live stream of this event, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. CT.
Scientists have shown that using clean electricity to power as much of the economy as possible — from cars and trucks to kitchen stoves — may be the cheapest, easiest way to fight climate change. But doing that equitably, while keeping the lights on, is another story. Join the live stream of this event, 12:15 – 2:00 p.m. CT.
Join the live stream of the #SEJ2022 opening plenary examining different ways oceans and coasts fit into the climate discussion, including the environmental justice story unfolding on coastlines near petrochemical refineries, the push for a global agreement on oceans and oceans' role in reducing carbon emissions. 9:00-10:30 a.m. CT.
"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — One thing wildlife officials have learned during the winter experimental feeding program to help manatees avoid starvation is that if you feed them, they will come."
"Forget “The Wizard of Oz.” Tornadoes are causing far more deaths and destruction east and south of Kansas these days. And they’re often doing it in the dark of night."
"Thirty of the world's largest financial institutions are undermining their commitment to cutting carbon emissions by lobbying against climate regulation and by funding new fossil fuel projects, according to a report published on Friday."
"Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities where lung-damaging asbestos from mining has been blamed in hundreds of deaths."
"Time is running out for governments to reach an ambitious Paris-style agreement for nature, say campaigners, who warn that crucial negotiations to protect biodiversity are moving at a “snail’s pace”."
"Independent testing of more than 100 packaging products from US restaurant and grocery chains identified PFAS chemicals in many of the wrappers, a Consumer Reports investigation has found."
"Residents of Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut, got word in early March they could finally stop boiling their water after months of boil water advisories and off-and-on water services. Nunavut is Canada’s largest territory, almost the size of Mexico, and is 84 percent Inuit."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej2022-us-epa-press-conference-and-qa-session
[2] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej2022-plenary-energy-transition-and-environmental-justice
[3] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej2022-opening-plenary-new-frontiers-final-frontier-reporting-oceans-2022
[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/officials-florida-manatees-eat-every-scrap-food-trial
[5] https://apnews.com/article/travel-environment-florida-environment-wildlife-ae7db3000b54852de4652cbb110f9d38
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/explainer-why-south-gets-more-killer-tornadoes-night
[7] https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-climate-storms-science-new-orleans-27d2df41d6d7a9b0bb79dd04b8639f40
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/banks-undermine-their-net-zero-pledges-through-lobbying-report
[9] https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/banks-undermine-their-net-zero-pledges-through-lobbying-report-2022-03-25/
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-moves-end-asbestos-cleanup-along-montana-railroad
[11] https://apnews.com/article/health-business-environment-environment-montana-0bba26b6e441437c70823cc54584a12e
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pressure-grows-deal-save-nature-crunch-talks-geneva
[13] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/23/pressure-grows-for-deal-to-save-nature-at-crunch-talks-in-geneva-aoe
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/revealed-dangerous-chemicals-your-food-wrappers
[15] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/revealed-pfas-dangerous-chemicals-food-wrappers
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nunavut-capital-struggles-fix-water-system
[17] https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/nunavut-capital-struggles-to-fix-water-system
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1095
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1092
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1093
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1094
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1097
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1098
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1099
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1100
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4924