Letter From DC: Remembering Tom Lovejoy [1]

Society of Environmental Journalists' Executive Director Meaghan Parker pays tribute to the late Thomas Lovejoy (pictured, left), famed conservation biologist known as the "Godfather of Biodiversity."


Society of Environmental Journalists' Executive Director Meaghan Parker pays tribute to the late Thomas Lovejoy (pictured, left), famed conservation biologist known as the "Godfather of Biodiversity."

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"New York State will strengthen its lead poisoning prevention law, reducing the amount allowed in drinking water at public schools and increasing testing frequency, under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D)."
"The Biden administration said on Thursday it has offered Monolith Nebraska LLC an up to $1.04 billion conditional loan guarantee for a project to make clean hydrogen, in its first use of an office that has tens of billions of dollars in financing."
"Illegal gold mining in the north Amazonian territory of Brazil's indigenous Munduruku people has led to more than half of several hundred people tested showing unsafe mercury levels in their bodies, including children, health researchers say."
"The recently passed bipartisan infrastructure bill could increase carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector, according to research from the nonpartisan Georgetown Climate Institute."
"Of the Montana schools that have met the state’s program deadline, most show high levels of lead in school drinking water."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/letter-dc-remembering-tom-lovejoy
[2] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-tiny-news-collective
[3] https://www.sej.org/calendar/webinar-national-pfas-roadmap-update-tribes-indigenous-peoples
[4] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-information-disorder-prize-competition
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/development-and-conservation-clash-komodo-national-park
[6] https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-travel-lifestyle-6d79e594949a3d24a3a5fbe2cf216246
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-york-reduces-lead-level-allowed-school-drinking-water
[8] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/new-york-reduces-lead-level-allowed-in-school-drinking-water
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-administration-offers-1-bln-loan-guarantee-hydrogen-project
[10] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-offers-monolith-nebraska-1-bln-loan-guarantee-hydrogen-project-2021-12-23/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/indigenous-munduruku-suffer-mercury-exposure-illegal-gold-mining
[12] https://news.trust.org/item/20211217005848-weg69/
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/study-spending-highway-expansion-could-increase-emissions
[14] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/586933-study-spending-infrastructure-funds-on-highway-expansion-could
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tests-show-lead-levels-problem-many-montana-schools
[16] https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-environment-montana-77ef05418a888fda87004e9ed6babf2b
[17] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1187
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[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1186
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[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1190
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1191
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1192
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4949