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"House Panel Broadens Probe Into Climate Disinformation By Big Oil" [1]

"The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has broadened its investigation into the role of fossil fuel companies in misleading the public about climate change, asking members of the boards of directors of ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell Oil to testify before Congress next month about their firms’ commitments to curbing global warming."

Source: Washington Post [2], 01/24/2022

"In Parched Beijing, Claims Of A ‘Green’ Olympics May Not Hold Water" [3]

"Barren hillsides broken up by thin strips of white snow are a familiar sight for regular visitors to ski resorts near Beijing. The 2022 Winter Olympics host, which is under 150 miles from the rapidly expanding Gobi Desert, is famous for cold and dry winters."

Source: Washington Post [4], 01/24/2022

"NYC, Others Join White House Building Efficiency Partnership" [5]

"The White House unveiled a partnership on Friday with 33 state and local governments to make the nation’s buildings more efficient."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [6], 01/24/2022

"US, Colorado Reach Proposed Settlement In 2015 Mine Spill" [7]

"Colorado, the U.S. government and a gold mining company have agreed to resolve a longstanding dispute over who’s responsible for continuing cleanup at a Superfund site that was established after a massive 2015 spill of hazardous mine waste that fouled rivers with a sickly yellow sheen in three states and the Navajo Nation."

Source: AP [8], 01/24/2022

"Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured" [9]

"A new report provides some damning new math on one of the oil giant's much-hyped CCS projects."

"Oil companies love to tell the world about the super cool technologies that have that will allow us to keep burning fossil fuels without cooking the climate. But those technologies are largely bullshit.

Source: Earther [10], 01/24/2022

Bloated Costs Take Over Georgia Nuclear Plant; Fight Looms Over Who Pays [11]

"Vogtle’s two new nuclear reactors are six years late and at least $16 billion over their original budget. The plant will have no direct carbon footprint, but critics say there are much cheaper ways to reduce emissions."

Source: Inside Climate News [12], 01/24/2022

The Year Ahead Will Spark Abundant Environment News — Both Good and Bad [13]

Even as the climate crisis countdown story continues, a wide range of environment and energy issues are on journalists’ watchlist for the year ahead, per an analysis from our “2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [14].” The overview looks at 13 key trends to track in 2022 and beyond — including infrastructure, pandemics, environmental justice, energy, chemicals, plastics and, of course, climate.

No Water, No Food: How Can Agriculture Respond to the Climate Crisis? [15]

Planet Forward and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) North America invite you to a panel discussion about how ag is approaching water issues, and looks at solutions. 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

SEJ Mourns Loss of Co-Founder Noel Grove [16]

Noel Grove, a founding member of SEJ and one-time SEJournal editor, and a former environment editor for National Geographic, was being remembered by long-time members this week. He died Jan. 8.

DEADLINE: Andes-Amazon Mountains and Jungle Reporting Grants [17]

InquireFirst will award $3,000USD and editorial support to a journalist in Latin America for a project on the impact of infrastructure (hydroelectric dams, international highways, mining and energy, etc.) on the biodiversity of the Andes-Amazon region. Deadline is Jan 28, 2022.

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