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"Joe Manchin’s Closest Political Ally Cashes In On Senator’s Rise" [1]

"A longtime friend of the West Virginia senator has a growing lobbying business in Washington as companies seek to understand and influence the key lawmaker".

Source: Washington Post [2], 02/15/2022

"How the Sugar Industry Makes Political Friends and Influences Elections" [3]

"A city commissioner race in Florida provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests."

Source: Palm Beach Post [4], 02/15/2022

Pollution Causing More Deaths Than Covid, Action Needed, Says UN Expert [5]

"Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals."

Source: Reuters [6], 02/15/2022

"Alberta To Toughen Oil Sands Emission Rules That Reward Big Polluters [7]

"The province of Alberta will toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oil sands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada’s highest-emitting facilities with millions of dollars’ worth of tradeable credits, its environment ministry told Reuters."

Source: Reuters [8], 02/15/2022

Europe’s Tough BPA Proposal Puts More Scrutiny On US Regulatory Inaction [9]

"If a scientific opinion recently proposed by European officials is upheld, the recommended daily dose of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in Europe will be more than a million-fold lower than what U.S. regulators say is safe."

Source: EHN [10], 02/15/2022

US Corn-Based Ethanol Worse For The Climate Than Gasoline, Study Finds [11]

"Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday."

Source: Reuters [12], 02/15/2022

Palin Judge Will Dismiss Her Libel Case, Finding No Malice By NY Times [13]

"A judge on Monday said he will dismiss Sarah Palin’s libel case against the New York Times, saying she had not met the legal standard showing that the newspaper acted with “actual malice” in publishing a 2017 editorial that included an inaccurate claim about her."

Source: Washington Post [14], 02/15/2022

Western Megadrought Worst In 1,200 Years, Linked To Climate: Study [15]

"The extreme dryness that has ravaged the American West for more than two decades now ranks as the driest 22-year period in at least 1,200 years, and scientists have found that this megadrought is being intensified by humanity’s heating of the planet."

Source: LA Times [16], 02/15/2022

Job Opening: Editor, Public Health Watch [17]

About Public Health Watch

Public Health Watch is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization founded in 2021. We illuminate weaknesses and injustices in the nation’s health infrastructure and policies, expose inequities and highlight solutions. Based in Austin but national in scope, we collaborate with media outlets large and small, and college journalism and public health programs. Our aim is to uncover truths that hold institutions and individuals accountable and compel change.

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GIJN Webinar: Climate & Accountability — Investigating Methane Emissions [18]

This Global Investigative Journalism Network webinar will bring together reporters and experts who will offer tools and techniques to identify specific methane emitters, find the data, look closely at measurement systems and research what companies and governments are doing to reduce methane emissions. 9:00 a.m. ET.

GIJN Webinar: Climate & Accountability — Investigating Methane Emissions [18]

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