"The Biden administration is defending a huge Trump-era oil and gas project in the North Slope of Alaska designed to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day for the next 30 years, despite President Biden’s pledge to pivot the country away from fossil fuels."
"Four environmental organizations on Wednesday asked the Tennessee Valley Authority’s internal watchdog to investigate whether the nation’s largest public utility misused ratepayer money for lobbying and litigation that fought federal environmental regulations."
"The Canadian Association of Journalists, along with a group of news organizations and press freedom groups, says it plans to take the RCMP to court over its decision to restrict media coverage at the Fairy Creek blockades. Journalists from all over B.C. have been covering the demonstrations against the logging of old-growth trees near Port Renfrew."
"Big Oil was dealt a stunning defeat on Wednesday when shareholders of Exxon Mobil elected at least two board candidates nominated by activist investors who pledged to steer the company toward cleaner energy and away from oil and gas."
Join SEJ June 10 to hear from leading reporters whose powerful investigations have increased transparency about extractive industries in the Americas. You will see inspiring examples of investigations into logging, mining and fishing and walk away with tips for staying safe while staying true to the story. 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET.
"Vampire bats could soon make their way into the United States from Mexico due to climate change and development, scientists say."
"Pope Francis launched an initiative on Tuesday to make Catholic institutions ranging from families to universities to businesses environmentally sustainable in seven years, saying a "predatory attitude" toward the planet must end."
"The White House is providing fresh details of a major satellite program that administration officials call poised to reveal vital information about climate change and extreme weather events."
"The Department of Health announced this week that Little Alabama Bayou, about 20 miles west of Baton Rouge, has fish with unsafe levels of mercury, a heavy metal that can stunt brain development and inflict long-term damage on the kidneys and heart. The bayou runs through the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area, a popular fishing destination."
"On red-dirt pastureland on the southern edge of the Navajo Nation, El Pahi stands beside what looks like a child’s science experiment, but on a larger scale."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-administration-defends-huge-alaska-oil-drilling-project
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/climate/biden-alaska-drilling.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/groups-accuse-tennessee-valley-authority-misusing-funds
[4] https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-943d759a909947e1a1a55ca80271eb3a
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/canadian-journalists-take-rcmp-court-over-fairy-creek-access-bans
[6] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/journalists-court-rcmp-fairy-creek-1.6041411
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-activists-defeat-exxon-push-clean-energy
[8] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/business/exxon-mobil-climate-change.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
[9] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej-webinar-investigating-extractive-industries
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-development-pushing-vampire-bats-north-maybe-florida
[11] https://wusf.org/global-warming-development-could-bring-vampire-bats-to-florida/
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pope-launches-green-initiative-decrying-predatory-attitude-toward-planet
[13] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/pope-launches-green-initiative-decrying-predatory-attitude-toward-planet-2021-05-25/
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nasa-chief-touts-new-earth-observing-satellites-climate
[15] https://www.axios.com/white-house-nasa-earth-science-satellites-climate-c560c9d8-2dfd-4964-bfcf-fd6cb54117e5.html
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/another-louisiana-bayou-joins-list-waterways-mercury-laden-fish
[17] https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_12fca09c-bd6d-11eb-abd2-33167fd8709f.html
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/could-helium-lift-rural-arizona-economy-locals-want-answers-fracking
[19] https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2021/05/16/helium-mines-could-lift-arizona-economy-but-locals-fear-effects/7113083002/
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1350
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1347
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1348
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1349
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1352
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1353
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1354
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1355
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4940