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Groups Petition EPA To Remove Ethane, Methane From Emissions Exempt List [1]

"Hundreds of environmental groups on Tuesday submitted a petition calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action to curtail ethane and methane emissions responsible for smog."

Source: The Hill [2], 04/07/2021

A Top US Seller of Carbon Offsets Starts Investigating Its Own Projects [3]

"Following concerns that it is facilitating the sale of meaningless carbon credits to corporate clients, the Nature Conservancy says it’s conducting an internal review of its portfolio of carbon-offset projects. The nonprofit owns or has helped develop more than 20 such projects on forested lands mostly in the U.S., which generate credits that are purchased by such companies as JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., and Walt Disney Co., which use them to claim large reductions in their own publicly reported emissions."

Source: Bloomberg Green [4], 04/07/2021

"California Is On The Brink Of Drought – Again. Is It Ready?" [5]

"California is at the edge of another protracted drought, just a few years after one of the worst dry spells in state history left poor and rural communities without well water, triggered major water restrictions in cities, forced farmers to idle their fields, killed millions of trees, and fueled devastating megafires."

Source: Guardian [6], 04/07/2021

Indictment Claims Kansas Man Tampered With Ellsworth County Water System [7]

"WICHITA, Kan. — An indictment made public today claims an Ellsworth County man tampered with a public water system."

Source: KSNW [8], 04/07/2021

Gulf Coast Fish Farm Permit Will Get A Second Look Under Biden Admin [9]

"Under direction from the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency is revisiting a permit granted to a proposed industrial fish farm off the coast of Sarasota."

Source: WUSF [10], 04/07/2021

"Left-Wing Party Opposed To Big Mining Project Wins Greenland Election" [11]

"A left-wing party that opposes a large rare earth mining project has become the biggest in parliament after securing more than a third of votes in a snap election."

Source: Reuters [12], 04/07/2021

"EPA Chief Vows Tougher Tailpipe Rules by July, Unwinding Trump’s" [13]

"The Biden administration is on track to propose by the end of July new limits on the emission of greenhouse gases from automobiles that are strong enough to meet “the urgency of the climate crisis,” according to EPA Administrator Michael Regan."

Source: Bloomberg [14], 04/07/2021

#SEJSpotlight on Members [15]

Meet SEJ member Alix Underwood [16]! Alix is the managing editor for the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. She contributes articles regularly to the Steady State Herald, CASSE’s weekly blog with journalistic depth. Alix’s work covers a spectrum of timely topics related to limits to growth, with emphasis on international equity and justice and the trophic theory of money. Want SEJ to promote your work to our social media followers? Here's how [15].

#SEJSpotlight: Anne N. Connor, Freelance Science Writer [17]

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Meet SEJ member Anne N. Connor! She is a Vermont-based science writer with a focus on climate resilience and environmental solutions. Her stories have been published in Undark, Vox, Knowable, Flyway and The Scientist. She holds a master’s degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins University.

"How To Heal A River" [18]

"After more than a century of logging, agriculture and development, Vancouver Island's Koksilah River watershed and its salmon are in serious decline. A groundbreaking water sustainability plan that brings together diverse interests could not only restore the river, but point a new way forward for watersheds across B.C."

Source: The Narwhal [19], 04/06/2021

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