"The Trump administration has cut designated critical habitat for the northern spotted owl by millions of acres in Oregon, Washington and California."
The Pulitzer Prizes, established in 1917, are awarded annually in journalism, books and other categories. Deadline: Aug 8, 2025 for books published in the first half of 2025; final deadline Oct 15, 2025 for books. Jan 28, 2025 for journalism.
Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy will host via Zoom the first of the Energy Journalism Initiative Extra series, in which energy and environment journalists learn about energy and environmental issues from experts in government, industry and academia. 12:00-1:30 p.m. EST. Register by Jan 22.
"The ad opens with two apple-cheeked little girls hiking, camping and taking their wobbly first turns on skis. A mother speaks about her children’s future with worry in her voice. You brace yourself for the inevitable pitch to buy life insurance or an SUV. Instead, the ad, which will debut this week in the swing states of Arizona, North Carolina and Wisconsin, is one of the most sophisticated and well-funded efforts to spread the word on the urgency of climate change in a decade."
"EPA has finalized a rule that leaves untouched an Obama-era requirement that new coal plants partially capture their carbon dioxide emissions — walking away from its proposal more than two years ago to scrap that mandate in favor of laxer standards."
"The company behind the controversial Line 5 pipeline under part of the Great Lakes this morning said it would defy a Michigan order to halt operations by May."
"The Trump administration has completed a review of plans to ease protections for a struggling bird species in seven states in the U.S. West, but there’s little time to put the relaxed rules for industry into action before President-elect Joe Biden takes office."
Watch the Jan 27 recording [14] of the Society of Environmental Journalists' 9th annual look ahead at the year's key energy and environmental issues. Hosted by National Geographic Society and co-sponsored by the Wilson Center, the event kicked off with a prerecorded interview with new White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, followed by a live interview with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, and SEJ's annual panel of leading journalists offering their predictions for the year ahead.
"Two Trump administration officials have been reassigned over the posting of debunked papers, with the imprimatur of the White House, that questioned the scientific consensus on climate change."
"When Scott Angelle, an oil drilling advocate-turned-industry regulator, finished a hearing before the House Natural Resources Committee last March, lawmakers had some follow-up questions for him — a standard part of the congressional oversight process."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-admin-slashes-critical-habitat-northern-spotted-owl
[2] https://www.opb.org/article/2021/01/13/northern-spotted-owl-critical-habitat-slashed/
[3] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-pulitzer-prize-books-journalism-competition
[4] https://www.sej.org/calendar/energy-markets-forensics-anatomy-price-move
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-scientists-mothers-urge-americans-act
[6] https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2021-01-12/mothers-are-increasingly-worried-about-climate-change-a-new-ad-campaign-has-female-scientists-speaking-directly-to-them
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-trump-epa-aims-tie-bidens-hands-rulemaking-surprise
[8] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063722349
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/great-lakes-enbridge-defy-mich-order-halt-pipeline-flow
[10] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063722337
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sage-grouse-review-done-scant-time-trump-s-changes
[12] https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-birds-environment-courts-billings-ee57322c7c1d3cc6458c45577d18c1ae
[13] https://www.sej.org/rsvp-sejs-2021-journalists-guide-energy-environment
[14] https://vimeo.com/503178691
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/late-burst-climate-denial-extends-era-trump-disinformation
[16] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/climate/trump-disinformation-climate-change.html
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/deflect-and-obstruct-how-interior-ducked-house-oversight
[18] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063722307
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1464
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1461
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1462
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1463
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1466
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1467
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1468
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1469
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4940