"A judge says U.S officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border, in a case that could test how far the Biden administration is willing to go to unwind its predecessors’ decisions."
February 3, 2021 — SEJ wrote to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Administrator-Designate Michael Regan, calling for the agency to take steps to ensure that journalists are able to effectively convey essential information to the public. The letter says, in part, "We are calling on President Biden and you as Administrator to commit the agency to restoring government openness and transparency, and to respect the vital role that journalists play in our democracy." Read the letter [4].
"From petitioning to save forests to raising cash for disaster victims, a growing army of K-pop fans worldwide has emerged as the latest force in the global fight against climate change."
"The BC NDP has consistently stated it placed protections on 353,000 hectares of old-growth forest, yet a recently unearthed document shows logging will continue in 100,000 hectares of these ostensibly protected areas".
"Tens of thousands of large dams across the globe are reaching the end of their expected lifespans, leading to a dramatic rise in failures and collapses, a new UN study finds. These deteriorating structures pose a serious threat to hundreds of millions of people living downstream."
"The Biden administration said on Wednesday it would restart permitting for the first major U.S. offshore wind farm, reversing a Trump administration decision that canceled the process late last year."
"California is "far and away" leading the U.S. shift to electric vehicles, researchers said on Wednesday, as President Joe Biden's new administration steps up its clean energy drive."
"Skeptical courts are giving President Joe Biden a window to reopen last-minute rules that the Trump administration tried to rush out to beat a regulatory freeze."
"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 13-4 on Wednesday to advance to the full Senate the nomination of former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) to be secretary of Energy."
"Nick Conger is EPA's new press secretary. He served at the agency during the Obama administration as a strategic communications adviser to then-Administrator Gina McCarthy and as communications director for the enforcement office."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-orders-us-officials-weigh-coal-mine-s-climate-costs
[2] https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-climate-climate-change-environment-2eff22ee0245fdb90fb2873c6820bd34
[3] https://www.sej.org/sej-calls-us-epa-renew-commitment-journalists-inform-public
[4] https://www.sej.org/sites/default/files/sej-letter-to-epa02032021.pdf
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/k-pop-planet-fans-s-korean-stars-take-climate-activism
[6] https://news.trust.org/item/20210202230051-vfh0m/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bc-allows-logging-nine-protected-old-growth-areas
[8] https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-logging-nine-protected-areas/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/water-warning-looming-threat-world-s-aging-dams
[10] https://e360.yale.edu/features/water-warning-the-looming-threat-of-the-worlds-aging-dams
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-admin-restart-permitting-major-offshore-wind-project
[12] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-offshore-wind/biden-administration-to-restart-permitting-for-major-u-s-offshore-wind-project-idUSKBN2A32YG
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-leads-us-sprint-towards-electric-vehicles
[14] https://news.trust.org/item/20210203185833-md9j9/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-last-minute-flubs-gift-biden-time-rewrite-regulations
[16] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/trumps-last-minute-flubs-gift-biden-time-to-rewrite-regulations
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/senate-committee-advances-granholm-nomination-lead-energy
[18] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/537127-senate-committee-advances-granholm-nomination-energy?rl=1
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama-alum-returns-epa-spox-other-appointees-join-agency
[20] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063724263
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1510
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1507
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1508
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1509
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1512
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1513
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1514
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1515
[30] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5004