"Climate Activist Jailed in India as Government Clamps Down on Dissent" [1]
"Disha Ravi, 21, is facing sedition charges, accused of sharing a Google Doc about the farmers protest with Greta Thunberg."
Source: NYTimes [2], 02/16/2021
"Disha Ravi, 21, is facing sedition charges, accused of sharing a Google Doc about the farmers protest with Greta Thunberg."
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded three contracts for the clean-up of more than 50 abandoned uranium mine sites on the Navajo Nation, worth up to $220 million over the next five years."
"Struggling luxury car brand Jaguar will be fully electric by 2025, the British company said Monday as it outlined a plan to phase out internal combustion engines."
"A rare deep freeze in Texas that raised demand for power forced the state’s electric grid operator on Monday to impose rotating blackouts, leaving 4 million customers without power even as temperatures dipped to teeth-chattering levels."
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"Some whale songs can give scientists valuable information about the ocean’s geography, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. What’s more, their songs can be used as a form of seismic testing, which uses blasts of sound to map out the ocean floor. Forms of this technology can be harmful to whales and other marine life."
"As the first heavy rains of the season poured across the Santa Cruz Mountains last month, emergency responders and residents braced for debris flows, road closures and power outages. Others also feared for their drinking water."
"Darlene Jenkins couldn’t understand why her gas and electric bills were so high. Then she met an advocate in a North Baltimore parking lot."
"In early January, Darlene Jenkins took her power shutoff notice to the Fuel Fund of Maryland, a nonprofit organization that helps residents navigate utility crises. She owed a little over $2,500—more than a quarter of her yearly income.
"President Biden plans to nominate David Turk, a former Obama administration official, as his deputy energy secretary."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-activist-jailed-india-government-clamps-down-dissent
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/world/asia/climate-activist-jailed-india.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-awards-220m-clean-abandoned-uranium-mines-navajo-nation
[4] https://kutv.com/news/local/epa-awards-3-companies-220m-for-cleanup-of-abandoned-uranium-mines-on-navajo-nation
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/luxury-car-brand-jaguar-go-all-electric-2025
[6] https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/2021/02/15/luxury-car-brand-jaguar-go-all-electric-2025/6751373002/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cold-snap-leaves-8-million-texas-mexico-without-power
[8] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-texas/cold-snap-leaves-8-million-in-texas-mexico-without-power-idUSKBN2AF0OK
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[10] https://www.sej.org/publications/fej-storylog/grant-helps-chart-illegal-rosewood-s-10000-mile-journey
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-whale-songs-can-help-us-explore-ocean
[12] https://earther.gizmodo.com/how-whale-songs-can-help-us-explore-the-ocean-1846250940
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wildfires-can-pollute-drinking-water-worries-above-santa-cruz
[14] https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-13/wildfire-santa-cruz-boulder-creek-residents-fear-water-quality
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/why-poor-baltimore-face-such-crushing-energy-burdens
[16] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12022021/energy-burdens-low-income-baltimore/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-picks-ex-obama-climate-official-energy-department-deputy
[18] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/10/energy-202-biden-picks-ex-obama-climate-official-energy-department-deputy/
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