"A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Trump administration over its easing of chemical plant safety regulations following a recent plant explosion in Texas that injured several people."
"I’m a survivor of 15 years of turmoil in the print news business... During all of this time, the Society of Environmental Journalists has been my extended family — and my lifeline." Read more [3] from Mark Schleifstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning environment reporter, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, and SEJ member, then "start a ripple effect": Support SEJ and our members with your tax-deductible donation [4].
"The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, among the rarest and most endangered of the seven species of sea turtles, was found motionless shortly after high tide on Cape Cod’s Skaket Beach. It was in dire straits."
"After more than a year of delay, the two-Republican majority at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has told mid-Atlantic grid operator PJM how it must revamp its $10-billion-per-year capacity market. And at first glance, it could be even more harmful to state-subsidized renewable energy than previously imagined."
"Scientists fear climate change will drive a surge in the number of supersized and dangerous bushfires that become coupled with the atmosphere and create their own violent thunderstorms."
"Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality has been accused of protecting the chemical industry it regulates. The agency is facing cutbacks as new plants are slated for communities that already have some of the country’s most toxic air."
"State Rep. Matt Shea planned and participated in domestic terrorism against the United States before and during the armed takeover at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, an investigation commissioned by the Washington state House found."
"The people who guard the gulls that nest on Mono Lake’s islets in the eastern Sierra Nevada have used dynamite, electric fences and lawsuits to protect the birds from wily coyotes and diversions of water to Los Angeles."
"Fourteen oil and gas companies are funding a website that attacks scientists and undermines their work."
"Facing public pressure to rein in its pollution, a Japanese chemical manufacturer has instead launched an aggressive, years-long campaign to undermine the science showing that its compounds could cause cancer, according to newly released documents reviewed by the Guardian."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/green-groups-sue-trump-epa-over-chemical-disaster-rule-rollback
[2] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/475319-environmental-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-chemical
[3] https://www.sej.org/lifeline-prize-winning-environmental-journalism
[4] https://www.sej.org/start-ripple-effect-support-environmental-journalism-today
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/changing-seas-bring-turtle-stranding-season-cape-cod
[6] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/climate/climate-change-cold-turtles.html
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ferc-orders-gric-restrict-state-backed-renewables-its-market
[8] https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ferc-orders-pjm-to-restrict-state-backed-renewables-in-capacity-market
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/surging-supersized-bushfires-create-their-own-violent-thunderstorms
[10] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/20/scientists-fear-surge-in-supersized-bushfires-that-create-their-own-violent-thunderstorms
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cancer-alley-toxic-polluters-face-little-oversight-regulators
[12] https://www.propublica.org/article/in-cancer-alley-toxic-polluters-face-little-oversight-from-environmental-regulators
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/washington-rep-matt-shea-helped-plan-malheur-takeover-state-report
[14] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-state-rep-matt-shea-engaged-in-domestic-terrorism-against-the-u-s-says-state-house-inquiry/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nonnative-weeds-engulf-breeding-grounds-mono-lake-s-california-gulls
[16] https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-17/weeds-pushing-california-gulls-out-breeding-grounds-mono-lake
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fossil-fuel-giants-claim-support-science-yet-still-fund-denial
[18] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/climate-denial-energy-in-depth_n_5df7eff6e4b0ae01a1e59371
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/denka-lobbied-undermine-science-behind-likely-cancer-causing-toxic
[20] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/19/denka-lobbied-likely-cancer-causing-toxin-undermine-science
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[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1743
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1746
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1747
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