"When pollsters informed President Donald Trump that he faces political exposure in the 2020 election with swing voters on environment policy, he decided to respond with a White House address claiming stewardship of clean water, air and oceans."
"The Trump administration named a former oil executive who has voiced doubts about man-made global warming as the top Environmental Protection Agency official in the South-Central United States, a hub of the fossil fuel industry as well as the site of recent climate-driven disasters such as Hurricane Harvey."
"New York's attorney general wants a judge to stop the oil giant from subpoenaing documents from investors, saying it would 'discourage them from testifying'. "
"Several states sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday over the agency's decision to allow further use of a pesticide linked to brain damage."
"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would pay farmers to fight climate change if elected president under a new policy proposal released Wednesday."
"The world’s land and water resources are being exploited at “unprecedented rates,” a new United Nations report warns, which combined with climate change is putting dire pressure on the ability of humanity to feed itself."
The Nina Mason Pulliam Award judges had the privilege of reading the winning projects from every category of SEJ’s 2019 Awards for Reporting on the Environment, and the difficult task of choosing one from among them for this "best of the best" honor. Reuters' "Ocean Shock" series, a deeply reported and stunningly presented look at an underwater crisis of global proportions by Maurice Tamman, Matthew Green, Mari Saito, Sarah Slobin and Maryanne Murray, is this year's Pulliam winner [13]. The prize includes $10,000 and a trip to SEJ's 29th annual conference in Fort Collins, Colorado this October.
"Current and former regulators, staffers and industry officials say Trump and his chosen chairman, former Mitch McConnell aide Neil Chatterjee, have politicized an independent agency typically known for nonpartisan rulemaking on issues including natural gas pipelines and regional power markets. The dissension has made it difficult to retain staff, fill a vacant commissioner post and issue rulings on critical issues facing the nation’s electricity supply."
"Around Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey’s largest lake, workers have been laid off, sailing lessons canceled and summers ruined. The reason: clouds of blue-green algae in the water, blooming in quantities never before recorded."
"A new nuclear test reactor is needed as part of an effort to revamp the nation’s fading nuclear power industry by developing safer fuel and power plants, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-admin-throws-cold-water-climate-change-threat-coral-reefs
[2] https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/policy/environment/climate/article233580062.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-epa-appoints-former-oil-executive-head-south-central-region
[4] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07082019/oil-executive-mcqueen-appointed-epa-region-administrator-texas-new-mexico-louisiana-oklahoma-arkansas-tribes
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/exxon-accused-pressuring-witnesses-climate-fraud-case
[6] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06082019/exxon-climate-fraud-investigation-witness-pressure-investors-new-york-attorney-general
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/six-states-sue-epa-over-pesticide-tied-brain-damage
[8] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/456560-epa-sued-over-decision-to-allow-use-of-pesticide-tied-to-brain
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/warren-would-pay-farmers-fight-climate-change-under-new-plan
[10] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/456547-warren-to-pay-farmers-to-fight-climate-change-under-new-plan
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-threatens-world-s-food-supply-united-nations-warns
[12] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/climate/climate-change-food-supply.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
[13] https://www.sej.org/reuters-series-wins-2019-nina-mason-pulliam-award-outstanding-environmental-reporting
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-mcconnells-coal-guy-helping-trump-remake-federal-energy-policy
[15] https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/05/neil-chatterjee-mcconnell-coal-federal-energy-policy-1634304
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/algae-bloom-fouls-nj-s-largest-lake-indicating-broader-crisis
[17] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/nyregion/lake-hopatcong-algae.html
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/energy-department-wants-build-nuclear-test-fast-reactor
[19] https://www.apnews.com/64194c2125ad4dc6add67d412e9024c5
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