"In the San Bernardino Mountains, another wildfire has forced residents to flee, the latest reminder that they must accept the risks of climate change if they want to remain."
"How schools, hospitals, prisons and other institutions in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations."
"For the third time in two decades the Environmental Protection Agency appeared in federal Appellate Court this week to defend its admittedly flawed approach to regulating the billions of pounds of manure running off into the nation’s waters from large industrial animal feeding operations."
"For at least 15 years, a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, has been sending a pollutant that causes bladder cancer into the air at levels 1,000 percent higher than what state regulators now consider safe for the public to breathe, documents show."
"Former President Donald Trump has said he would cancel all unspent funds from President Joe Biden's signature climate law if he wins the presidential election on Nov. 5. But the vast majority of grants will be spent by the time a new president takes office in January, and targeting what remains would be a massive legal challenge, according to Biden administration officials."
"Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to take “appropriate corrective action” in response."
The Society of Environmental Journalists is pleased to announce the Outstanding Explanatory Reporting, Large winners of the 2024 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment. Read and listen to the stories.
Presented by Sierra Club Canada during Climate Week NY, this art exhibit reflects how climate change is impacting lives in Canada and underlines the need to cap rising fossil fuel emissions. 10am - 7pm EDT.
During Climate Week in New York, Summer of Heat, Climate Rights International (CRI) and Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) invite you to this open and in-depth discussion on the future of climate activism. 7:00 p.m. ET. The event will also be livestreamed.
Join The Influencer Lab for Tomorrow (TILT) with Fossil Free Media, and climate influencer agency Cuíca for a free climate storytelling workshop at Climate Week New York. Speakers include SEJ member Dharna Noor, reporter at The Guardian. 3:30-5:30, followed by happy hour until 7pm.
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/calif-mountain-towns-are-too-risky-insurers-residents-want-stay
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/us/san-bernardino-wildfire-risk.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/states-own-lands-reservations-use-them-tribes-have-pay
[4] https://www.hcn.org/articles/states-own-lands-on-reservations-to-use-them-tribes-have-to-pay/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-groups-face-epa-control-manure-pollution
[6] https://www.circleofblue.org/2024/world/environmental-groups-face-off-with-epa-to-control-manure-pollution/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ny-state-lets-dangerous-chemical-foul-niagara-falls-air
[8] https://publichealthwatch.org/2024/09/18/niagara-falls-pollution-goodyear-cancer/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-admin-spending-climate-cash-fast-trump-threatens-cancel-it
[10] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-spending-climate-cash-fast-trump-threatens-cancel-it-2024-09-18/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-scientists-said-they-were-pressured-downplay-harms-chemicals-ig
[12] https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-scientists-faced-retaliation-after-finding-harm-from-chemicals
[13] https://www.sej.org/outstanding-explanatory-reporting-large-sej-23rd-annual-awards-reporting-environment
[14] https://www.sej.org/calendar/protectwhatwelove-artifacts-floods-fires-canada-stories-loss-resilience
[15] https://www.sej.org/calendar/taking-action-growing-criminalization-climate-activism-western-democracies
[16] https://www.sej.org/calendar/love-rage-telling-full-story-our-new-extreme-weather-reality
[17] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=367
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=364
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=365
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=366
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=369
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=370
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=371
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=372
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4904