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Last Coal-Burning Power Plant In New England Set To Close. Enviros Win. [1]

"The last coal-fired power plant in New England, which had been the focus of a lawsuit and protests, is set to close in a victory for environmentalists."

Source: AP [2], 04/01/2024

"Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun" [3]

"Legislation to protect critical wetlands faces uncertainty as titanium mine moves closer to permitting."

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution [4], 04/01/2024

"Chocolate Prices To Keep Rising As West Africa’s Cocoa Crisis Deepens" [5]

"Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm - dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners - is enough to make Janet Gyamfi break down. Only last year, the 27-hectare plot in western Ghana was covered with nearly 6,000 cocoa trees. Today, less than a dozen remain."

Source: Reuters [6], 04/01/2024

EV Charging Stations Key To Biden Climate Agenda, Yet Only 4 States Have Them [7]

"LONDON, Ohio — Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip.

Sawyer, who bought the electric SUV “because I think the technology is cool and the range is just long enough,” searched ahead of time for convenient charging stations between his home in Indianapolis and Allegheny National Forest in western Pennsylvania.

Source: AP [8], 04/01/2024

"Iowa Official Finds Dead Fish In 50 Miles Of Fertilizer-Contaminated River" [9]

"State conservation officials have found no living fish in the East Nishnabotna River south of Red Oak — the result of a massive fertilizer spill at a farmers cooperative."

Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch [10], 04/01/2024

Uranium Being Mined Near Grand Canyon As Prices Soar, US Pushes Nuclear Power [11]

"The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s."

Source: AP [12], 04/01/2024

Study Says Since 1979 Climate Change Has Made Heat Waves Longer, Hotter [13]

"Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds."

Source: AP [14], 04/01/2024

"EPA Cracks Down On Truck Emissions" [15]

"The Biden administration rolled out another rulemaking central to its climate agenda with a regulation slashing pollution from heavy-duty trucks."

Source: E&E News [16], 04/01/2024

"Inside Bayer’s State-by-State Efforts to Stop Pesticide Lawsuits" [17]

"As the agrichemical giant lays groundwork to fend off Roundup litigation, its use of a playbook for building influence in farm state legislatures has the potential to benefit pesticide companies nationwide."

Source: Civil Eats [18], 04/01/2024

#SEJ2024 LIVE: On-the-Ground Coverage from Reporters in Our Inaugural Student Newsroom [19]

As part of a new initiative for the Society of Environmental Journalists' 2024 annual conference [20] in Philadelphia, PA, from April 3-7, the SEJ Publications team has organized an inaugural student newsroom to provide running coverage throughout the conference and beyond.

Numerous sessions and workshops touched on issues ranging from climate, war and migration to sustainable foods, just transitions and watershed solutions, with viewpoints from luminary scientists and top government officials, plus experts, activists and leading environment reporters. Explore on-the-spot writeups and images from our student reporters.

Plus, hundreds of attendees crisscrossed the region on a series of day-long tours, with our student reporters going along for the ride. On-the-scene reporting and images from our student newsroom:

SEJ Tours: From Farmbelt to Pinelands [29] | Revolutionary Raptors [30] | Climate Challenges on Delaware Bayshore [31] | Gap Over Future of Delaware Water Gap [32] | Delaware's ‘Holy Trinity’ [33]

Also see SEJ.org’s multimedia coverage [34], including audio recordings of most conference sessions and videos of the plenary sessions. And view other #SEJ2024 resources, like Instagram highlights [35] and coverage stories [36].

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