"Your Tax Dollars May Be Funding The Expansion Of The Plastics Industry" [1]
"Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012."
Source: Grist [2], 03/18/2024
"Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012."
"The company behind the giant Pebble copper and gold mine project in Southwest Alaska filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to overturn its decision last year to halt the mine."
"Federal judges have temporarily halted a landmark new climate reporting rule, sidelining efforts by Wall Street’s top regulator to uncover the risks U.S. corporations and their investors face from rising global temperatures."
"For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies. But fossil fuel subsidies have proven difficult to stop."
Vernal pools — small, ephemeral forest wetlands — may appear humble, but these complex, keystone ecosystems have an outsized ecological role. So when photographer Tristan Spinski set out to deconstruct them by season, species and life-cycle stage, he captured extraordinary moments above and below the water’s surface. Spinski shared his journey with EJ InSight editor Andrew Cullen, along with some nature photography strategies even for those without impressive gear. Plus, view his images [10].
Wildfires in the Texas Panhandle are a good reminder that wildfire season now stretches across much of the year, so environmental journalists would do well to look for ways to localize their reporting on wildfire preparedness. The latest TipSheet offers 10 story ideas and half a dozen reporting resources to tell the story of your community’s wildfire risk.
Meet SEJ member David Hammer! David is an investigative reporter at WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans. He has been a professional journalist for more than 25 years in print, wire service and broadcast. His mission is to help improve his community by holding area leaders accountable and exposing fraud and abuse.
"It's a big, inspiring vision of wildlife connectivity. But could it work?"
"Sarah Stogner plucked a piece of cement off a rusted steel pipe jutting from the ground on a West Texas ranch. The chunk, part of the plug for a long-dormant oil well, crumbled in her hand."
"At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics — from food packaging to toys to medical devices — than previously estimated by environmental agencies, a report published on Thursday found, raising questions over pollution and consumer safety."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/your-tax-dollars-may-be-funding-expansion-plastics-industry
[2] https://grist.org/accountability/since-2012-us-taxpayers-have-spent-9-billion-to-help-the-plastics-industry-expand/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pebble-sues-epa-revive-southwest-alaska-copper-and-gold-mine-prospect
[4] https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2024/03/15/pebble-sues-epa-to-revive-southwest-alaska-copper-and-gold-mine-prospect/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/federal-court-halts-sec-climate-reporting-rule
[6] https://www.eenews.net/articles/federal-court-halts-sec-climate-reporting-rule/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/zombies-tax-code-why-fossil-fuels-subsidies-seem-impossible-kill
[8] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/tax-breaks-oil-gas-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk0.W7A7.joAtOYMSwnPe&smid=url-share
[9] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-insight/photographing-vernal-pools-another-universe-your-backyard
[10] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-insight/photographing-vernal-pools-another-universe-your-backyard#more-images
[11] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/wildfire-preparedness-story-worth-telling-fire-season
[12] https://www.sej.org/sejspotlight-david-hammer-investigative-reporter-wwl-tv
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/yellowstone-yukon-initiative-hopes-give-wildlife-room-roam
[14] https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-1-spring/feature/yellowstone-to-yukon-initiative-y2y-hopes-give-wildlife-room-roam
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/failed-oil-well-plugs-are-silent-polluters-no-one-watches
[16] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/failed-oil-well-plugs-are-silent-polluters-that-no-one-watches
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chemicals-plastics-far-more-numerous-previous-estimates-report
[18] https://www.reuters.com/science/chemicals-plastics-far-more-numerous-than-previous-estimates-report-says-2024-03-14/
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