"California lawmakers have passed a bill that would require large U.S.-based companies doing business in the Golden State to publicly disclose their annual greenhouse gas emissions — the first such requirement in the nation."
"Earth is exceeding its “safe operating space for humanity” in six of nine key measurements of its health, and two of the remaining three are headed in the wrong direction, a new study said."
Join us for SEJ's 33rd annual conference, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania! Mid-Atlantic journalists have much to share with you about their corner of the world: the huge national battle over fracking and LNG versus renewable energy, such as wind and solar; the paradox of a city that wants to be modern and future-facing but is held back by issues of poverty, environmental racism, infrastructure challenges and development problems; flooding and sea level rise; pollution and land management; and much more.
"Every night, a mass murderer stalks the darkness of America’s suburbs. An eerie blue glow lures hapless victims from their homes. The doomed souls, mesmerized by the light, throng to their deaths in sizzling blasts of electricity."
"Since the Fellin family founded the Big Hole Lodge in the 1980s to take people fly fishing on the Big Hole River, they have seen significant changes to the cobble-and-boulder-studded freestone trout stream."
"Mosquito-borne dengue fever is taking a heavy toll on South Asian nations this year as Bangladesh grapples with record deaths and Nepal faces cases in new areas, with disease experts linking worsening outbreaks to the impacts of climate change."
"In a long-anticipated move, EPA is poised to target the Trump-era rollback of a venerable industrial air pollution policy."
"Hurricane Lee whirled north of Puerto Rico on Tuesday as a very large Category 3 storm, with forecasters noting it would remain in open waters through this week while on a path toward Atlantic Canada."
"Britain's government and water regulator may have failed to comply with environmental law over the regulation of untreated sewage releases, the country's environmental protection watchdog said on Tuesday."
"Beijing’s influence campaign using artificial intelligence is a rapid change in tactics, researchers from Microsoft and other organizations say."
"When wildfires swept across Maui last month with destructive fury, China’s increasingly resourceful information warriors pounced.
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[2] https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-12/california-lawmakers-pass-emissions-disclosure-bill
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[4] https://apnews.com/article/earth-climate-change-biodiversity-environment-pollution-c8582c3ae0344b5a88cc38cd8e725702
[5] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej2024-annual-conference-philadelphia-pennsylvania
[6] https://conference.sej.org/registration-details/
[7] https://conference.sej.org/agenda/
[8] https://conference.sej.org/sponsor-exhibit/
[9] https://conference.sej.org/travel-lodging/
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trying-kill-mosquitoes-don-t-buy-bug-zapper
[11] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/09/12/bug-zappers-mosquito-repellent/
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/zombie-trout-unsettle-montana-long-fly-fishing-mecca
[13] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/science/trout-big-hole-river-climate-change.html
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[15] https://www.context.news/climate-risks/mosquito-borne-dengue-grows-deadlier-in-south-asia-as-planet-warms
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-undo-trump-era-rollback-air-toxics-policy
[17] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-to-undo-trump-era-rollback-of-air-toxics-policy/
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hurricane-lee-swirls-through-open-waters-path-toward-atlantic-canada
[19] https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-lee-caribbean-canada-f69cefa7fa9de27d4551a75800ef1a25
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/uk-govt-may-have-broken-environmental-law-sewage-overflows-watchdog
[21] https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-government-may-have-violated-environmental-law-sewage-overflows-watchdog-2023-09-12/
[22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/china-sows-disinformation-about-hawaii-fires-using-new-techniques
[23] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/us/politics/china-disinformation-ai.html
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