"A new regulation will formalize a roughly 80% cut in project fees for wind and solar energy developments on federal lands under a proposal by the Biden administration on Thursday as part of a strategy to boost renewable energy to fight climate change."
"A massive new survey of nearly 400 coral reefs around the world reveals sharks once common in those waters are vanishing, a troubling sign that the fearsome fish are at a much greater risk of going extinct than previously thought."
"A U.S.-based rare earth supply chain could boost clean energy and electric vehicles — and military weapons."
"The World Bank Group enabled the devastation of villages and helped a mining company justify the deaths of endangered chimps with a dubious offset."
"Bayer AG agreed on Thursday to pay $6.9 million to settle claims by New York Attorney General Letitia James that it misled consumers by advertising Roundup weedkiller, which has been linked to cancer, as environmentally safe."
"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced more stringent rules governing offshore oil spill response, amid continuing concerns about the effects on public health and wildlife from chemical disasters, including BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010."
"US power companies have made political donations of at least $215m to dark money groups in recent years, according to a new analysis of 25 for-profit utilities, amid growing concerns around how they wield influence." "Donations have helped utilities increase electricity prices, hinder solar schemes and helped elect sympathetic legislators".
"U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that countries must start phasing out oil, coal and gas - not just emissions - and demanded fossil fuel companies "cease and desist" measures that aim to "knee-cap" climate progress."
The Climate Change Media Partnership, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security is offering fellowships for journalists interested in covering the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, Nov 30-Dec 12, 2023. Apply by Jun 30.
Meet SEJ member Sarah Sax! Sarah is an award-winning freelance journalist and video producer based in Brooklyn, NY. She covers environmental change and climate justice, with a soft spot for stories at the intersection of food production, land rights and climate change.
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[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sharks-are-much-greater-risk-going-extinct-previously-thought
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