"The EPA hit back against Texas and other states suing to vacate the agency’s new waters of the US rule, saying the states have sued to halt a rule that isn’t much different from the status quo."
"U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado on Monday wrote a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to formally suspend federal authorization of a Utah rail project that will send up to five, two-mile-long oil trains a day along the Colorado River, under the Continental Divide at Winter Park, and through downtown Denver."
"The biggest impediment to the US achieving a cleaner power grid isn't climate deniers or fossil-fuel lobbies; it’s a lack of transmission lines. The country badly needs more conduits to cart wind and solar energy and hydropower to cities." "Suddenly several big power-line projects in the US are moving ahead, bringing with them a flood of potential wind and solar power."
"Emissions from the food system alone will drive the world past 1.5C of global heating, unless high-methane foods are tackled."
"A coalition of environmental organizations on Monday announced a lawsuit against the Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM), arguing the bureau’s sales of leases in the Gulf of Mexico were unlawful. In the lawsuit, plaintiffs argued BOEM’s plans to lease more than 70 million acres of Gulf waters for fossil fuel development are based on a “deeply flawed” environmental review."
Moderators of panels, plenaries and tours are encouraged to remind attendees that the conference [12] is organized by and for journalists. Members of SEJ and other professional journalism organizations will be given priority when asking questions.
"U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of the American West."
"For many, living in a city means facing tedious traffic, packed subways and imposing buildings amid the sprawl. But the increasingly popular urban planning concept known as the “15-minute city” has revived the abiding idea that they should operate at human scale, envisioning a city where every resident can reach essential resources by foot, bicycle or public transport within a quarter of an hour."
"What could become the nation’s largest lithium mine broke ground in Nevada this [last] week, positioning the political swing state as a likely leader in pumping out battery minerals critical for making electric vehicles and meeting President Joe Biden’s climate goals."
"Canada's environment minister on Friday said he was "deeply concerned" about a leak of toxic tailings water from Imperial Oil's Kearl oil sands mine in northern Alberta that has been going on for months."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-fires-back-against-texas-challenge-biden-s-waters-rule
[2] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/epa-fires-back-against-texas-challenge-of-bidens-waters-rule?context=search&index=1
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/colorado-lawmakers-seek-suspension-utah-oil-train-project
[4] https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/03/06/colorado-suspension-utah-oil-train/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/billion-dollar-power-lines-finally-inching-ahead-help-us-grids
[6] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-06/billion-dollar-power-lines-finally-inching-ahead-to-help-us-grids?srnd=green
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/meat-dairy-and-rice-production-will-bust-15c-climate-target-study
[8] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/meat-dairy-rice-high-methane-food-production-bust-climate-target-study
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/green-groups-sue-biden-administration-over-gulf-offshore-oil-lease-sale
[10] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3886510-environmental-groups-sue-biden-administration-over-offshore-oil-lease-sale/
[11] https://www.sej.org/annual-conference-q-a-guidelines
[12] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/overview
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-focus-bison-restoration-expanding-tribal-herds
[14] https://apnews.com/article/bison-restoration-tribes-haaland-6f5ad9227c70377a94a2a4efc809f3d8
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/15-minute-city-planning-rise-experts-say-heres-what-know
[16] https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/03/03/15-minute-cities-faq/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/silicon-valley-lithium-nevada-mine-breaks-ground
[18] https://www.eenews.net/articles/silicon-valley-of-lithium-nevada-mine-breaks-ground/
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/canada-environment-minister-concerned-about-imperial-oil-tailings-leak
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[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=839
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=836
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=837
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=838
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=841
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