"The Biden administration said on Wednesday it would cut in half the amount it charges companies to build wind and solar projects on federal lands, a move designed to encourage development of renewable energy."
"DWS, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, said its chief executive is resigning on Wednesday, following a raid at its offices by the authorities into alleged greenwashing."
"A prehistoric food fight may have spelled the end for the megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived."
"The Defense Department is reporting high levels of toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water near several of its bases, according to new data released by the department."
"As the world celebrates the Year of the Tiger in 2022, humans continue to threaten the cat’s long-term survival in the wild: killing, buying and selling tigers and their prey, and encroaching into their last shreds of habitat. That’s why they are Earth’s most endangered big cat."
"The golden dream of hatcheries was to make more fish. The reality is much more complicated."
Metcalf’s 2024 Public Lecture Series will feature an inspired thought leader (SEJ member Erica Gies), grappling with real-world issues of climate change and water issues. Free/livestreaming with limited in-person seating for the Jun 6 Leeson Lecture in Kingston, R.I. Register for one or all.
"Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt prodded his security agents to drive recklessly and turn on emergency lights and sirens to maneuver around traffic in the nation’s capital."
"EPA air quality specialists are again discounting the need for tighter daily limits on soot exposure — a rebuff to the majority findings of an agency advisory committee in the high-profile regulatory review."
"Nearly every natural force and a bunch of human-caused ones — more than just climate change — have turned the last several Atlantic hurricane seasons into deadly and expensive whoppers. The season that starts Wednesday looks like another note in a record-breaking refrain because all those ingredients for disaster are still going strong, experts warn."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-administration-cut-costs-wind-and-solar-energy-projects
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/climate/biden-solar-wind-fees-cut.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/deutsche-bank-subsidiary-ceo-resigns-after-greenwashing-raid
[4] https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/06/01/deutsche-bank-subsidiary-ceo-resigns-after-greenwashing-raid
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/was-megalodon-shark-extinction-linked-great-white-competition
[6] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61644215
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pentagon-reports-high-levels-pfas-drinking-water-near-bases
[8] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3507224-pentagon-reports-high-levels-of-forever-chemicals-in-drinking-water-near-bases/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/year-tiger-illegal-trade-thrives-amid-efforts-save-wild-tigers
[10] https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/year-of-the-tiger-illegal-trade-thrives-amid-efforts-to-save-wild-tigers/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/paradox-salmon-hatcheries
[12] https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-paradox-of-salmon-hatcheries/
[13] https://www.sej.org/calendar/metcalf-institute-s-annual-public-lecture-series
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-epa-head-pushed-agents-speed-run-sirens
[15] https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-epa-head-pushed-agents-to-speed-run-sirens/
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-staff-no-need-tighten-soot-limits
[17] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-staff-no-need-to-tighten-soot-limits/
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/experts-everything-points-another-busy-hurricane-season
[19] https://apnews.com/article/another-busy-hurricane-season-experts-predict-4814b0eb07acfe95ddf81c2232b15167
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=992
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=989
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=990
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=991
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=994
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