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Bezos Commits Another $443 Million To Climate Justice And Conservation [1]

"On Monday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced his Earth Fund’s latest round of grants: $443 million to be spent primarily on land conservation and restoration and efforts to reduce environmental burdens on marginalized communities."

Economy & Business [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: The Verge [5], 12/07/2021
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New Reporting Network Aims To Make Connections in the Mississippi Basin [6]

The Mississippi River and its tributaries drain more than 40% of the continent, but most coverage of environmental stories within the Mississippi Basin is localized and siloed. The recently launched Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk hopes to help news outlets provide region-wide reporting that contextualizes issues like climate change-driven flooding and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [8]
Chemicals [9]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [19]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
International [29]
Canada [30]
Mexico [31]
Central America & the Caribbean [32]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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"A Bitcoin Boom Fueled by Cheap Power, Empty Plants and Few Rules" [33]

"Cryptocurrency miners are flocking to New York’s faded industrial towns, prompting concern over the environmental impact of huge computer farms."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: NYTimes [35], 12/06/2021
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"What Happens to Democracy When Local Journalism Dries Up?" [36]

"It has been our great privilege to bring you news from Stoneham and Woburn over the years,” read the announcement. “We regret to inform you that this will be the final edition of the Sun-Advocate newspaper.” The Massachusetts weekly, as of August, is no more."

Economy & Business [2]
Journalism & Media [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Washington Post Magazine [37], 12/06/2021
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"Trump Rule Meant To Save Coal Is Forcing Plants To Close" [38]

"A wastewater rule the Trump administration pushed through as a Hail Mary for struggling coal plants is now being cited as a reason some of those same units are opting to close."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: E&E News [40], 12/03/2021
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"So You Want to Donate to a Climate Group…" [41]

"An analysis by Carbon Switch released on Giving Tuesday shows that donations to environmental groups is concentrated mostly at just a couple of big nonprofits, most of which work in land conservation."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Politics [43]
Natural Resources [44]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Earther [45], 12/03/2021
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"The PR Firms Doing Big Oil’s Dirty Work" [46]

"Oil companies haven’t acted alone in deceiving the public and stopping climate action. They’ve had a major assist from some of the world’s most profitable public relations companies, a relationship that has gone largely unexamined until now."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [43]
Environmental Studies [47]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [48]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Earther [49], 12/02/2021
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Fossil Fuel Firms To Make Billions From Tax Break in Dems’ Budget Bill [50]

"The legislation would increase tax breaks for carbon capture and carbon removal by 70 percent, potentially yielding payouts large enough to wipe out some companies’ income tax bills."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [43]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 12/02/2021
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"Science Report: US Should Make Less Plastic To Save Oceans" [52]

"America needs to rethink and reduce the way it generates plastics because so much of the material is littering the oceans and other waters, the National Academy of Sciences says in a new report."

Chemicals [9]
Consumer [53]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Food [54]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Waste [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
International [29]
Source: AP [55], 12/02/2021
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"Fact-Checking the Finger Pointing on High Gasoline Prices" [56]

"President Joe Biden didn’t mince words as he blamed the oil industry for gasoline prices running at a seven-year high."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [53]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [43]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Bloomberg [57], 12/01/2021
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