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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Plunder of the Planet [1]

“Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places,” a new work by investigative journalist Christopher Pollon, offers a sweeping global view of how the mining industry profits, despite causing vast environmental losses and failing to acknowledge Indigenous ownership or rights to the land it mines. BookShelf’s Melody Kemp lauds Pollon’s searing observations and investigations. Read her review.

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Activism [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Forests [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Policy [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
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International [18]
Africa [19]
Asia [20]
Australia & Oceania [21]
South America [22]
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Public [23]
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"SEC Urged to Probe JBS Claims on Environment, Animal Welfare" [24]

"Animal rights organizations have asked the SEC to investigate meatpacking giant JBS SA for allegedly misleading investors about its animal welfare and environmental practices in paperwork submitted to list the company on the New York Stock Exchange."

Agriculture [25]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 06/21/2024
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"This Coal-Heavy Rural Co-Op Utility Is Buying Its First Solar Plants" [29]

"Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, one of the largest rural cooperative utilities in the U.S., is bringing the energy transition home to its massive western service territory. It’s acquiring its first large-scale solar power plants as it prepares to shift away from its current dependence on coal power."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [9]
Infrastructure [32]
Pollution [14]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: Canary Media [36], 06/18/2024
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Rethinking Rural Reporting — How To Get Past the Cliches [37]

When covering rural America, mainstream media often defaults to stereotypes steeped in politics and ignores the diversity that actually exists there, as expanding news deserts exacerbate the problem. Reporter Claire Carlson on why this matters — including in discouraging investment around climate change or resource industries urban dwellers depend on. Here’s how journalists can report richer, more nuanced stories about rural people and places.

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Features [38]
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Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [39]
Diversity [40]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
People & Population [43]
Policy [13]
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National (U.S.) [27]
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Public [23]
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"Climate Change Funding Talks Stuck Ahead Of COP29 Summit" [44]

"With just five months to go before this year's U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the developing world fight climate change - let alone how to split it."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Politics [9]
Public [23]
International [18]
Source: Reuters [45], 06/14/2024
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"World’s Top Banks ‘Greenwashing Their Role In Destruction Of The Amazon’" [46]

"Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest."

Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Studies [47]
Forests [11]
Journalism & Media [42]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [23]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [48], 06/13/2024
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September 27, 2024 to September 29, 2024

Canadian Animal Law Conference [49]

Animal Justice's annual event, this year in Toronto, includes sessions on aquatic animal law & ethics, agricultural exceptionalism, "enriched" cages, selective media coverage, ag gag laws, wildlife policies, biodiversity and more. A related Student Animal Law Conference takes place on Sep 27 (travel funding available). 

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Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [4]
Economy & Business [6]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Policy [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
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International [18]
Canada [51]

Water, Chemical Industries Challenge Biden’s PFAS Drinking Water Rule [52]

"Lobby groups representing water utilities, as well as the chemical and manufacturing industries, have filed court challenges to a Biden administration rule that seeks to limit the presence of toxic chemicals in drinking water."

Chemicals [53]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The Hill [54], 06/11/2024
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Unique Award-Winner Highlights Risks to Whales From Fight Over Fish [55]

Whales and fishers chasing the same catch can lead to serious impacts on marine mammals, including illegal shootings. To tell the story, journalist Nick Rahaim took an unusual tack — reporting while working as a deckhand on a fishing vessel. His award-winning account won praise for its balance, sourcing and insight. Rahaim talks about his approach in our Inside Story Q&A.

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Economy & Business [6]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Journalism & Media [42]
Natural Resources [12]
Science [57]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
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National (U.S.) [27]
Alaska and Hawaii [58]
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Public [23]
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"U.N. Chief Calls For Global Fossil Fuel Ad Ban" [59]

"In a major speech that didn’t mince words, the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday called fossil fuel companies the “godfathers of climate chaos,” and urged all countries to ban fossil fuel advertising."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [42]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [18]
Source: HEATED [60], 06/10/2024
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