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July 9, 2024

SciLine Media Briefing: Climate Change and the Green Energy Transition [1]

SciLine’s next media briefing will cover what the latest scientific research says about U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, progress towards reductions targets, factors that encourage or deter people from accepting new sources of energy and much more. 1-2 p.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
People & Population [7]
Policy [8]
Technology [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]

"Trump Says Clean Energy Is a Scam. That Could Benefit China, Experts Say." [11]

"President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in a Trump administration. Economists said that would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments."

Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 06/27/2024

"Selling a Mirage: The Delusion of 'Advanced' Plastic Recycling" [17]

"The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a “solution” that works like magic. Don't be fooled."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [19]
Pollution [20]
Technology [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ProPublica [21], 06/24/2024

What Makes Communities More Survivable in Extreme Heat Events? [22]

When heat waves hit your area, as they did for much of the United States in June, local responses can (and should) go well beyond individual behaviors to address broader area actions — from cool pavements to urban trees. For environmental journalists, that means community-level heat response is an important climate story angle. TipSheet explains, then offers a dozen story ideas, along with reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Disasters [24]
Health [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Journalism & Media [19]
People & Population [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Pulling Back the Curtain on the Plunder of the Planet [27]

“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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [28]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Forests [34]
Natural Resources [35]
Policy [8]
Pollution [20]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [37]
Region: 
International [15]
Africa [38]
Asia [39]
Australia & Oceania [40]
South America [41]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Senate Confirms Nominees To Energy Panel" [42]

"The Senate has confirmed three nominees to a bipartisan energy regulatory board."

Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [43], 06/14/2024

"Watchdog: EPA Not Ready To Alert Public To Lead In Drinking Water" [44]

"More than seven years after Congress mandated that EPA swiftly alert the public to surges in lead contamination in drinking water, EPA’s inspector general has found the agency still isn’t ready to roll out an action plan."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [45], 06/12/2024

"Thousands Across Alabama Live Without Access to Public Water" [46]

"In unincorporated Marion County, around 800 to 900 households—approximately 40 percent of all homes—do not have access to public drinking water, according to government estimates, a figure one water expert called “staggering.”"

Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [31]
Infrastructure [26]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 06/11/2024

"The Plastics We Breathe" [49]

"Every time you take a breath, you could be inhaling microplastics."

Air [50]
Chemicals [18]
Consumer [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Studies [51]
Pollution [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [52], 06/11/2024

Water, Chemical Industries Challenge Biden’s PFAS Drinking Water Rule [53]

"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 [18]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [54], 06/11/2024

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