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"As The Rest Of World Tackles Plastics Disposal, The U.S. Resists" [1]

"In an expansion of the U.N.’s 1989 Basel Convention, amendments to the international protocol on the shipment of hazardous waste were revised to include plastics in 2021, with nations currently figuring out how to implement the agreement."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: Mongabay [9], 05/18/2021

Ready for Climate Change-Induced Grid Blackouts Along With Heat Waves? [10]

Climate change can mean doubling down on disasters, such as a combination of widespread power outages with the kind of extreme heat that kills. The latest TipSheet explores why such simultaneous disasters are so dangerous, where they’ve happened already, why they are increasingly likely to happen again and how to prepare to cover them in your area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [13]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Planning & Growth [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
California [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Northwest (OR WA) [23]
International [8]
Europe [24]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

“Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism” [25]

While a “Handbook of Environmental Journalism” might initially sound like a scholarly work on environmental journalism, our BookShelf reviewer finds that the volume reads more like an engaging assembly of accessible accounts on the profession from colleagues across the planet. That makes it a rich resource for working journalists ... and anyone else with a passing interest in environmental issues and how they’re covered.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [28]
Health [15]
Journalism & Media [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [29]
Waste [30]
Wildlife [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
International [8]
Africa [35]
South America [36]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

EPA Orders Virgin Islands Refinery To Shut Down, Cites ‘Imminent’ Threat [37]

"The St. Croix oil refinery, senior EPA official said, is ‘not how a normal refinery operates’"

Air [38]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Central America & the Caribbean [40]
Source: Washington Post [41], 05/17/2021
June 8, 2021

NOAA/NCEI Climate Normals Webinar [42]

The National Centers for Environmental Information invites you to a webinar, hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on the recently released 1991-2020 Climate Normals. It will focus on the agriculture and energy sectors. 2-4 p.m. ET.

Other Events [43]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]

"How Should Utility Companies Spend Your Money? A Debate Rages" [45]

Some of the money customers pay electric utilities goes to support lobbying that may not be in the public interest.

Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [47]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: LA Times [48], 05/14/2021

"CMP Can Begin Construction On New Segment Of Corridor, Court Rules" [49]

"New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) can begin construction on the one segment of the power transmission line that doesn't run along the existing Central Maine Power (CMP) corridor. This comes after a federal judge lifted an injunction blocking construction on that segment Thursday."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [47]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: News Center Maine [50], 05/14/2021

Solar Pushback: How Power Firms Try To Make People Pay For Going Green [51]

"In states like Kansas, energy companies want to impose charges on people who produce their own power with rooftop arrays".

Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [47]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [52], 05/14/2021

"Biden Signs Exec. Order to Bolster Federal Government’s Cybersecurity" [53]

"As the East Coast suffered from the effects of a ransomware attack on a major petroleum pipeline, President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that placed strict new standards on the cybersecurity of any software sold to the federal government."

Disasters [14]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [47]
Technology [54]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [55], 05/13/2021

St. Croix Refinery Halts Operations After Raining Oil On Residents Again [56]

"A troubled refinery in St. Croix announced Wednesday evening it would temporarily halt operations after raining oil on local residents for the second time in just over three months."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Central America & the Caribbean [40]
Source: Washington Post [57], 05/13/2021

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