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Beat Reporter Spotlights Costs of California's Environmental Reckoning [1]

The fossil fuel industry’s outsized climate policy role in the U.S.’s most populous state is the core of award-winning coverage from investigative journalist Aaron Cantú for nonprofit newsroom Capital & Main. In the new Inside Story Q&A, Cantú shares some of what challenged him in his reporting, what surprised him most and a lesson learned.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
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"How Trump Could Bring Fish Farms To The Gulf Of Mexico" [16]

"Floating cages with fish by the thousands may be popping in the Gulf of Mexico under a controversial plan that was backed by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration four years ago and is likely to gain traction again after Trump begins his second term next month."

Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist [20], 12/13/2024
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"Biden's Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Auction Ripe for Challenge" [21]

"The Biden administration’s decision to include restrictions in the auction of oil drilling rights in part of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is legally vulnerable as the state looks to the next administration to allow more oil development."

Biodiversity [22]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [25], 12/13/2024
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"‘Bioweapons’ And Cover-Ups: The Untruths Behind RFK Jr.’s Disease Claims" [26]

"Kennedy has spread misinformation about the deadliest and most debilitating diseases of the modern era."

Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [29]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [31], 12/13/2024
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Climate Action Looks First To Go Under New Administration [32]

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to pull the United States out of the Paris climate treaty and to maximize U.S. fossil fuel production. And as the transition to his incoming administration unfolds, he has named a cabinet replete with climate action skeptics. But will all that stop the transition to cleaner power? The latest EJ TransitionWatch has an assessment.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ TransitionWatch [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [27]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [12]
Pollution [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
International [36]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
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"Biden Doubles Tariffs On Chinese Solar Panel Components" [37]

"The Biden administration will double tariffs on certain solar panel components that are made in China, it announced Wednesday."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Technology [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [36]
Asia [39]
Source: The Hill [40], 12/12/2024
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"Massages And Country Clubs: Your Electric Bill May Be Funding Lavish Perks" [41]

"Power companies across the country have been quietly trying to charge their customers for millions of dollars worth of luxury expenses — including bi-weekly massages, access to exclusive country clubs and private jet travel — according to a new report from the Energy and Policy Institute (EPI), a utility watchdog."

Consumer [27]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Floodlight [42], 12/12/2024
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"Supreme Court Allows Biden Plan to Address Toxic Coal Ash" [43]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request from an electric utility in Kentucky to block an Environmental Protection Agency effort to address the health risks presented by coal ash, a toxic substance created by burning coal to produce electricity."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [44], 12/12/2024
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"Environmental Journalist In Cambodia Shot And Killed By Suspected Logger" [45]

"Chhoeung Chheng, a journalist covering environmental issues for local online news outlet Kampuchea Aphiwat News, has died of his injuries after being shot in Siem Reap province on Dec. 4 by a suspected illegal logger."

Forests [46]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [15]
Asia [39]
Source: Mongabay [47], 12/12/2024
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"Arizona AG Sues Saudi Firm Over ‘Excessive’ Groundwater Pumping" [48]

"Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Wednesday she’s suing a Saudi Arabian agribusiness for allegedly violating a public nuisance law, contending that its groundwater pumping threatens the public health, safety and infrastructure of local communities in a rural western county."

Agriculture [34]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Source: AP [50], 12/12/2024
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