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Epic Struggles Ahead in 2023 on Energy Transition, Pollution [1]

In our annual analysis of what’s ahead on the environment beat in 2023, there are some things to count on: worsening climate disasters and continued politicking over energy transitions, but also regulatory action on greenhouse gas emissions (not to mention on “forever chemicals”). Other things are less clear: environmental rulings by a conservative U.S. Supreme Court, energy impacts of war in Europe and the effectiveness of COP28 and treaty talks on plastic pollution. Read the full overview and get more in our “2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [2]” special report.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [4]
Agriculture [5]
Air [6]
Biodiversity [7]
Chemicals [8]
Climate Change [9]
Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Military [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Planning & Growth [23]
Policy [24]
Pollution [25]
Science [26]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [29]
International [30]
Europe [31]
Middle East [32]
Visibility: 
Public [33]
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Texas Oilfield Waste Company Gave $53,750 to Regulators Overseeing Permit [34]

"A company seeking to build an oilfield waste dump near wells and waterways in East Texas has showered regulators with upwards of $50,000 in political contributions since 2019." "McBride Operating LLC and owner Joseph McBride contributed to the political campaigns of the three sitting commissioners of the Texas Railroad Commission now considering his request."

 

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 02/02/2023
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"In Israel, Disposable Plastics Trigger Culture War, Test PM" [38]

"On Idit Silman’s first day as Israel’s new environmental protection minister, she handed out soft drinks in disposable plastic cups to hospital patients. The gesture held deep symbolic meaning in Israel, where soft drinks and single-use cups, plates and cutlery have become weapons in a culture war between the country’s secular Jewish majority and the smaller but politically powerful religious minority."

Consumer [39]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [40]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [41]
Waste [27]
Public [33]
Middle East [32]
Source: AP [42], 01/31/2023
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"E.P.A. Bans Disposal of Mine Waste in Bristol Bay" [43]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday is set to move to protect one of the world’s most valuable wild salmon fisheries, at Bristol Bay in Alaska, by effectively blocking the development of a long-disputed gold and copper mine there."

Biodiversity [7]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [25]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [33]
National (U.S.) [29]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 01/31/2023
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Cascadia Bioregion Rife With Energy, Environment Troubles To Report in 2023 [46]

Iconic critters like salmon, orca and wolves. Climate controversies like natural gas greenwashing and carbon auctions. And wildfire fallout like “smoke-a-geddon.” These are just some of the wide array of stories worth covering as environmental journalists scan Cascadia, the huge area encompassing Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and stretching from Alaska to Utah. This special TipSheet, part of our 2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, outlines top issues in the region, offering insights, resources and story angles.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [47]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [4]
Agriculture [5]
Air [6]
Biodiversity [7]
Climate Change [9]
Consumer [39]
Disasters [10]
Diversity [48]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [49]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Food [50]
Forests [51]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [22]
Planning & Growth [23]
Policy [24]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [52]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [53]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [29]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
California [54]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Northwest (OR WA) [56]
International [30]
Canada [57]
Visibility: 
Public [33]
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"Town Where Child Cancer Rose Blasts Deal Over Polluted Site" [58]

"In hindsight, it’s clear that something was very wrong in this suburban town at the Jersey Shore, where many people worked at or lived near a chemical company that was flushing toxic waste into waterways and burying it in the ground."

Chemicals [8]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [40]
Pollution [25]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [33]
National (U.S.) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [59]
Source: AP [60], 01/27/2023
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Some Landfills Will Begin Treating PFAS On-Site As Regulations Tighten [61]

"After years of sending leachate from the Coventry landfill downstream to a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Vermont, Casella Waste Systems is building an on-site facility to treat its runoff. Amid rising public concern over PFAS and new or forthcoming regulations, an increasing number of landfill operators across the country are considering similar moves."

Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [25]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [33]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Waste Dive [62], 01/24/2023
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"EPA Strategy For Alabama Landfill Fire: Smother It In Dirt" [63]

"There’s now more than just smoke hanging around the site of an underground landfill fire near Birmingham. In the two days since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency showed up to take control of the scene, the area has been abuzz with EPA trucks, bulldozers and excavators moving in to begin putting out the fire."

Air [6]
Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [13]
Pollution [25]
Waste [27]
Public [33]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Source: Birmingham News [65], 01/23/2023
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"Monitors Show Months-Old Alabama Landfill Fire Polluting Air" [66]

"An underground fire at an Alabama landfill has continued to pollute the air in eastern parts of the Birmingham region more than 50 days after a fire began underground, according to air quality monitors."

Air [6]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [13]
Pollution [25]
Waste [27]
Public [33]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Source: AP [67], 01/17/2023
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"Israel To Abandon Plastic Tax Despite Environmental Concerns" [68]

"Israel's new government will abandon the country's tax on single-use plastic plates and utensils, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday, despite environmental concerns."

Climate Change [9]
Consumer [39]
Economy & Business [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Waste [27]
Public [33]
Middle East [32]
Source: Reuters [69], 01/04/2023
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