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All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.

‘They Can’t Silence Us’: Female Lawyers Defending Colombia’s Environment [1]

"Legal team faces daily threats as it works to protect displaced families from landowners, ecosystems from mining and indigenous groups from oil companies".

Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
South America [6]
Source: Guardian [7], 12/03/2021
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"Shell Pulls Out Of Cambo Oilfield Project" [8]

Activism [2]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [5]
Europe [11]
Source: Guardian [12], 12/03/2021
  • Read more about "Shell Pulls Out Of Cambo Oilfield Project" [8]

In San Francisco Neighborhood, Advocates Do Air Monitoring Themselves [13]

"A community program tracks air pollution in real time. Burdened by polluting facilities, 86 percent of Bayview’s children developed severe asthma before kindergarten."

Activism [2]
Air [14]
Consumer [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Public [5]
California [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 11/30/2021
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"EPA Wins Appeal Over Release of Pesticide Policymaking Records" [22]

"The EPA can shield some records regarding a former official’s role in pesticide policymaking from a conservation group, a divided Second Circuit ruled Monday. Messages between staff about how the agency should communicate its policies are protected by the deliberative process privilege, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit."

Activism [2]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [24]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 11/30/2021
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"Iran Forcefully Clamps Down on Protests Against Growing Water Shortages" [29]

"The crackdown came after the protests spilled over to at least one other city and a major protest on Friday loomed. Weather experts say 97 percent of the country is dealing with water scarcity issues."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [30]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [31]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [5]
Middle East [32]
Source: NYTimes [33], 11/29/2021
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"EPA’s Regan Vows To Help Hard-Hit Areas, But Residents Have Doubts" [34]

"ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — As white smoke wafted from a massive oil and gas refinery that sits near his backyard, Michael Coleman reminisced about the sweet days of his childhood, before sugar cane fields that stretched for miles were sold and replaced by chemical companies that wiped out the “nice little community we had here.”

Activism [2]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Washington Post [36], 11/29/2021
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Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022 [37]

The history of environmental racism is a long one in the United States, far longer than the efforts to address the problem. But reporting on environmental justice continues to tick upwards, and an analysis in the latest Backgrounder points to promising progress, explaining why for journalists the year ahead may yield important stories, whether about future footholds or new missteps.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Air [14]
Climate Change [30]
Diversity [39]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [25]
Health [40]
Infrastructure [31]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [42]
Policy [43]
Pollution [18]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [46]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
  • Read more about Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022 [37]

RCMP Arrest Journalists, Land Defenders Following Gidimt’en Eviction [50]

"RCMP arrested two journalists, including photojournalist Amber Bracken, on assignment for The Narwhal, during police enforcement of a Coastal GasLink injunction in northwest B.C. Friday."

Activism [2]
Environmental Justice [17]
Forests [51]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [5]
Canada [52]
Source: The Narwhal [53], 11/22/2021
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"Protesters Disrupt The World’s Largest Coal Port" (Video) [54]

"Two young women scaled a huge coal handling machine shortly before dawn on Wednesday, disrupting operations at the world’s largest coal port for several hours to protest what they say is Australia’s lack of action on climate change."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Public [5]
Australia & Oceania [55]
Source: Washington Post [56], 11/19/2021
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UN Projects ‘Go Away’ Onto Its Own Building in Fight With Activists [57]

"Tuesday night saw a war of the projections in Glasgow. Activists sent a message to the United Nations, and the UN struck back, though the organization may have accidentally told onlookers in Glasgow to “go away.”"

Activism [2]
Climate Change [30]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [5]
International [58]
Source: Earther [59], 11/11/2021
  • Read more about UN Projects ‘Go Away’ Onto Its Own Building in Fight With Activists [57]

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