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All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.

Yet Another State Quietly Moves To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests [1]

"In March, Kentucky, South Dakota and West Virginia passed laws restricting pipeline protests. Alabama is poised to become the fourth."

Activism [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HuffPost [9], 05/11/2020
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Greta Thunberg And Kids Group Hit Back At Attempt To Toss Climate Case [10]

"Greta Thunberg and a group of other children have pushed forward their legal complaint at the UN against countries they accuse of endangering children’s wellbeing through the climate crisis, despite attempts to have it thrown out."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [15], 05/06/2020
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"Pendley Appointment Extended Despite Legal Threat" [16]

"William Perry Pendley will serve for at least another month as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, despite activist groups warning Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to expect a lawsuit should he extend Pendley’s assignment running the agency."

Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [17]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel [19], 05/06/2020
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Smokey’s 420 Gets the ‘Dirt’ on Pot Crop [20]

The story of Smokey’s 420, mom-and-pop pot shop that’s taken a more environmental perspective. Plus, why the explosion in the infant business legal cannabis could be bad news for the environment [21], if left largely unregulated. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [17]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [28]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Why an Unregulated Pot Business May Be Bad for the Environment  [21]

One industry seemingly unharmed by the coronavirus-related shutdown is legal cannabis. But the explosion in this infant business could be bad news for the environment, if left largely unregulated. A closer look at the issues. Plus, the story of Smokey’s 420 [20], mom-and-pop pot shop that’s taken a more environmental perspective.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [24]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [17]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [28]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"In Montana, Children File Suit to Protect ‘the Last Best Place’" [33]

"She's identified only as Kathryn Grace S., one of 16 youths who've sued to keep the state of Montana from promoting the use of fossil fuels, threatening their future."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [34]
Public [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Source: InsideClimate News [35], 04/30/2020
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"Earth Day’s Gone Digital. Here’s Where to Find It." [36]

"New York offers many ways to celebrate online. You can hike, play environmental games, conduct experiments, meet scientists and blast into space — all without leaving home."

Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [37], 04/22/2020
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"Biden Floats Expansion Of Climate Platform" [38]

"Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Monday that he would expand his environmental platform amid calls from some environmental groups aligned with former primary challenger Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [39], 04/21/2020
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When the Crisis Was Immense, SEJ Award-Winner Went Narrow [40]

How do you gain perspective on a widespread public health disaster? Award-winning reporter Apoorva Mandavilli shares valuable lessons on using a small lens to cover a big story — no, not COVID-19, but the deadly 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India. And as she explains in this Inside Story Q&A, this decades-old story never really went away in the first place.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Air [42]
Chemicals [24]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [43]
Government [17]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region: 
International [14]
Asia [44]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Redwoods: Logging And Tree Sitting Continue, As Pandemic Shuts Mills [45]

"The coronavirus has shut down most of Humboldt County, as it has the rest of the state, but some traditions of northwest California endure: Loggers keep felling redwoods, and eco-activists keep putting their bodies on the limbs to stop them."

Activism [2]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [46]
Public [7]
California [47]
Source: LA Times [48], 04/17/2020
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