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"Upset Ohio Town Residents Seek Answers Over Train Derailment" [1]

"Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a school gym to seek answers about whether they were safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: AP [11], 02/16/2023
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"Exxon Gives Up on Much-Hyped Algae Biofuels" [12]

"It’s the end of an algal era: Exxon is backing out of a biofuel effort that the company has for years centered as part of its work in clean energy."

Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Earther [17], 02/14/2023
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"DeSantis, Aiming at a Favorite Foil, Wants to Roll Back Press Freedom" [18]

"The Florida governor and possible presidential candidate is the latest in a string of Republicans to target the Supreme Court decision that has long protected journalists accused of defamation."

Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [21], 02/13/2023
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"Biden and Lula Project Unity On Democratic Values And Climate Change" [22]

"U.S. President Joe Biden met on Friday with Brazilian leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a reboot of relations between the hemisphere's two largest democracies after the end of Donald Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro's stormy rule."

Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
South America [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 02/13/2023
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"Report: Companies’ Climate Targets Not What They Claim To Be" [27]

"Climate commitments by companies aren’t always as green as they seem. A new report concludes major brands are exaggerating how ambitious their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions are — in effect misleading consumers, investors and governments."

Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [28]
Source: AP [29], 02/13/2023
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SEJ Panel Gauges Issues in the Works in the U.S. West [30]

As part of our 2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment special report, we’ve got highlights from last week’s reporter panel on the year ahead, led by #SEJ2023 conference co-chair Tom Michael (pictured, left). The focus was largely on the U.S. West, where challenges abound over issues like equitable siting of renewable energy infrastructure, regulating natural gas, managing wildfires and addressing the health consequences of climate-driven heat waves. Read our account [30], plus check out the full 2023 Guide [31].

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ News [32]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [33]
Air [34]
Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Food [37]
Forests [24]
Government [38]
Health [39]
Infrastructure [40]
Journalism & Media [19]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [42]
Policy [43]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [44]
Wildlife [45]
Region: 
California [46]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Northwest (OR WA) [48]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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How US Climate Funding Could Make Water Pollution Worse [50]

"The Inflation Reduction Act was hailed for its climate funding – but some are concerned several provisions will worsen a growing environmental disaster".

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [51], 02/09/2023
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Million-Strong Army Of Environmental Super Voters Recruits In 2 Red States [52]

"The Environmental Voter Project is expanding to Louisiana and Nebraska ahead of key state elections."

Activism [53]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: HuffPost [54], 02/09/2023
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Offshore Wind In The Gulf Take A Back Seat To Oil Drilling Under New Law [55]

"President Joe Biden’s administration is tapping the brakes on offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico to make way for a new fast-tracked effort to open more federal waters to oil and gas drilling."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [57], 02/08/2023
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"America, Meet Biden’s Climate Bill" [58]

"President Joe Biden began a two-year tour to sell the climate bill Tuesday night. His first stop was the Capitol."

Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [59], 02/08/2023
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