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Group Is Spreading Misinformation To Stop Solar Projects In Rural America [1]

"Roger Houser's ranching business was getting squeezed. The calves he raises in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley were selling for about the same price they had a few years earlier, while costs for essentials like fuel and fertilizer kept going up. But Houser found another use for his 500 acres."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Floodlight/NPR [11], 02/20/2023

"Before Ohio Derailment, Norfolk Southern Lobbied Against Safety Rules" [12]

"The Trump administration abandoned rail safety rules that were pursued during the Obama era. The Biden administration is trying to revive some of them."

Chemicals [13]
Disasters [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Washington Post [20], 02/20/2023

"UN Ocean Treaty Talks Resume With Goal To Save Biodiversity" [21]

"United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world’s marine biodiversity."

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [9]
International [23]
Source: AP [24], 02/20/2023

Follow the Money With Campaign and Lobbying Data [25]

With a new Congress in place and the seemingly never-ending political races to track, reporters can often learn a good deal about how environmental policy is influenced by looking into campaign and lobbying donations. Backgrounder takes a deep dive into the topic, pointing to important sources of information and data … and their limitations.

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Backgrounders [26]
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Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [28]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [9]

Hazmat Highway Routes Key to Keeping Public Safe [29]

In the wake of the train derailment and toxic spill in Ohio, now is a good time for environmental journalists to be ready for the next such accident. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox offers up a data source for another transportation risk — hazardous materials transported via highway. Plus, why rail hazmat data can be trickier to access.

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Reporters Toolbox [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [13]
Disasters [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [31]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Transportation [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
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Public [9]

EPA To Restore Pesticide Protections For Farmworkers Rolled Back Under Trump [32]

"The Biden administration is proposing to restore regulations aiming to protect farmworkers from pesticides that had been rolled back under the Trump administration."

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [35], 02/17/2023

"Shell Greenwashing Challenge Highlights Risk of ESG Claims" [36]

"Greenwashing challenges in courts and at the SEC continue to pour in from advocates and investors targeting what they claim are false representations of corporate commitments to environmentalism and climate-friendly practices."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [7]
Public [9]
International [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [37], 02/17/2023

Analysis: "The 2023 Farm Bill Should Be A Climate Bill, Democrats Say" [38]

"Don’t look now, but the divided Congress could pass a major climate change bill."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [41]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [42], 02/17/2023

"Two Dozen Republican-Led States Sue EPA Over Water Protection Rule" [43]

"A group of 24 Republican-led states is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to try to knock down a rule governing which waters get federal protections."

Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [45], 02/17/2023

Feds Send Help After Ohio Derailment, but Residents’ Frustrations Persist [46]

"A visit to East Palestine from the head of the E.P.A. and a White House pledge to lend more support were met with skepticism in the community."

Air [47]
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [39]
Disasters [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [48]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [49], 02/17/2023

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