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Utilities Paid Southern Civil Rights Leaders Who Became Industry Advocates [1]

"A joint investigation by Floodlight and Capital B shows millions of dollars flowed from utilities to Black leaders and their groups since at least 2009."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: Floodlight/Capital B [9], 01/10/2024
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"Indigenous Groups Cede Forest Rights For Sketchy Finance" [10]

"Several companies registered in Latin American countries claiming to have U.N. endorsement have persuaded Indigenous communities to hand over the economic rights to their forests for decades to come, a Mongabay investigation has found. The companies share commercial interests across various jurisdictions, and have not been able to demonstrate experience in sustainable finance projects."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [4]
Forests [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [6]
International [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [16]
South America [17]
Source: Mongabay [18], 01/05/2024
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"Secretive Hydrogen Hub Talks Test Energy Agency Community Plans" [19]

"The Biden administration is negotiating with hydrogen industry leaders on legally binding commitments involving tens of thousands of new jobs and lower emissions, a pledge crucial to winning community support and achieving US environmental justice goals."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 01/04/2024
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Proposed Youngstown Tires-To-Gas Plant Paused Over Environmental Justice [22]

"Officials in Youngstown, Ohio, have dealt a setback to a company’s plan to build and operate a recycled tire waste-to-energy plant near the center of the city and adjacent to a neighborhood of predominantly Black residents, enacting a one-year moratorium on such industrial processes."

Chemicals [23]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [25]
Waste [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 01/04/2024
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‘Major’ Problem in Texas: Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It [29]

"Industrial developers describe facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen."

Air [30]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 01/03/2024
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"Many on Gulf Coast Say Time Is Running Out For EPA To Act On Toxic Air" [33]

"As a girl growing up near refineries and chemical factories in this part of the Gulf Coast, 77-year-old Lois Malvo thought nothing of the way her eyes burned when she played outside. Now she sees dangers all around her."

Chemicals [23]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [35], 01/02/2024
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Environmental Digital Storytelling — A Best-in-Show Sampler [36]

As part of its periodic survey of the compelling work by digital journalists using data and multimedia, Reporter’s Toolbox looks at some favorite projects in the last year or so. On the list are granular maps and spinning globes, compelling photo essays and clickable storytelling. But the heart of the best digital journalism, Toolbox reminds us, is that it matters. And these do.

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Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [23]
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Diversity [39]
Environmental Justice [4]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Food [41]
Health [42]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [43]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [44]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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International [15]
Canada [46]
Africa [47]
Asia [48]
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California Exports Hazardous Waste. Mexico Neighborhood Shows Consequences [50]

"An ongoing CalMatters investigation has shown how California companies and governments avoid the Golden State’s strict environmental regulations by shipping toxic waste across state borders. New reporting shows how California exports the risk to Mexico."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Pollution [25]
Waste [26]
Public [6]
California [51]
Mexico [52]
Source: CalMatters [53], 12/21/2023
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‘Not Conducive To Our Survival’: Pacific Islands Respond To Cop28 Deal [54]

"The agreement was hailed as a win for climate action, but Pacific campaigners say it is too little too late in a rapidly warming world".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Justice [4]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [6]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [55], 12/21/2023
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Worried About Safety, Texas Town Challenges Planned Cross-Border Pipeline [56]

"Critics are calling on federal regulators to increase their scrutiny and oversight of the proposed pipeline, which would send gas from Texas to the Mexican coast for export to other countries."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Infrastructure [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mexico [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 12/21/2023
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