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"Two Evangelical Leaders on ‘Radical Faith’" [1]

"With a focus on issues normally considered progressive, the Revs. Jim Wallis and Kyle Meyaard-Schaap hope to expand the evangelical political imagination."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [9], 02/20/2023
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"A Dance Of Hope By Children Who Scavenge Coal" [10]

"Before sunset, in the 110-square-mile mining region of Jharia in eastern India, an ensemble of girls dances near an opencast coal mine. Come sunrise, they'll be back at the mines for another reason: survival."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
People & Population [12]
Public [7]
Asia [13]
Source: NPR [14], 02/20/2023
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"Biden E.P.A. Reinstates Mercury Limits Weakened Under Trump" [15]

"The Biden administration on Friday restored the legal foundation of an Obama-era regulation governing mercury, a pollutant from power plants that can damage brain development in babies and cause heart disease in adults."

Air [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [20], 02/20/2023
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Covering Indigenous Communities — Tips for Non-Native Journalists [21]

Non-Indigenous journalists may think they’re doing “marginalized” Indigenous communities a favor by covering them, but their coverage is too often extractive and riddled with racist tropes. Contributor Valerie Vande Panne offers insights and advice for avoiding these pitfalls. Seeking permission, listening, sharing and respecting are all critical tools for the job.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [23]
Diversity [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
People & Population [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
International [30]
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Public [7]
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EPA To Restore Pesticide Protections For Farmworkers Rolled Back Under Trump [31]

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

Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [17]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [33], 02/17/2023
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Mono Lake Tribe Asserts Water Rights, Urges Halt of Water Diversions to LA [34]

"Against the backdrop of a severe drought linked with global warming, conservation advocates and Native Americans in California are calling for a temporary emergency stop to all surface water diversions from Mono Lake, contending that continuing to drain the watershed, along with the long-term drought, threaten critical ecosystems, as well as the Kootzaduka’a tribe’s cultural connection with the lake."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [7]
California [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 02/16/2023
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"EPA Outlines $27B ‘Green Bank’ For Clean Energy Projects" [39]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday outlined how states and nonprofit groups can apply for $27 billion in funding from a “green bank” that will provide low-cost financing for projects intended to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [40], 02/15/2023
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"Toxic Ash Is Raining Down in Illinois. It’s Time for the EPA to Step Up" [41]

"On January 11, neon-green corrosive ash rained down onto homes, businesses, and schools in La Salle, Illinois, following a fire at the Carus Chemical Company."

Chemicals [17]
Disasters [42]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Pollution [19]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Source: Sierra [44], 02/13/2023
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"U.S. EPA Announces $1 Billion For New Hazardous Waste Cleanups" [45]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced 22 new sites that will benefit from $1 billion in funding from a program designed to remediate hazardous waste sites, such as landfills, mines and manufacturing facilities."

Chemicals [17]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Waste [46]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [47], 02/13/2023
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"NPS Completes Largest Move Of Yellowstone Bison To Tribal Land" [48]

"The National Park Service earlier this year completed its largest transfer of bison from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Mont."

Biodiversity [49]
Environmental Justice [4]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [50]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [51], 02/13/2023
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