"Gas Could Mean Billions for Indigenous People in Canada. Some Fear a Cost." [1]
"New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship."

"New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship."

The fossil fuel industry’s outsized climate policy role in the U.S.’s most populous state is the core of award-winning coverage from investigative journalist Aaron Cantú for nonprofit newsroom Capital & Main. In the new Inside Story Q&A, Cantú shares some of what challenged him in his reporting, what surprised him most and a lesson learned.
"Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from the Port of Los Angeles, pass in front of his home all day, their engines roaring and their exhaust spewing into the air."
"Skin rashes, breathing difficulties and “generational rage” led residents to join a nationwide push against companies accused of endangering health and the environment."
"President Biden on Monday formally designated the former site of a notorious boarding school for Native American children as a national monument, issuing a formal apology for the practice of forcibly removing children to such schools."
"If all 15 liquefied natural gas plants in Texas and Louisiana open, reductions in overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would slow"
"U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said."
"Biden poured billions into helping communities most threatened by pollution. Donald Trump could stop it."
"A handful of countries should be held legally responsible for the ongoing impacts of climate change, representatives of vulnerable states have told judges at the international court of justice (ICJ)."
"The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/gas-could-mean-billions-indigenous-people-canada-some-fear-cost
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[10] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada
[13] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/climate/canada-lng-natural-gas-indigenous-first-nations.html
[14] https://www.sej.org/publications/inside-story/beat-reporter-spotlights-costs-californias-environmental-reckoning
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/inside-story
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
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[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[29] https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/12/california-diesel-truck-ban-zero-emission/
[30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chemical-fire-atlanta-area-plant-sparks-local-movement-against-biolab
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
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[34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-names-national-monument-notorious-native-american-boarding-school
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[36] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5030880-biden-carlisle-indian-school-monument/
[37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/report-lng-operators-louisiana-offered-211-billion-tax-breaks
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest
[39] https://floodlightnews.org/lng-operators-in-louisiana-offered-tax-breaks/
[40] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-pushes-out-over-100-billion-clean-energy-grants-term-winds-down
[41] https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-12-03/biden-pushes-out-over-100-billion-in-clean-energy-grants-as-term-winds-down
[42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/what-trump-s-second-administration-could-mean-environmental-justice
[43] https://wapo.st/4fhGWXT
[44] https://www.sej.org/headlines/handful-countries-responsible-climate-crisis-top-court-told
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[47] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/02/handful-of-countries-responsible-for-climate-crisis-icj-court-told
[48] https://www.sej.org/headlines/house-passes-bill-let-treasury-target-nonprofits-it-deems-terrorist
[49] https://apnews.com/article/nonprofit-bill-terrorism-treasury-trump-aclu-ac88da656ea0d5cf8deb2e7bd045c1a4
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