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At Mid-Year, SEJ Celebrates New Records, New Faces and Important Legacies [1]

SEJ board president Luke Runyon (pictured, left) shares news about the April 2024 annual conference in Philadelphia, conference director Jay Letto’s retirement, organizational updates, changes on the board of directors and upcoming elections, the new SEJ Future Council and the call for nominations for the annual Stolberg Meritorious Service Award.

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SEJ Presidents Report [2]
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"Red States Ask Supreme Court To Halt Biden Climate Rule For Power Plants" [7]

"Republican-led states on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to block the Biden administration’s effort to cut planet-warming emissions from the power sector."

Air [8]
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: The Hill [13], 07/26/2024
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"How Pennsylvania’s Oil Industry Quietly Dumped Waste Across The State" [14]

"Spreading fracking wastewater on roads is banned. Oil and gas companies do it anyway."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Source: Grist [19], 07/26/2024
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"Surge In Electricity Demand Boosts Coal Use — IEA" [20]

"Coal remains the largest source of power globally despite its decline in the U.S."

Air [8]
Climate Change [9]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
International [5]
Source: E&E News [21], 07/26/2024
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"Harris Offered A ‘Blueprint’ For Environmental Justice. Can She Grow It?" [22]

"The vice president could double down on President Joe Biden’s focus on communities burdened by pollution if she is elected president."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: E&E News [24], 07/26/2024
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US Targets Emissions of N2O With Eye Toward US-China Climate Agreement [25]

"Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from U.S. chemical plants could reduce greenhouse gas emissions at little cost. Similar plants in China offer a “far bigger prize.”"

Air [8]
Climate Change [9]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Asia [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 07/26/2024
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"Pesticide Exposure As Risky As Smoking, Study Finds" [28]

"People who don’t farm, but live in US agricultural communities where pesticides are used on farms, face an increased cancer risk as significant as if they were smokers, according to a new study."

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [23]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: The New Lede [31], 07/26/2024
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"Wildfire Smoke Descends Across Central US, Causes 'Unhealthy' Air Quality" [32]

"The sun looked orange as it shined through a thick blanket of wildfire smoke on Tuesday across a large area of North America, including in Denver, and the smoke could spread even farther in the coming days."

"The sun appeared orange and red through a layer of haze on Tuesday morning as a large blanket of wildfire smoke covered part of the central United States and Canada.

Air [8]
Climate Change [9]
Disasters [33]
Forests [34]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Canada [37]
Source: AccuWeather [38], 07/26/2024
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What Would a Second Trump Reign Mean for Press Freedom? [39]

The possibility of a second Trump administration has WatchDog Opinion sweating blood over the potential for a serious undermining of the press, whether by choking off access to public records, opening up libel laws that help protect journalists from libel suits by public figures or going to virtual war with the news media. What might be in store if Trump wins back the presidency?

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WatchDog [40]
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Environmental Politics [10]
Government [41]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Policy [42]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [6]
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Looking From Space, Researchers Find Pollution Spiking Near E-Commerce Hubs [43]

"Research showed truck-related releases of nitrogen dioxide, which can cause asthma, concentrated around some 150,000 warehouses nationwide."

Air [8]
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Health [16]
Infrastructure [44]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [45], 07/25/2024
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