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June 10, 2021

SEJ Webinar: Investigating Extractive Industries [1]

Join SEJ June 10 to hear from leading reporters whose powerful investigations have increased transparency about extractive industries in the Americas. You will see inspiring examples of investigations into logging, mining and fishing and walk away with tips for staying safe while staying true to the story. 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET.

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"NASA Chief Touts New Earth-Observing Satellites For Climate" [9]

"The White House is providing fresh details of a major satellite program that administration officials call poised to reveal vital information about climate change and extreme weather events."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Studies [10]
Science [11]
Technology [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Axios [14], 05/26/2021
  • Read more about "NASA Chief Touts New Earth-Observing Satellites For Climate" [9]

"People Of Color More Exposed To Heat Islands, Study Finds" [15]

"In nearly every major city in the U.S., people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people, a new study found."

Air [16]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [20], 05/26/2021
  • Read more about "People Of Color More Exposed To Heat Islands, Study Finds" [15]

Appeals Court Again Orders EPA to Set New Lead Paint and Dust Standards [21]

"The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this month ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to go back and reconsider its lead hazard standards for homes—again."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 05/26/2021
  • Read more about Appeals Court Again Orders EPA to Set New Lead Paint and Dust Standards [21]

"Bipartisan Roads Bill Set for Vote as Groups Lament ‘Status Quo’" [26]

"A bipartisan bill to fund highways, roads, and bridges set to be considered on Wednesday perpetuates the U.S. transportation system’s entrenched safety, sustainability, and inequality problems, advocacy groups say. The $303.5 billion highway bill that the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to mark up would boost funding by 34% compared with the last long-term surface transportation law."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Transportation [29]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [30], 05/26/2021
  • Read more about "Bipartisan Roads Bill Set for Vote as Groups Lament ‘Status Quo’" [26]

"Biden Advancing New Cyber Rules for Pipelines After Hack Attack" [31]

"The Biden administration is moving forward with mandatory cybersecurity requirements for pipelines, according to a person briefed on the plans, following the ransomware attack earlier this month that paralyzed the biggest fuel pipeline in the nation."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Transportation [29]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg [32], 05/26/2021
  • Read more about "Biden Advancing New Cyber Rules for Pipelines After Hack Attack" [31]

Biden Officials, Newsom Designate California Coast For Wind Turbines [33]

"The Biden administration and Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced a joint effort to bring offshore wind energy to the Pacific Ocean along the California coast."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [34]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [35], 05/26/2021
  • Read more about Biden Officials, Newsom Designate California Coast For Wind Turbines [33]

"Top Climate Scientist Blasts Government Lab After Denier Invited to Speak" [36]

"Ben Santer, one of the nation’s leading climate scientists, said he is cutting ties with a prestigious government-funded laboratory over its plans to invite a scientist who has spread climate denial to speak in a seminar."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [27]
Science [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Earther [37], 05/25/2021
  • Read more about "Top Climate Scientist Blasts Government Lab After Denier Invited to Speak" [36]

"White House: Biden Imposes Flood Standard After Stumbling The First Time" [38]

"When Biden issued an expansive day one executive order on climate change and public health, it included a little-noticed provision that intended to reinstate a flood-mitigation policy that President Obama had established in 2015 and President Trump revoked in 2017."

Climate Change [4]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [39], 05/25/2021
  • Read more about "White House: Biden Imposes Flood Standard After Stumbling The First Time" [38]

"It’s Crunch Time and Biden’s Climate Gambit Faces Steep Hurdles" [40]

"The linchpin of President Biden’s climate plan faces a perilous path through the Congress, as scientists say nations must move now to aggressively reduce the pollution that is heating the planet and the United States is trying to reassert a leadership role in that global effort."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [41], 05/25/2021
  • Read more about "It’s Crunch Time and Biden’s Climate Gambit Faces Steep Hurdles" [40]

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