"Georgia Power Plans To Double Renewables, Ditch All Coal" [1]
"Southern Co.’s Georgia Power utility announced a plan yesterday to double its renewable energy footprint by 2035 as it maps out a path to close the rest of its coal fleet in that time."

"Southern Co.’s Georgia Power utility announced a plan yesterday to double its renewable energy footprint by 2035 as it maps out a path to close the rest of its coal fleet in that time."
"Biden administration officials are kicking off a crackdown on power plant pollution, aiming to shift the nation’s electricity supply to cleaner energy in the face of congressional resistance and a Supreme Court that could limit the federal government’s ability to tighten public health standards."
"As he chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Manchin's board mates seek to influence him on energy policy for their coal industry clients."
"A federal court ruling canceling 80 million acres of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to force the Interior Department to ensure it looks twice at oil drilling’s effect on global climate change, lawyers say."
"The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans who claimed long-term effects of climate change will devastate Alaska and interfere with their individual constitutional rights."
"Sara Bogard halted her dog as the two began descending the cliff down to Manchester Beach, along the Mendocino coast. Below, scores of dead and dying birds littered the beach as far as she could see."
"US coalmining giant Peabody Energy has repeatedly submitted incorrect greenhouse gas emissions reports to the Australian government, prompting questions about the reliability of national climate data based on company assessments."

The hype on hydrogen — and it’s various “hues” or forms — suggests environmental reporters should clearly understand how this energy source is produced, as well as the politics and industry PR behind its claims to be clean and climate-friendly. Our latest Issue Backgrounder provides the basics of hydrogen science, while cautioning about the industry’s “color game.”

Environmental journalist Khalid Bencherif struggled to bring the emergent effects of climate change to the attention of local audiences facing many other pressing problems. So he told a powerful story grounded in personal experience, traveling to his childhood home in Morocco’s Tafilalet region, where deepening drought is hitting the oases hard and driving many villagers from their homes.
"Gas stoves are contributing more to global warming than previously thought because of constant tiny methane leaks while they’re off, a new study found."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[6] https://www.eenews.net/articles/georgia-power-to-double-renewables-exit-all-coal/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-begins-crackdown-power-plant-pollution
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[14] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/31/mercury-power-plants-epa-climate/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/manchin-sits-foundation-board-lobbyists
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[17] https://readsludge.com/2022/01/28/manchin-sits-on-foundation-board-with-lobbyists/
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-gets-strong-prod-climate-ruling-gulf-leases
[19] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/biden-gets-strong-prod-on-climate-with-ruling-on-gulf-leases
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alaska-court-rules-against-youths-climate-change-lawsuit
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[24] https://apnews.com/article/climate-environment-and-nature-alaska-lawsuits-alaska-supreme-court-e3a6bf92ff9b24409d9a910e08c2abaf
[25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/arctic-ills-california-hundreds-migratory-seabirds-wash-ashore
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[30] https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-01-24/arctic-troubles-stretch-to-california-as-dying-migratory-seabirds-wash-ashore
[31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/australian-regulator-finds-emissions-misreporting-coalminer-peabody
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/australia-oceania
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[36] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/backgrounders
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[41] https://www.sej.org/publications/features/covering-climate-change-forgotten-places-moroccan-journalist-s-view
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/religion-faith-and-spirituality
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/africa
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/middle-east
[49] https://www.sej.org/headlines/study-gas-stoves-worse-climate-previously-thought
[50] https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-california-united-states-environment-5750b9cec67fb0ae3075d654eddad2f6
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