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December 6, 2021

Barbara Ward Lecture 2021: Outstanding Woman in Development [1]

Join the International Institute for Environment and Development in person or online for a lecture by Rebeca Grynspan (pictured, left), the secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to discuss "Costa Rica’s journey to global climate leadership – what can we learn from a good example?" 1:30 p.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Government [5]
Policy [6]
Region: 
International [7]
Europe [8]

#SEJSpotlight: Ayurella Horn-Muller, Freelance Journalist [9]

Meet SEJ member Ayurella Horn-Muller! Ayurella is an award-winning freelance journalist and a correspondent at news and research nonprofit Climate Central.

Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [10]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
  • Read more about #SEJSpotlight: Ayurella Horn-Muller, Freelance Journalist [9]

"These Americans Are Just Going Around in Circles. It Helps the Climate." [11]

"CARMEL, Ind. — It’s getting harder and harder to run a stoplight here, because there are fewer and fewer of them around. Every year, at intersections throughout this thriving city, traffic lights and stop signs have disappeared, replaced with roundabouts. Lots and lots of roundabouts."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [15]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 11/24/2021
  • Read more about "These Americans Are Just Going Around in Circles. It Helps the Climate." [11]

20+ People Sickened By Sewage-Tainted Oysters After Md. Failed To Warn [18]

"When Chesapeake Bay oysters and other shellfish become contaminated with sewage or other pollution, Maryland environmental officials normally alert the public before any are harvested or eaten. But that didn’t happen after a recent sewage spill in Southern Maryland — and at least two dozen people became ill."

Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Food [22]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Baltimore Sun [25], 11/24/2021
  • Read more about 20+ People Sickened By Sewage-Tainted Oysters After Md. Failed To Warn [18]

"Giant Pipeline In U.S. Midwest Tests Future Of Carbon Capture" [26]

"Dan Tronchetti received a letter in August that alarmed him: Summit Carbon Solutions, a company he'd never heard of, wanted his permission to conduct survey work for a 2,000-mile pipeline it planned to route through his Iowa corn and soybean fields."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [27]
Transportation [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 11/24/2021
  • Read more about "Giant Pipeline In U.S. Midwest Tests Future Of Carbon Capture" [26]

"State Attorneys Want Biden to Further Undo Trump’s NEPA Rule" [30]

"The Biden administration’s proposal to bolster environmental permitting review is a good first step but doesn’t go far enough towards scrapping Trump-era rules, according to a coalition of Democratic attorneys general."

Environmental Politics [27]
Environmental Studies [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [33], 11/24/2021
  • Read more about "State Attorneys Want Biden to Further Undo Trump’s NEPA Rule" [30]

Secretive Texas Company Owns Largest Share of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline [34]

"Hilcorp Energy Co. has a spotty pipeline safety record and refuses to make its financial records public. Can it safeguard the pipeline from climate change?"

"Environmental organizations and pipeline experts continue expressing concerns about a secretive Texas petroleum company with a spotty safety record that acquired the largest share of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline last year as thawing permafrost and flooding linked to climate change threatened the massive oil conduit.

Disasters [35]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [13]
Journalism & Media [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [28]
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 11/24/2021
  • Read more about Secretive Texas Company Owns Largest Share of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline [34]

"Boston Mayor Divests Vulnerable City From Fossil Fuels" [38]

"Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an ordinance Monday designed to divest the city from fossil fuels."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [40]
Source: AP [41], 11/24/2021
  • Read more about "Boston Mayor Divests Vulnerable City From Fossil Fuels" [38]

"DEP Commissioner Suspends Permit for $1 Billion Transmission Line" [42]

"Maine’s environmental commissioner suspended a permit Tuesday for a $1 billion electricity transmission line, delivering another blow to the project aimed at bringing Canadian hydropower to New England."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [27]
Forests [43]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [40]
Source: AP [44], 11/24/2021
  • Read more about "DEP Commissioner Suspends Permit for $1 Billion Transmission Line" [42]

Canada's Trudeau Vows Flood Aid, Climate Action After Third Election Win [45]

"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, opening a new parliamentary session on Tuesday, vowed to help British Columbia rebuild after the devastating floods last week, and said it was time to ramp up the fight against climate change."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Politics [27]
Public [3]
Canada [46]
Source: Reuters [47], 11/24/2021
  • Read more about Canada's Trudeau Vows Flood Aid, Climate Action After Third Election Win [45]

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