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"Big Companies Commit To Slash Emissions Ahead Of U.N. Climate Summit" [1]

"UNITED NATIONS - Almost 90 big companies in sectors from food to cement to telecommunications are pledging to slash their greenhouse gas emissions in a new campaign to steer multi-nationals towards a low-carbon future, organizers said on Sunday."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: Reuters [6], 09/23/2019
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Social Media Policy [7]

For the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), social media is an effective and important channel to communicate with members and others interested in our mission. It allows us to disseminate environmental news, share our members’ work, track the impact and popularity of stories and topics, discuss pressing issues in journalism, and converse with people from all over the world.

This policy applies to official SEJ social media accounts in order to ensure we are upholding journalistic ethics and standards while communicating with our members and the public.

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Public [4]
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"The Battle Over Wild Horses" [8]

"Ranchers and animal advocates finally made peace. But critics call it a betrayal."

Wildlife [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [11], 09/20/2019
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"Interior: Bernhardt Hands Border Lands To Army" [12]

"Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an unprecedented emergency withdrawal last night of public lands, shifting control of a 70-mile stretch to the U.S. military to speed construction of the wall along the southern border with Mexico."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Military [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Greenwire [16], 09/20/2019
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"White House: FEMA Nominee To Be Pulled In Fallout From Bar Fight" [17]

"The White House plans to withdraw President Trump's nomination of Jeffrey Byard to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency amid reports he was involved in a barroom brawl, according to news accounts."

Disasters [18]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [19]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Greenwire [20], 09/20/2019
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"Democratic Candidates Talk Climate Policy During MSNBC Forum" [21]

"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, and other presidential candidates shared their climate change plans on Thursday during MSNBC's Climate Forum 2020."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [22]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Week [23], 09/20/2019
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EPA Allowed Companies to Make 40 New PFAS Chemicals Despite Big Risks [24]

EPA allowed 40 new chemicals in the toxic PFAS family to be manufacured and used despite scientific evidence suggesting they had seriously harmful health effects.

Chemicals [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Intercept [27], 09/20/2019
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"EPA: Wheeler Signals Retreat From 'Secret Science' Rule" [28]

"EPA is dropping plans to issue a final version this year of its divisive plan to limit the agency's use of scientific studies in crafting major new regulations, Administrator Andrew Wheeler indicated at a congressional hearing this morning [Thursday]."

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [29]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Greenwire [30], 09/20/2019
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‘Worse Than Anyone Expected’: Air Travel Emissions Outpace Predictions [31]

"Greenhouse gas emissions from commercial air travel are growing at a faster clip than predicted in previous, already dire, projections, according to new research — putting pressure on airline regulators to take stronger action as they prepare for a summit next week."

Climate Change [2]
Transportation [32]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: NY Times [33], 09/20/2019
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"Birds Are Vanishing From North America" [34]

"The number of birds in the United States and Canada has declined by 3 billion, or 29 percent, over the past half-century, scientists find."

Wildlife [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Canada [35]
Source: NY Times [36], 09/20/2019
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