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"EPA to Rewrite Trump-Era Waters Rule That Boosted Builders" [1]

"The Biden administration is planning to restore wetlands protections lost under a Trump-era rule that promotes development, the EPA announced Wednesday."

Agriculture [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [11], 06/10/2021

"Keystone XL Pipeline Developer Pulls Plug On Controversial Project" [12]

"The firm behind the Keystone XL pipeline officially scrapped the project on Wednesday, months after President Biden revoked a cross-border permit for the controversial pipeline and more than a decade after political wrangling over its fate began."

Activism [13]
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Canada [16]
Source: Washington Post [17], 06/10/2021
October 27, 2021 to October 29, 2021

71st Annual Gulf Coast Geoscience Convention [18]

GeoGulf's 2021 theme is “Sustaining Geoscience through the Energy Transition.” Hosted by Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, the program will cover oil and gas, the energy transition, carbon storage, geothermal, environmental, water and more.

Professional Meetings [19]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [15]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [8]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
June 21, 2021

DEADLINE: IJNR Ocean and Climate Workshop Series – Northeastern U.S. [22]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources virtual workshop, Jul 7-8, 2021, will focus on the ocean and climate in the NE US. Designed to help journalists explore ocean issues that are underreported in popular media. Apply by June 21.

Workshops and Fellowships [23]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [3]
Food [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Planning & Growth [26]
Policy [27]
Water & Oceans [8]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]

Job Opening: Climate Content Writer, Terra.do [29]

Terra.do is a global, online climate change school and community for professionals, seeking to transition 100 million people into climate work over the next 10 years. We are looking to hire an experienced climate content writer with strong science/technical writing experience to update and help revise our core “bootcamp” course, Climate Change: Learning for Action.

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Journalism & Media [25]
Visibility: 
Public [9]

"California Sea Lions Face 'Unprecedented Rate Of Cancer'" [30]

"When a female adult sea lion came ashore in San Luis Obispo County in central California recently, responders immediately knew something wasn't right."

Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Water & Oceans [8]
Wildlife [34]
Public [9]
California [35]
Source: Reuters [36], 06/09/2021

"Texas Governor Says Power Grid Fixed; Experts Cite Problems" [37]

"Despite experts who say Texas’ power grid remains vulnerable, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott declared Tuesday that new reforms “fix all of the flaws” that caused February’s deadly winter blackout that left more than 4 million people without power in subfreezing weather."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: AP [40], 06/09/2021

"Will the U.S. Ban PFAS in Food Packaging?" [41]

"A new federal bill could eliminate “forever chemicals” from food production."

Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Food [24]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Civil Eats [42], 06/09/2021

"A Million Years of Data Confirms: Monsoons Are Likely to Get Worse" [43]

"Global warming is likely to make India’s monsoon season wetter and more dangerous, new research suggests."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [38]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Asia [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 06/09/2021

GOPers Grill Biden Public Lands Agency Pick Over Finances, Advocacy [46]

"Republicans on the Senate Energy Committee on Tuesday grilled Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden's pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management, questioning her on partisanship and her personal finances."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [39]
Government [47]
Natural Resources [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [48], 06/09/2021

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