"Canada Lays Out Rules Banning Single-Use Plastics"
"Canada laid out its final regulations on Monday spelling out how it intends to apply a ban on plastic bags, straws, takeout containers and other single-use plastics."
Source: Guardian, 06/21/2022
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Court Says Calif. Utilities Commission Must Obey State Public Records Act
"In a broad victory for government transparency, an appeals court has ruled that the California Public Utilities Commission must comply with a state law requiring all agencies to promptly release information to the public."
Source: LA Times, 06/21/2022
"In An Unusual Step, a Top Medical Journal Weighs in on Climate Change"
"For years, research journals devoted to the earth sciences have warned of the dire consequences that could result from global warming and pollution going unchecked. Now, one of the nation’s oldest medical journals has committed itself to increasing the public’s knowledge about the health effects of the planet’s changing climate."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/21/2022
WTO Finally Nets Deal Curbing Fisheries Subsidies, But Tables Key Bits
"Talks aimed at curbing harmful subsidies for fisheries concluded in Geneva in the first multilateral trade agreement the World Trade Organization (WTO) has struck in almost a decade. The body’s Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) was scheduled for June 12–15, but overtime negotiations didn’t conclude until early June 17."
Source: Mongabay, 06/21/2022
"Clean Energy, Water Projects Get Boost In Spending Bill"
"House Democrats’ $56.3 billion fiscal 2023 Energy-Water spending bill released last night seeks to bolster a host of Biden administration clean energy and water infrastructure deployment goals that are running into funding limitations this year."
Source: E&E News, 06/21/2022
"Black Farming Projects Look To Recoup Historical U.S. Land Losses"
"When Black land rights activists were offered a 150-acre (60-hectare) plot in the U.S. South, they saw it as an opportunity towards righting a historical wrong."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/21/2022
"Unhoused in Phoenix’s Perilous Heat: ‘If I Don’t Keep Cool, I’ll Die’"
"Phoenix is the US’s deadliest city for heat fatalities while its urban sprawl makes it a concrete heat island".
Source: Guardian, 06/21/2022
Ocean and Climate Change Toolbox
Oceans and climate change intersect with many other issues, a crossover likely to be emphasized in the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference and in future ocean-based climate discussions. This list of resources reflects some of that intersection in order to help environmental journalists better cover the field of “blue climate” solutions.
Environmental Journalist Recounts His Historical Slave-Era Find
The historic discovery of the Clotilda — America’s “Last Slave Ship” — is only part of the story told in a new book by Alabama-based journalist Ben Raines, which tells the far larger tale about the ship’s survivors, the remarkable Jim Crow-era community they created and its ultimate erosion when faced by decades of environmental racism. A review by BookShelf Editor Tom Henry.
EPA Leak on Problem Coal Ash Sites Could Yield Local Drinking Water Stories
Closure plans for more than 160 coal ash facilities crisscrossing the United States are under renewed scrutiny by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a newly leaked list. The latest TipSheet credits that leak with offering local environmental reporters story leads on potential drinking water pollution in their communities. Get the details, plus story ideas and reporting resources.
