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2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment
Join us Feb 9 for the Society of Environmental Journalists' 10th annual look ahead at the year's key energy and environmental issues, moderated by #SEJ2022 co-chair and ProPublica/Texas Tribune Investigative Unit's Perla Trevizo. 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET. Advance registration required.
"Deadly Colorado Blaze Renews Focus On Underground Coal Fires"
"A fire raging in an underground Colorado coal field in 1883 sent so much smoke pouring from cracks in the ground that the scene was likened to burning volcanoes and the state’s first mining inspector deemed the blaze “impossible to extinguish.”
Source: AP, 01/31/2022
"Mexican Town Protects Forest From Avocado Growers, Cartels"
"Regular citizens have taken the fight against illegal logging into their own hands in the pine-covered mountains of western Mexico, where loggers clear entire hillsides for avocado plantations that drain local water supplies and draw drug cartels hungry for extortion money."
Source: AP, 01/31/2022
"Manchin Sits on Foundation Board With Lobbyists"
"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."
Source: Sludge, 01/31/2022
"Yellowstone Looks At New Bison Plan, Less Focus On Slaughter"
"Emphasizing the importance of bison hunts outside the park and the transfer of live bison to tribes, Yellowstone National Park is developing a new bison management plan to update a 20-year-old document."
Source: AP, 01/31/2022
"Biden Gets ‘Strong Prod’ on Climate With Ruling on Gulf Leases"
"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."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/31/2022
"Alaska Court Rules Against Youths In Climate Change Lawsuit"
"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."
Source: AP, 01/31/2022
Arctic Ills in California? "Hundreds of Migratory Seabirds Wash Ashore"
"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."
Source: LA Times, 01/31/2022
Australian Regulator Finds Emissions Misreporting By Coalminer Peabody
"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."
Source: Guardian, 01/31/2022
