"The Green Steel Revolution Is Picking Up Steam"
"We may be one step closer to seeing a worldwide revolution in making greener steel thanks to a new international agreement on tariffs."
Source: Earther, 11/02/2021
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Denmark, U.S., 12 Other Nations Back Tougher Climate Goal For Shipping
"Denmark, the United States and 12 other countries on Monday backed a goal to reduce emissions by the global maritime sector to zero by 2050, a target to be fleshed out in negotiations at the United Nations shipping agency."
Source: Reuters, 11/02/2021
"Manchin Complicates Reconciliation Passage Timeline"
"After days of silence and muddy messaging, Sen. Joe Manchin has made his position known on the $1.7 trillion social and climate spending framework unveiled last week: He’s not ready to support it — and it’s not clear whether or when he will be."
Source: E&E News, 11/02/2021
"Some EPA Science Integrity Lapses Unreported, Survey Says"
"Nearly one in six EPA staffers who responded to a survey say they still have allegations about lapses in scientific integrity during the Trump era that they haven’t reported, even under an administration that says it prioritizes science, according to data the agency released Monday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/02/2021
Louisiana Plastics Plant Faces 2+ Year Delay For Environmental Review
"A new, more stringent review of the environmental impacts of a massive proposed plastics plant along the Mississippi River in St. James Parish will likely take more than two years."
Source: Baton Rouge Advocate, 11/02/2021
"EPA Withheld Reports of Substantial Risk Posed by 1,240 Chemicals"
"Beginning in 2019, the EPA stopped releasing crucial toxics reports. Even agency staffers have a hard time accessing them."
Source: The Intercept, 11/02/2021
"100 Nations Pledge to End Deforestation Backed by $19 Billion"
"One hundred countries, representing 85% of the world’s forests, have given themselves nine years to halt and reverse deforestation, in a major new commitment at global climate change talks on Tuesday."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/02/2021
"Biden Administration Moves to Limit Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas"
"The Biden administration said Tuesday that it would heavily regulate methane, a potent greenhouse gas that spews from oil and natural gas operations and can warm the atmosphere 80 times as fast as carbon dioxide in the short term." "The new rule was announced at a U.N. summit where the United States is facing skepticism about its commitment to climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 11/02/2021
Will Animal-To-Human Disease Transmission Bring the Next Big Pandemic?
The COVID-19 outbreak has left little unchanged — including how environment reporters do their jobs, given that many experts believe the disruption of the human-wild interface could be the source of the next deadly virus. The new Backgrounder makes the case in this analysis, looking at how societies — and journalists — handled this pandemic and must prepare for possible future outbreaks.
EPA Data Moves Toward Openness — Again
Public data around environmental issues has been a thing at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for decades, ... except when it hasn’t. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks at how data transparency is back in fashion under the Biden EPA, and the many ways that environmental journalists can build on available datasets for their coverage.
