India: "Sixty-Thousand Evictions in the Name of Environmentalism"
"The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is relocating whole slums to help restore polluted rivers. Is it doing more harm than good?"
Source: Undark, 08/03/2020
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Scholars: Pendley Has History of “Overt Racism” Toward Native People
"William Perry Pendley pushed rhetoric, legal arguments, and policies that sought to deprive Indigenous people of their rights."
Source: The Intercept, 08/03/2020
"Interior Floats Definition of Endangered Species ‘Habitat’"
"The Trump administration is proposing to define the term “habitat” under the Endangered Species Act for the first time, according to a proposal the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/03/2020
"US: Snake River Dams Will Not Be Removed To Save Salmon"
"The U.S. government announced Friday that four huge dams on the Snake River in Washington state will not be removed to help endangered salmon migrate to the ocean."
Source: ABC News, 08/03/2020
Northeast US Climate Pact Has Major Side Benefit — Healthier Children
"A climate change initiative in the Northeastern U.S. designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions has also greatly reduced harmful air pollution and related impacts to kids' health, such as asthma, preterm births and low birth weights, according to a new study."
Source: Daily Climate, 08/03/2020
"House OKs Spending Package That Reorders Energy Priorities"
"House Democrats today [Friday] passed a $1.3 trillion spending package that puts them at odds with the Trump White House over Department of Energy funding priorities and would block permitting for the Pebble mine in Alaska."
Source: E&E News, 08/03/2020
California's Apple Fire Grows To More Than 20,000 Acres, 5% Contained
"The Apple Fire burning in parts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties has grown to at least 20,516 acres and is 5% contained, the California Interagency Incident Management Team said."
Source: CNN, 08/03/2020
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Approved by the SEJ Board of Directors May 1, 2021.
As a journalism organization, SEJ supports and advocates for government transparency, an informed democratic process and press freedoms. In that spirit, SEJ strives to make its own actions a model of transparency. To that end, it is SEJ’s objective to have its own actions be open and transparent to its members.
"EPA Cancels Subscription To News Outlet Dedicated To Covering It"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is immediately canceling its paid subscription to one of the largest environmental trade publications, E&E News."
Source: The Hill, 07/31/2020
For Tool-Wielding Chimps Of Ebo Forest, Logging Plan Is ‘Death Sentence
"Fifteen years ago, Ekwoge Abwe was trekking through Ebo Forest in Cameroon when he heard something cracking in the distance. He scanned the forest, searching for the source of the sound."
Source: Mongabay, 07/31/2020
