SEJ Governance Committee
The SEJ Board of Directors created a standing Governance Committee on March 7, 2020.
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"The Refuge Revealed"
"Oil rigs may soon be coming to the nation’s largest wildlife refuge. We find out what that could mean to the people who live there."
Source: Reveal, 03/09/2020
"Maryland Climate Ruling a Setback for Oil and Gas Industry"
"A lawsuit for damages related to climate change brought by the city of Baltimore can be heard in Maryland state courts, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The decision is a setback for the fossil fuel industry, which had argued that the case should be heard in federal court, where rulings in previous climate cases have favored the industry."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/09/2020
GAO Report Says Trump's BLM HQ Move Lacked Justification
"The administration failed to follow key practices to show the reason for reforming a workplace and why employees were asked to relocate"
Source: Washington Post, 03/09/2020
Deserted Oil Wells Haunt Los Angeles With Toxic Fumes And Cleanup Costs
"Thick oil was once so abundant beneath Southern California that it bubbled to the surface, most famously at the La Brea Tar Pits. But after more than a century of aggressive drilling by fossil fuel companies, most of Los Angeles’ profitable oil is gone. What remains is a costly legacy ...."
Source: LA Times, 03/09/2020
"Exhibit A: Science Advisers' Critiques of EPA Rules"
"An EPA advisory panel's sharp rebukes of the Trump administration's Clean Water Act protections and vehicle emissions standards have provided a partial blueprint for how critics could challenge the rules in court."
Source: Greenwire, 03/09/2020
Could Historic Dutch Methods for Mastering Water Save New Orleans?
"Up close is not the best way to see the world’s biggest gate. Viewed from one end, where a three-story hinge links to a massive steel lattice, the Maeslant storm surge barrier resembles three crane towers toppled across one another."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/09/2020
Brazil Restricts Environmental Employees' Media Contact After Report
"Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama on Thursday published an order restricting contact between its employees and journalists, following a Reuters report on thousands of cargos of Amazon rainforest wood being exported without agency authorization."
Source: Reuters, 03/09/2020
"Democrats Focus On Two Amendments For Senate Energy Bill"
"Senate Democrats appear to be narrowing their efforts to battle climate change through a fast-moving energy bill, focusing on two amendments that have proven controversial in the upper chamber."
Source: The Hill, 03/09/2020
Climate Denial Group Lays Off Staff Amid Financial Woes: Ex-Employees
"An influential climate-denial think tank bankrolled by President Donald Trump’s far-right billionaire donors has laid off nearly a dozen staffers amid financial troubles, according to three former employees."
Source: HuffPost, 03/09/2020
