"California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom."
"Police arrested Jane Fonda today [Friday] after she lent her celebrity to a demonstration on Capitol Hill demanding urgent action to battle climate change."
"Less than a year after the U.S. wind industry swore off federal tax credits, its top lobbyist wants another go at the incentive that helped it become the cheapest source of new energy in much of the world."
"California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed a law intended to counter Trump administration plans to increase oil and gas production on protected public land."
"Rescue crews dug through mudslides and searched near swollen rivers Monday as they looked for those missing from a typhoon that left as many as 48 people dead and caused serious damage in central and northern Japan."
"Bureau of Land Management acting director William Perry Pendley repeatedly dodged questions at an environmental journalism conference."
"A series of letters from state energy regulators asking the Trump administration to act on coal plant closures was orchestrated by a coal lobbying group, emails show, raising questions about the independence of the public service commissioners."
"Power shutoffs affecting more than 1 million residents, scheduled by PG&E this week throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, have sparked a massive backlash, with many community members telling reporters that they are shocked that the company has not done more to upgrade its transmission lines."
This award recognizes an SEJ member for exceptional volunteer work. Volunteers are the lifeblood of SEJ. Member-volunteers organize tours and panels for the annual conference, implement the awards program, contribute to the SEJournal, serve as mentors and sit on any number of committees. Without the generous efforts of volunteers, SEJ wouldn’t have the same reach or influence, and it wouldn’t be the same warm, grassroots organization we all have come to love. At #SEJ2019, we were thrilled to award the Stolberg member-volunteer award to InsideClimate News reporter Jim Bruggers (pictured).
"Two-thirds of bird species in North America are at risk of extinction because of the climate crisis, according to a new report from researchers at the Audubon Society, a leading US conservation group."
