"Blackhawk Mining, which operates 10 mining complexes across West Virginia and Kentucky with about 2,800 employees, has reached an agreement with most of its lenders. The company said in a news release that it is filing bankruptcy and all of its subsidiaries must be reorganized under its Chapter 11 filing."
"A UN report shows an estimated 2 billion people now face moderate or severe food insecurity as the planet warms."
"Thomas Brings wasn't surprised to learn that Sand Creek, a 156-well oil and gas project, had been approved in Wyoming without tribal consultation."
"Nearly every part of the United States will face a significant increase in extremely hot days by mid-century, even if some action is taken to reduce greenhouse emissions, a new study says. If nothing is done to rein in climate change, it warns, the impact will be worse."
"Scientists and Democratic lawmakers during a hearing Tuesday raised concerns over the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over actions by the Trump administration they say are having a negative impact on science boards."
"The Trump administration appears to have abandoned its initial strategy for defending the rollback of Obama-era clean car rules from court challenges, according to three people with knowledge of the situation."
SEJ joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 37 other news media organizations in signing a July 9, 2019, letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency arguing against its proposed changes to Freedom of Information Act regulations. The coalition's letter contends that EPA should allow comments and revisions to its updated FOIA policy, and followed SEJ's own letter to the EPA on June 26. Read details and see ongoing coverage of this issue here.
The Society of Environmental Journalists' Fund for Environmental Journalism has awarded grants for nine new story projects selected through the Spring 2019 round of competition for stories about biodiversity and community-based conservation. Photo: Grantee Maya L. Kapoor.
"Last week, Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and 21 of her US Senate colleagues sent a letter to Dr. James Reilly, the director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to express their concern over recent reports that USGS will only utilize climate models that project the effects of climate change through 2040."
"The Trump administration is heading to the Supreme Court to fight an environmental lawsuit that halted construction of several border wall projects."
