"Plastic Bag Ban Passes Washington Senate"
"OLYMPIA, Wash. — A ban on single-use plastic bags passed the state Senate Tuesday, progress for an idea proposed in the Legislature as early as 2013."
Source: AP, 03/08/2019
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"How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich"
"If they had known, they never would have bought the house on Bayou Glen Road. Sure, it was a beautiful lot, tucked in a bend of the creek, backyard woodsy and wild, the neighbors friendly and the street quiet."
Source: NPR, 03/08/2019
"Energy Department, California Spar Over Nuclear Site Cleanup"
"California is battling federal authorities over how to clean up a contaminated former nuclear research site near Simi Valley that was also caught up in the flames of November’s Woolsey Fire."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/08/2019
"Climate Change Pervades Congress After Years Of Quiet"
"All of a sudden, it's gotten really hard to escape climate change. Not the problem itself — that threat has been looming for a while now. But discussions about global warming have hit a fever pitch in recent months, often overwhelming other issues in Congress, on television and on the campaign trail."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/08/2019
"Trump Again Seeks Deep Cuts in Renewable Energy Funding"
"The Trump administration is again seeking severe cuts to the U.S. Energy Department division charged with renewable energy and energy efficiency research, according to a department official familiar with the plan."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/08/2019
"EPA: Wehrum's Old Clients Back 'Ambient Air' Plan — Documents"
"Three decades ago, congressional auditors slammed an obscure EPA policy for effectively allowing companies to circumvent air pollution control requirements. But the policy, which defines "ambient air" for regulatory purposes, remained in place. Now, at industry's prompting, the Trump administration is poised to dramatically expand its scope."
Source: Greenwire, 03/08/2019
"White House Presses Automakers To Back Fuel-Efficiency Rollback"
"As the Trump administration races to roll back Obama’s most ambitious climate rule, it lobbies to get industry on board".
Source: Washington Post, 03/08/2019
Science Talks with the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage: Trends in Sustainable Agriculture for Science Reporters
Science Talks is an educational webinar series for journalists presented by Wiley in partnership with the World Federation of Science Journalists and the Association of Health Care Journalists. These complimentary, one-hour sessions provide journalists with on-going training in science topics of particular global importance. Sixth in the series, on sustainable agriculture, takes place at 11am EDT; registration required.
SEJ's 29th Annual Conference, Fort Collins, CO
Environmental Journalism 2019 will take place in Fort Collins, Colorado, hosted by Colorado State University. Colorado simultaneously boasts and suffers from a population explosion in Denver and other cities. This purple state is fertile ground for both clashes and collaborations among parties vying for rights to land, water and air, whether to preserve it for wildlife and human recreation or to exploit it for energy extraction. And it is fertile ground for stories! Visit the conference website. See the draft agenda, find a hotel and roommates or sponsor, advertise or exhibit.
DEADLINE: Leica Oskar Barnack Award
This annual award goes to professional photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form. Includes a category for future professional photographers who are 28 years old or younger. Cash and camera prizes. Deadline is Apr 1.
