"Jay Inslee Is Betting He Can Win the Presidency on Climate Change"
"The Washington governor believes his focus on the environment will resonate with voters. But can he persuade enough Americans to pay attention to him?"
Source: Atlantic, 01/03/2019
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"Tops On House Democrats’ To-Do List: Try To End Shutdown"
"House Democrats are sweeping into power this week on a campaign promise of improving government for ordinary Americans. But first, they’ll have to get government reopened from the partial shutdown."
Source: AP, 01/03/2019
The 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment
SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with this "2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment" special report. Stay tuned as we continue to add elements to the report up through and beyond its formal launch Jan. 25 at an annual roundtable, organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists with the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
Will Anyone Take The Toxic-Laden Camp Fire Debris From Paradise?
"Disaster officials say they need to start removing millions of tons of rubble from Paradise – and soon – so the town can begin recovering from the Camp Fire. That much is certain. The question is where to put the rubble."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 01/02/2019
"Elizabeth Warren Backs "Idea" of a Green New Deal"
"Senator Elizabeth Warren broadly supports the "idea" of a "Green New Deal," one of her Senate aides told Axios."
Source: Axios, 01/02/2019
Disruptive, Disappointing, Chaotic: Shutdown Upends Scientific Research
"Kay Behrensmeyer was supposed to be preparing for a three-week expedition to look for evidence of ancient humans in Kenya. Instead, she spent Thursday packing her research permits, her fossil-collecting supplies, and maps she’d spent weeks compiling and annotating by hand into a FedEx box, which she shipped to a junior colleague on the project. Behrensmeyer, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History, wasn’t going anywhere. The federal government was shut down."
Source: Washington Post, 01/02/2019
"Western Water: It Was 'Land Of The Free.' Then The Water Disappeared"
"MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. — Breakneck agricultural development by well-heeled out-of-staters has upended conservative orthodoxy in this parched rural county."
Source: Greenwire, 01/02/2019
"The Infiltrator"
"How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them." "A former Marine working for the private security firm TigerSwan infiltrated an array of anti-Dakota Access pipeline groups at Standing Rock and beyond."
Source: The Intercept, 01/02/2019
"Vermont Urged To Act Swiftly To Test Water In Schools"
"Some lawmakers and environmental activists say the state of Vermont needs to act faster to test water in schools for the presence of lead."
Source: AP, 01/02/2019
Taxpayers on the Hook for Insuring Farmers Against Growing Climate Risks
"The American Farm Bureau lobbies to protect the status quo, and its own interests".
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/02/2019
