Controversial Red Dye Used In Food Could Soon Be Banned
"The FDA is weighing a ban on red dye No. 3, a synthetic dye used in some foods and drinks after concerns have been raised over its potential health risks."
Source: Washington Post, 01/06/2025
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FWS OKs Expanding Okefenokee Refuge, Enabling Buyout Of Mining Project
"A federal agency said Friday that it has approved a plan to expand the Okefenokee Swamp’s vast wildlife refuge, setting up a potential buyout offer for land intended for a private company’s mining project that conservationists have fought for years."
Source: AP, 01/06/2025
Biden Admin Adds Exemptions Into New Climate Rules For Hydrogen Energy
"The Biden administration on Friday finalized fairly strict climate rules for the nascent hydrogen energy industry — but the rules contain new flexibilities that are expected to make them less stringent than the administration’s original proposal."
Source: The Hill, 01/06/2025
What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Environmental Justice?
An incoming Trump administration hostile to the very idea of environmental justice likely means the rollback of numerous policies and regulations designed to protect disadvantaged communities, cuts to an important “whole-of-government” initiative and downsizing of key federal environmental justice offices. The latest EJ TransitionWatch examines what’s at stake. And for more, see our Topics on the Beat page on environmental justice.
Trauma Specialist Offers Ospreys As ‘Gateway Drug’ to Nature
Therapist and artist Pamela Lowell spent several months observing and banding ospreys, but rather than offer the experience up as a scientific account, she turns it into a lighthearted memoir that aims to explore and explain a range of wildlife and environmental issues through art, insight and empathy. BookShelf editor Tom Henry has a review.
Help SEJ Support Journalists Like Luis Joel Méndez González
Luis Joel Méndez González reports for Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism through Report for America, investigating climate change, government preparedness, coastal erosion, infrastructure and sea level rise. You can help SEJ support journalists like Luis by giving to SEJ programs, Fund for Environmental Journalism, conference travel stipends, members-in-need fund or creating a legacy with a free will.
"Grieving Killer Whale Who Carried Calf’s Body Spotted Again With Dead Baby"
"An apparently grieving killer whale who swam more than 1,000 miles pushing the body of her dead newborn has lost another calf and is again carrying the body, a development researchers say is a “devastating” loss for the ailing population."
Source: Guardian, 01/03/2025
Judge Won't Dismiss Suit Claiming Poland Spring Water Isn't From A Spring
"A federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss a long-running lawsuit accusing the former Nestle Waters North America of defrauding consumers by labeling its Poland Spring bottled water as "spring water."
Source: Reuters, 01/03/2025
Shrimper’s Crusade Pays Big Dividends on Remote Stretch of Texas Coastline
"Few men still fish for a living on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The work is hard and pay is meager. In the hearts of rundown seaside towns, dilapidated harbors barely recall the communities that thrived here generations ago."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/03/2025
Elevated Levels of Radium Found in Western Pennsylvania Freshwater Mussels
"Researchers detected increased radioactivity in mussels downstream of oil and gas wastewater discharge points, raising concerns about effects up the food chain."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/03/2025
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