Once-Shuttered California Mine Trying To Transform Rare Earth Industry
"A U.S.-based rare earth supply chain could boost clean energy and electric vehicles — and military weapons."
Source: Grist, 06/16/2023
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"Out of Balance"
"The World Bank Group enabled the devastation of villages and helped a mining company justify the deaths of endangered chimps with a dubious offset."
Source: ProPublica, 06/16/2023
Bayer OKs $6.9 Million Settlement With New York Over Roundup Safety Claims
"Bayer AG agreed on Thursday to pay $6.9 million to settle claims by New York Attorney General Letitia James that it misled consumers by advertising Roundup weedkiller, which has been linked to cancer, as environmentally safe."
Source: Reuters, 06/16/2023
"US Government Toughens Rules On Chemicals Used To Break Up Oil Slicks"
"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced more stringent rules governing offshore oil spill response, amid continuing concerns about the effects on public health and wildlife from chemical disasters, including BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010."
Source: Guardian, 06/16/2023
Power Firms Quietly Pushed $215m Into US Politics Via Dark Money Groups
"US power companies have made political donations of at least $215m to dark money groups in recent years, according to a new analysis of 25 for-profit utilities, amid growing concerns around how they wield influence." "Donations have helped utilities increase electricity prices, hinder solar schemes and helped elect sympathetic legislators".
Source: Floodlight, 06/16/2023
"UN Chief To Fossil Fuel Firms: Stop Trying To 'Knee-Cap' Climate Progress"
"U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that countries must start phasing out oil, coal and gas - not just emissions - and demanded fossil fuel companies "cease and desist" measures that aim to "knee-cap" climate progress."
Source: Reuters, 06/16/2023
DEADLINE: Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowships to COP28
The Climate Change Media Partnership, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security is offering fellowships for journalists interested in covering the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, Nov 30-Dec 12, 2023. Apply by Jun 30.
#SEJSpotlight: Sarah Sax, Freelance Journalist
Meet SEJ member Sarah Sax! Sarah is an award-winning freelance journalist and video producer based in Brooklyn, NY. She covers environmental change and climate justice, with a soft spot for stories at the intersection of food production, land rights and climate change.
"US Cities Risk Losing Out On Clean-Energy Incentives, Jobs"
"In a church on Chicago's West Side near where he grew up, Marques Jones Jr. is hoping to earn more money and help his family by learning how to install and maintain the solar panels he now sees everywhere he goes."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/15/2023
"Thick Wildfire Smoke Plume Brings Unhealthy Air Quality To Minnesota"
"Call it a smoke front. That’s what it looks like from space on weather satellites and here on the ground on air quality monitors."
Source: MPR, 06/15/2023
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