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50-Car Hazmat Train Derailment Causes Big Fire, Evacuations In Ohio

"A freight train derailment in Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line left a mangled and charred mass of boxcars and flames Saturday as authorities launched a federal investigation and monitored air quality from the various hazardous chemicals in the train."

Source: AP, 02/06/2023
February 23, 2023

DEADLINE: The Sunrise Project RFP for Journalistic investigations Into Financial Institutions and Climate Change

The Sunrise Project is looking to fund freelance investigative journalists to conduct medium- to long-term investigations into private financial institutions' role in driving the climate crisis. Submissions are due by Feb 23, 2023.

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Oversight Chair Seeks Info On Kerry’s International Climate Negotiations

"House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Thursday requested information from U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on the details of Kerry’s international negotiations for the Biden administration, particularly with Chinese officials."

Source: The Hill, 02/03/2023

Calif. Turning Mountain Lions Into Roadkill Faster Than They Can Reproduce

"In the last eight years there have been 535 mountain lions reported killed on California highways — a steady toll of one to two each week that scientists suggest may exceed the reproductive rate of increasingly isolated and inbred puma clans."

Source: LA Times, 02/03/2023

"Court: US Needs To Consider Effects Of Drilling Near Chaco"

"A federal appeals court has sided with environmentalists, ruling that the U.S. government failed to consider the cumulative effects of greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the approval of nearly 200 drilling permits in an area surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park."

Source: AP, 02/03/2023

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