"Flooding, Outages, And Rescues Mount In Severe West Coast Weather"
"Floodwaters in the Pacific Northwest have inundated homes, forced rescues and shuttered schools as a trio of deluges set rainfall records."
Source: NBC News, 11/16/2021
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"Day 1 Takeaways From Tribal Nations Summit"
"The White House held its tribal nations summit Monday for the first time in five years. The two-day event ends Tuesday."
Source: Indian Country Today, 11/16/2021
"EPA Finalizes Its First National Recycling Strategy"
"Released on National Recycling Day, the plan emphasizes environmental justice and climate impacts. But some point to flaws."
Source: Washington Post, 11/16/2021
"Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill, Promoting Benefits For Americans"
"President Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday afternoon, a bipartisan victory that will pour billions into the nation’s roads, ports and power lines."
Source: NYTimes, 11/16/2021
Science Integrity Is About More Than Getting EPA Interviews
Freedom of access to government scientists is just one narrow facet in a worsening crisis in scientific integrity at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new WatchDog Opinion argues that whether it’s about self-interested industry lobbying over climate change or the regulation of chemicals, there’s an assault on science itself — and the news media has a role to play.
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Mapping Toxic U.S. Hotspots Down to the Neighborhood Level
A new project on toxic risks has yielded a tool making it far easier to use data from the Toxics Release Inventory to report on hotspots. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a guide to ProPublica’s impressive “Sacrifice Zones” special report, which maps cancer-causing industrial air pollution. Plus, join an in-depth virtual tutorial on the ProPublica tool co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists.
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Hayhoe Makes Case for Healing Over Climate Change
A new volume by renowned climate communicator Katharine Hayhoe argues for a new way of talking about climate change that seeks common ground, greater respect and an effort to show how nearly everyone is affected. BookShelf editor Tom Henry reviews Hayhoe’s “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World” and its hopeful message.
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"Days After Climate Summit, Biden To Hold ‘Carbon Bomb’ Gulf Oil Sale"
"Environmentalists are accusing the president of breaking a campaign promise to ban new federal fossil fuel leasing. The administration says its hands are tied."
Source: HuffPost, 11/15/2021
Biden Plans to Bar New Drilling Around Major Native American Cultural Site
"After years of tribal requests, the president plans to block new oil and gas leases within 10 miles of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. The ban is likely to generate strong pushback from industry."
Source: NYTimes, 11/15/2021
"$1B Transmission Smack Down May Upend Northeast Renewables"
"The challenge to a $1 billion New England transmission line is raising concerns about how the region’s largest state will now reach its clean energy targets, underscoring the obstacles facing large infrastructure critical for renewables and President Biden’s decarbonization efforts."
Source: E&E News, 11/15/2021
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