State Lawmakers Take Aim At Community Air Monitoring In Louisiana
"Republican legislators have blunted the impact of citizen-led air monitoring, which is set to receive millions from the feds."
Source: Floodlight, 05/10/2024
Activism
All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.
High School Students, Frustrated By Lack Of Climate Education, Seek Change
"Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts imprinted with #teachclimate filled a hearing room in the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul in late February. It was a cold and windy day, in contrast to the state’s nearly snowless, warm winter."
Source: AP, 05/10/2024
Nuns Aim to Stop Financing of Fossil Fuel Development on Indigenous Lands
"Sister Susan Francois didn’t expect to get emotional discussing her congregation’s shareholder resolution at Citibank last week, but as she spoke to a room full of supporters about the role of the Catholic Church in Western colonization, tears sprang to her eyes."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/08/2024
"Appeals Court Rejects Climate Change Lawsuit By Young Oregon Activists"
"A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights."
Source: AP, 05/03/2024
"Meet the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners"
"Seven grassroots environmental activists were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 29. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six continental regions."
Source: Mongabay, 04/30/2024
Spurt in Hydro Relicensing To Leave U.S. Awash in Environmental Stories
Hundreds of hydropower dams in the United States will see their licenses expiring in the next decade, generating years-long federal relicensing processes. That prospect calls for close local and regional coverage of the complicated balance between renewable energy needs with negative environmental impacts. The latest TipSheet explains the licensing process and the dam backstory, along with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.
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Climate Crisis Makes for Real Fashion Emergency
Fast fashion’s lack of sustainability has long been the subject of news media coverage. But now the realities of climate change mean that fashion reporting must be reimagined to include the lived environmental and human rights realities of workers making what we wear, writes contributor Yessenia Funes in the new Voices of Environmental Justice column. Ideas and resources for getting past simplistic fashion industry narratives.
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"In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back"
"By affirming Indigenous land ownership, British Columbia and the Haida Nation are signaling a new era for Indigenous relations."
Source: Hakai, 04/26/2024
Huge Green Energy Transmission Project Will Cut Through SW Indigenous Lands
"After a federal court rejected their lawsuit, tribes are turning to the U.N. for help."
Source: Grist, 04/23/2024
Will Zombie Ag-Gag Laws Ever Really Die?
Laws that make undercover journalistic investigations of animal agriculture operations illegal violate the First Amendment, right? Not so clear, laments WatchDog Opinion, which points out that while the Supreme Court appeared to have struck down such laws just last year, it may now revisit the issue. Why it should matter not just to environmental reporters but to all journalists.
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