Some of Biggest Green Groups Have Cold Feet Over the “Green New Deal”
"More than 600 organizations signed a letter supporting the ambitious proposal, but eight of the largest ones did not."
Source: New Republic, 01/16/2019
Activism
All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.
Many Environmental Court Disputes Will Make News in 2019
U.S. courts will be a key venue of environmental conflict in 2019, as the Trump administration pushes back against an extensive array of long-standing environmental law. This special edition Issue Backgrounder looks at seven key legal disputes, including cases involving climate change liability, intergenerational equity and policy, as well as conflicts over maintaining national monuments, defining which waters are subject to anti-pollution rules, disposing of coal ash and extending offshore drilling.
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"Fishermen Attack Sea Shepherd Vessel In Gulf Of California"
"he Sea Shepherd environmental group published a video Thursday showing an attack by about two dozen small fishing boats on the vessel Farley Mowat in Mexico’s Gulf of California."
Source: AP, 01/11/2019
Iowa ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Banning Undercover Farm Probes Ruled Unconstitutional
"A federal judge on Wednesday struck down an Iowa law that made it illegal to get a job at a livestock farm to conduct an animal cruelty undercover investigation, finding the law violated the constitutional right to free speech."
Source: AP, 01/11/2019
"Climate: 600 Groups Present 'Green New Deal' Demands"
"Progressive organizers today [Thursday] presented lawmakers with a formal wish list for 'Green New Deal' legislation, asking for a sweeping plan to address climate change and move to 100 percent renewable energy."
Source: E&E Daily, 01/11/2019
UN Tells Canada To Suspend Site C Dam Work Over Indigenous Rights
"In a rare rebuke, the United Nations has instructed Canada to suspend construction of the Site C dam on B.C.’s Peace River until the project obtains the “free, prior and informed consent” of Indigenous peoples."
Source: The Narwhal, 01/10/2019
Climate Change Issue Will Heat Up in 2019
The topic of climate change will certainly heat up in 2019. That’s not just because a Democratic House will push back against the Trump administration, but also because of pressure from a “Green New Deal” clean-energy jobs movement, not to mention ongoing legal action, and corporate and state-level moves to limit carbon emissions. This special edition TipSheet explores the fault lines on climate in the year ahead.
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As Green New Deal Fight Shifts To 2020, Young Activists Hit The Road
"The Sunrise Movement’s Road to a Green New Deal Tour will make stops in states like Kentucky, Michigan and Pennsylvania."
"The Green New Dealers are taking their movement on the road.
It’s been a whirlwind two months since the youth activists of the Sunrise Movement staged protests in Democratic leaders’ offices, bringing into the mainstream calls for a Green New Deal ― a sweeping federal policy that would mandate 100 percent renewable energy and provide good-paying sustainable jobs to millions of Americans.
Source: HuffPost, 01/07/2019
The 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment
SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with this "2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment" special report. Stay tuned as we continue to add elements to the report up through and beyond its formal launch Jan. 25 at an annual roundtable, organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists with the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
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