"The First Democratic Debate Failed The Planet"
"At a debate held in a sinking city, only four candidates were directly asked about the climate crisis."
Source: New Republic, 06/27/2019
Journalism & Media
SEJ Objects to EPA's 'Freedom of Information Act Regulations Update'
June 26, 2019 — The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), in a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, objected to the EPA's June 26 Final Rulemaking entitled "Freedom of Information Act Regulations Update." The letter states that the rule "enables the agency to limit public access to EPA records that are legally public information" and "the highly irregular procedure of issuing a final rule without proposal or public comments is unjustified and unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)."
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Election 2020: Candidates' Climate Change Positions and Accomplishments
"How do the Democratic presidential hopefuls compare on their climate actions and promises to solve the crisis? With the debates coming, ICN analyzes their records."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/26/2019
New EPA Rule Could Give Politicals More Veto Power on FOIA Requests
"More political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could soon have the authority to weigh in on public information requests."
Source: The Hill, 06/26/2019
Air Needs Freshening in Most U.S. National Park Units
The nation’s parks are generally thought to be pristine natural havens. But a recent study finds the overwhelming majority suffer from air pollution problems like smog and ozone. That makes for important local and regional news stories, per the latest biweekly TipSheet. Get background, story ideas, resources and more.
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told
While environmental journalists often focus on regulatory wrestling matches in Washington, D.C., a seasoned New York Times investigative reporter argues the most important stories are those in the real communities where bureaucratic impacts are felt. Three-time Pulitzer winner Eric Lipton makes the case for public service in journalism that tells the environment story from the outside in.
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"Mike Pence Repeatedly Refuses To Say Climate Crisis Is A Threat to US"
"At the end of a week in which the Trump administration rolled back Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, Mike Pence declined repeated invitations to say the human-induced climate crisis is a threat to US national security."
Source: Guardian, 06/24/2019
Impossible Foods and Regenerative Grazers Face Off Over Carbon Farming
"The plant-based burger company called regenerative grazing the “clean coal of meat” in a recent report. That hasn’t gone over well amongst carbon ranchers."
Source: Civil Eats, 06/21/2019
Wilderness Society Sues Trump Administration To Get Mine Rule Docs
"The Wilderness Society is suing the Trump administration to try to force the release of documents on its decision to lift restrictions on mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota."
Source: AP, 06/21/2019
DOI Delayed Releasing Documents On Yellowstone Superintendent's Firing
"The release of internal documents sought by The Hill related to the replacement last year of Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk were delayed by the Interior Department under a new rule that gives political appointees more say over what is released."
Source: The Hill, 06/20/2019
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