Human Rights Group: Egypt Stifles Environmental Work Ahead of COP
"Egyptian campaigners told Human Rights Watch they faced harassment by authorities, as the country prepares to host Cop27 climate talks in November".
Source: AP, 09/13/2022
Laws & Regulations
"US Takes Aim At Some Trump Offshore Safety Rule Rollbacks"
"The U.S. Department of the Interior said Monday that it wants to reverse some Trump administration rollbacks of offshore safety rules to prevent blowouts like the BP catastrophe that killed 11 people and fouled the Gulf of Mexico in 2010."
Source: AP, 09/13/2022
Brazil Faces Two Contrasting Legacies For Amazon In October’s Elections
"Polls indicate that Brazil’s presidential election in October will go to a runoff between incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in a duel likely to decide the fate of the Amazon Rainforest."
Source: Mongabay, 09/13/2022
Congress Studies Addition Of Lynching Sites To National Park System
"The U.S. House is considering a bill that would put lynching sites in western Tennessee on track to become part of the National Park Service, part of a trend this year of Congress using the agency to advance discussions of the nation’s troubled and often violent racial history."
Source: States Newsroom, 09/12/2022
Enviros Seek To List Rare NV Springsnail As Endangered Due To Lithium Mine
"A group of conservationists are seeking to get a tiny rare Nevada springsnail listed as an endangered or threatened species, arguing that the species is threatened by a planned lithium mine in Thacker Pass."
Source: States Newsroom, 09/12/2022
"California’s Newsom Signs Bills Boosting State Extreme-Heat Plan"
"With a record-shattering heat wave receding in California, four extreme heat-related bills are set to become law after receiving Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature on Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/12/2022
Will Congress Pass Manchin’s Energy Permitting 'Side Deal'?
In the fine print of the historic Biden climate bill is a controversial commitment to pass legislation on fossil fuel permitting, a measure deeply opposed by the environmental community and calling for heavy political muscle to move through Congress this month. Issue Backgrounder details what’s in it, and what’s not, and takes the measure of the measure’s prospects.
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Fill Your Plate With Chicken Stories
Chicken production in the United States is a colossal industry controlled by a few vertically integrated companies. On a much smaller scale, it’s also heritage breeds and increasingly popular backyard flocks. As the latest avian flu outbreak makes headlines, journalist Christine Heinrichs looks at environmental reporting opportunities related to poultry pathogens, pollution and more.
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Burgeoning National EV Trend Helps Drive Local Environment, Climate Stories
The auto market is getting supercharged by California’s recent decision to require all-electric vehicle sales in a little over a decade. The latest TipSheet looks at how this big national trend will affect climate change by cutting CO2 emissions, how California came to have such an outsized impact on the U.S. market and how local environmental reporters can plug in for stories around their communities.
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"Sanders Blasts Permitting Reform As Democrats’ Divide Grows"
"Sen. Bernie Sanders said Thursday he would oppose a stopgap government spending measure that includes forthcoming permitting legislation, underscoring progressive resistance to the bill amid protests by environmental groups."
Source: E&E News, 09/09/2022
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