"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords."
"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2024
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Kennedy Says Trump Will ‘Make Americans Healthy.’ The Record Disagrees.
"As president, Donald J. Trump slashed protections for clean air and water and weakened school nutrition standards."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2024
"Seabed Mining Leader Vows To Investigate Predecessor"
"One of Leticia Reis de Carvalho’s top priorities when she steps up in four months to lead an international agency overseeing deep-sea mining for electric vehicle battery metals: investigating her predecessor."
Source: E&E News, 08/30/2024
EPA Rejects Plastics Industry’s Misleading Math About Recycled Content
"The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice.”"
Source: ProPublica, 08/30/2024
"Haaland Revokes Trump Orders, Protects 28M Alaska Acres"
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has revoked a Trump-era decision that would have opened millions of acres of federal land in Alaska to energy development and mining."
Source: E&E News, 08/30/2024
"Former Nevada Official Gets Life Sentence For Murder Of Reporter"
"A Las Vegas, Nevada, jury on Wednesday found a former elected county official guilty of killing an investigative reporter who wrote critical articles about him, sentencing him to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 20 years."
Source: Reuters, 08/30/2024
DEADLINE: NASW's SciWri24 Community Support Grants for Indigenous Journalists
The National Association of Science Writers is offering two travel grants of up to $3,000 to Indigenous journalists with an interest in writing about science, medicine or the environment to attend this year's ScienceWriters annual meeting in Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 8-11. Apply by Sep 17.
"The Hidden Life Of Seeds"
"Buried in the earth, almost too small to see, seeds have long been underestimated — dismissed as mere inert specks, barely even considered alive. Yet the more closely researchers have examined these embryonic plants, the more they have learned about their dynamism and endurance."
Source: Washington Post, 08/29/2024
"Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C."
"The unprecedented move highlights regulatory tensions between Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and an environmental rule-making commission controlled by appointees of Republican state legislative leaders."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/29/2024
After Protests, DeSantis Says Plan To Develop State Parks Is On Hold
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.”"
Source: AP, 08/29/2024
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