Coverage Stories: SEJ's 32nd Annual Conference
Here you'll find a chronological list of coverage stories inspired by or informed by our 2023 conference in Boise, Idaho.
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"Environmental Advocates Warn Against Using PVC In Drinking Water Pipes"
"A coalition of environmental organizations warned in a report Wednesday of potential health risks in replacing lead pipes with polyvinyl chloride (PVC)."
Source: The Hill, 04/21/2023
"‘Devastating’ Melt Of Greenland, Antarctic Ice Sheets Found"
"The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were 30 years ago, according to a new comprehensive international study."
Source: AP, 04/21/2023
"Climate Tension: UN Chief Chides Biden, Other World Leaders"
"U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bluntly challenged the climate efforts of President Joe Biden and other world leaders Thursday in a message for a White House summit, charging that expanded oil and gas drilling and other policies of the richest countries amount to a “death sentence” for the planet."
Source: AP, 04/21/2023
"White House Plans To Nominate Cancer Center Chief To Lead NIH"
"The White House plans to nominate Monica M. Bertagnolli, a Boston cancer surgeon who became director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) last fall, to lead the National Institutes of Health, according to people familiar with the situation."
Source: Washington Post, 04/21/2023
After 18 Years, EPA Still Has No Method For Measuring CAFO Air Pollution
"The agency says it will move forward on air emissions regulations for livestock operations this year."
Source: Investigate Midwest, 04/21/2023
"Could California’s Next Dam Removal Take Place on This Endangered River?"
"Removing two aging Eel River dams known as the Potter Valley Project would benefit salmon, lamprey and people, but what happens next remains unclear."
Source: The Revelator, 04/21/2023
"Biden Plans Protections For Old-Growth Forests"
"More than 110 million acres of federally owned forests are old enough to potentially warrant protection as safeguards against climate change, the Biden administration said Thursday in the federal government’s first effort to identify such lands across the country."
Source: E&E News, 04/21/2023
"Biden to Create White House Office of Environmental Justice"
"President Biden on Friday plans to announce the creation of a White House Office of Environmental Justice, one of several actions to address the unequal burden that people of color carry from environmental hazards, according to the White House."
Source: NYTimes, 04/21/2023
DC’s Biggest Clean Energy Lobby Group Pushes Natural Gas-Friendly Policy
"On two of the most consequential decisions facing Congress and the Biden administration on energy and climate change, the nation’s newest and largest clean power industry group has decisively aligned itself with companies that want to preserve markets for natural gas."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/21/2023
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