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"What Project 2025 Would Do To Climate Policy In The US"

"As delegates arrived at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee earlier this week to officially nominate former president Donald Trump as their 2024 candidate, a right-wing policy think tank held an all-day event nearby. The Heritage Foundation, a key sponsor of the convention and a group that has been influencing Republican presidential policy since the 1980s, gathered its supporters to tout Project 2025, a 900-plus-page policy blueprint that seeks to fundamentally restructure the federal government."

Source: Grist, 07/25/2024

"Revealed: Wealthy Western Countries Lead In Global Oil And Gas Expansion"

"A surge in new oil and gas exploration in 2024 threatens to unleash nearly 12bn tonnes of planet-heating emissions, with the world’s wealthiest countries – such as the US and the UK – leading a stampede of fossil fuel expansion in spite of their climate commitments, new data shared exclusively with the Guardian reveals."

Source: Guardian, 07/25/2024

California Isn’t Enforcing Its Strongest-in-the-Nation Oil Well Cleanup Law

"State regulators could have asked oil companies California Resources Corp. and Aera Energy for an estimated $2.4 billion to guarantee wells are plugged but decided they didn’t have the authority to do so."

Source: ProPublica, 07/25/2024

EPA Takes Next Step Toward Banning Vinyl Chloride

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed designating one of the toxic substances spilled by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a high-priority chemical under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the next step to a full ban."

Source: The Hill, 07/25/2024

"PFAS Widely Added To US Pesticides Despite EPA Denial, Study Finds"

"Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are widely added to pesticides, and are increasingly used in the products in recent years, new research finds, a practice that creates a health threat by spreading the dangerous compounds directly into the US’s food and water supply."

Source: Guardian, 07/25/2024

"Meet Kamala Harris’ Go-To Guy On Climate"

"Vice President Kamala Harris’ longtime climate adviser is a 37-year-old Colorado native who has a Ph.D. in marine science, a penchant for electric buses and a miniature poodle named Newton who’s a member of the KHive."

Source: E&E News, 07/25/2024

"Wildfires Across Western U.S. And Canada Force Thousands To Evacuate"

"Wildfires are blazing across western U.S. and Canada, prompting thousands to evacuate, shutting down highways and fouling the air quality over several states."

Source: NBC News, 07/25/2024

Rosemary's House: Journalism Residency in Greece With Mentor Ben Taub

SEJ members receive priority application review and a 200-euro credit toward any 2024 residency at Rosemary's House in Greece, including this one-week workshop with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ben Taub. Tuition includes food, drink and shared lodging (private lodging available for additional cost).

"Andean Condor In Rehab Highlights Conservation Challenges"

"An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this endangered bird."

Source: Reuters, 07/24/2024

"Florida Grasshopper Sparrow: Scientists Hail Resurgence Of Endangered Bird"

"Sparrows were taken into captivity after numbers dwindled – and this week experts released 1,000th bird back into wild".

Source: Guardian, 07/24/2024

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