"4 More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels"
"Industry-designed bills to silence climate protests are under consideration in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota and Montana. More are likely to come."
Source: HuffPost, 02/22/2021
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Grid Data Can Guide Reporting on Power Disasters
The power and water fiasco that followed a deep freeze in Texas was a predictable debacle and, thus, a warning signal to journalists covering disasters and climate-driven weather extremes. To help, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox provides a rundown of data sources about power grids, from local, regional and national entities, and recommends you start tracking the numbers and be prepared.
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SEJ Urges Interior To Let the Sun Shine In Again
The Society of Environmental Journalists sent a letter on February 19, 2021 to Interior Secretary-Designate Debra Haaland with a list of more than a dozen recommendations for letting the sun shine more fully in the Department of the Interior, including respecting the vital role that journalists play in our democracy. Read text of the letter.
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After Pork Giant Was Exposed for Cruel Killings, FBI Pursued Its Critics
"The agency, seeking information on an animal rights group, attempted to recruit a former truck driver as an informant, the truck driver says."
Source: The Intercept, 02/18/2021
DuPont Sold La. Plant Amid Fears Over Cost Of Offsetting Toxic Emissions
"Chemicals giant DuPont decided to sell a plant in south Louisiana that emits a likely cancer causing pollutant, citing “major concerns” that government agencies would regulate its emissions to protect the community living nearby, internal documents seen by the Guardian reveal."
Source: Guardian, 02/18/2021
"Firefighters Face Lies, 'Phony' Studies on PFAS Exposure"
"Firefighters attempting to uncover the truth about carcinogens in their protective clothing are confronted with the same playbook chemical companies have used for decades: twisting science to deny and downplay the dangers of their products."
Source: E&E News, 02/18/2021
"Texas Was Warned a Decade Ago Its Grid Was Unready for Cold"
"Federal regulators warned Texas that its power plants couldn’t be counted on to reliably churn out electricity in bitterly cold conditions a decade ago, when the last deep freeze plunged 4 million people into the dark."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/18/2021
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