"Manchin Indicates Opposition To Biden Lands Nominee Over Internal Memo"
"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is putting the future of one of President Biden’s nominees to the Interior Department in question."
Source: The Hill, 03/06/2023
Environmental Politics
Kentucky Residents Angered by USFS Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees
"Brandon Bowlin learned of the U.S. government’s plan for clear-cutting in the southernmost mountains of Daniel Boone National Forest only a few weeks after the hard summer rains of 2022, when the earth slid off a mountain beneath a slope he had once logged."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/06/2023
Plan To Incinerate Soil From Ohio Derailment Is ‘Horrifying’ - Expert
"Contaminated soil from the site around the East Palestine train wreck in Ohio is being sent to a nearby incinerator with a history of clean air violations, raising fears that the chemicals being removed from the ground will be redistributed across the region."
Source: Guardian, 03/06/2023
"Nations Reach Accord To Protect Marine Life On High Seas"
"For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, representing a turning point in a yearslong effort to bestow order on vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws."
Source: AP, 03/06/2023
From Swine Waste, Student Journalist Extracts Prize-Winning Story
Industrial hog farmers tout swine biogas as a clean, green energy source, but others point to its messy side. A young journalist who investigated the underreported stench of environmental racism associated with this technology learned valuable lessons along the way to producing a feature story that won her a Society of Environmental Journalists’ award for outstanding student reporting.
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Will Thousands of Orphan Wells Be Safely Plugged?
Abandoned oil and gas wells are found in significant numbers in some 27 states. Reporters who want to track their status can dig into several databases, but will need to support their data crunching with lots of shoe-leather and ground-truth reporting. Reporter’s Toolbox has insights into what the databases offer. Plus, a primer on API numbers.
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Diving Deeper on the Wetlands Beat Yields Groundbreaking Coverage
Two journalists covering water policy used a wide range of reporting techniques, from FOIA appeals to on-the-ground reporting, to get at the heart of how problems with wetlands and waterways in the United States are tied to climate change concerns. Inside Story spoke with Hannah Northey and Kevin Bogardus of E&E News about their award-winning beat reporting.
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"Deforestation Inc.: How 'Green' Firms Prevent Climate Action"
"A new 9-month long cross-border investigation exposes the flaws of “green” forestry labels. Environmental auditors overlook harm by “sustainable" companies, hindering climate efforts."
Source: DW, 03/03/2023
Biden Backs Bipartisan Railway Safety Bill After Ohio Derailment
"President Biden on Thursday threw his support behind a bipartisan bill that would tighten federal oversight of trains carrying hazardous materials in the aftermath of a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that spilled toxic chemicals."
Source: The Hill, 03/03/2023
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