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"Colorado And Connecticut Lowered Utility Bills By Reining In Lobbying"

"Electric and gas utilities routinely charge ratepayers for costs related to political advocacy, ads to burnish their brand, and even luxury perks for executives and employees, according to a recent report by the utility watchdog group Energy and Policy Institute, or EPI. Such expenses add up to millions of dollars paid by customers toward utilities’ efforts to raise prices and stall climate progress."

Source: Grist, 02/14/2025

"Delayed CDC Report Shows Increased Evidence Of Bird Flu Spread To People"

"A scientific report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Thursday shows some veterinarians who provide care for cattle were unknowingly infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus last year. ... The report is one of three about bird flu that were scheduled to be published three weeks ago in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). But the scientific publication was abruptly suspended when the Trump administration instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications on Jan. 21."

Source: Washington Post, 02/14/2025

"EPA Chief Seeks To Claw Back $20 Billion In Climate Funding"

"The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to end contracts agreed by the previous administration to distribute $20 billion in grants to fund clean energy and transportation projects in disadvantaged communities, he said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 02/14/2025

SciLine Webinar: Beyond the Basics of Science Reporting

This brand-new, intermediate-level webinar will help journalists sort through and weigh conflicting evidence to make sure you’re accurately representing the state of the science on any given topic. 2-3:15 p.m. ET.

"EPA Removes EJScreen From Its Website" (But Not From the Web)

"On February 5th, EPA removed from its website the environmental justice mapping and screening tool, EJScreen, as well as several related web pages. ... Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP) released a reconstruction of Version 2.3 of EPA’s EJScreen."

Source: EDGI, 02/13/2025

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