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Tribe Reels From Illness And Cancer. What Role Did The US Government Play?

"The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides. Left unsaid, and what troubled Marvin Cota’s family deep down, was that his story ended like so many others on the remote Duck Valley Indian Reservation. He was healthy for decades. They found the cancer too late."

Source: AP, 09/10/2024

‘Sustainable’ Logging Clear-Cutting Canada’s Climate-Fighting Forests

"Nonprofit environment watchdogs put their stamps of approval on countless wood products that get touted as responsibly produced. But Reuters found that the timber firms these groups certify are harvesting large swaths of Canada’s older forests, which are critical to containing global warming."

Source: Reuters, 09/10/2024

#SEJSpotlight: Virginia Gewin, Freelance Journalist

Meet SEJ member Virginia Gewin! Virginia is an independent science journalist based in Portland, Oregon. Her reporting now explores the impacts of wildfires, dust storms, and oil and gas development on public health, often in environmental justice communities. Virginia is currently developing a series of stories from sacrifice zones, those on the frontlines of hazardous pollution.

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"Massive CP2 LNG Export Facility Faces New Legal Hurdle Over FERC Approval"

"Environmental advocates, landowners, and fishers filed two petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday, challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) recent authorization for the construction of a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. FERC approved the Calcasieu Pass (CP2) LNG terminal proposed by Venture Global in a 2-1 vote in late June."

Source: DeSmog, 09/09/2024

"Why Have Salmon Deserted Norway’s Rivers – And Will They Ever Return?"

"North Atlantic populations are at a historic low, and this year 33 of the country’s rivers were closed during the fishing season as salmon farming and the climate crisis threaten the fish’s future"

Source: Guardian, 09/09/2024

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