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International

SEJournal News: Environmental Justice Writer To Launch Column; New Editors Join

Veteran environmental justice reporter and co-founder of The Uproot Project Yessenia Funes has signed on with SEJournal to inaugurate the publication’s new environmental justice column. Funes joins the masthead this spring and expects to publish her first quarterly column this summer. Also, SEJournal has brought on a group of new editors to bolster its Inside Story, FEJ StoryLog, Features and other sections. See who our new volunteers are.

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"Analysis: Race To The Bottom For Deep-Sea Minerals Centers On Tiny Nauru"

"The Pacific island nation of Nauru and its roughly 11,000 residents are at the center of the increasingly contentious debate over whether the world's seabeds should be mined for nickel and other green energy transition minerals."

Source: Reuters, 04/14/2023

"Fishing Regulators Need More Transparency, Ocean Groups Say"

"Some regional fisheries management organizations that were set up by the United Nations to measure and conserve fish populations — but are difficult to hold to account — need to be more transparent about how they make their rules and regulations if fish species are to be protected and maintained for people reliant on healthy fish stocks for their livelihoods, conservation agencies and fishing industry players say."

Source: AP, 04/12/2023

Rich People’s Swimming Pools Are Fueling Water Crises In Cities; Study

"Rich elites are fueling water crises by using huge amounts of limited water resources on things like their private swimming pools, irrigating their gardens and washing their cars, a new study says, adding that their use of water could affect urban areas “at least as much as climate change or population growth.”

Source: Washington Post, 04/12/2023

Earth Could Warm 3 Degrees if Nations Keep Building Coal Plants: Research

"Earth is on track to significantly overshoot a critical global climate target, largely because not enough coal-fired power plants are being retired, researchers warned in two new reports. Some nations are even planning new coal projects despite promising two years ago to begin reducing their use of the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/11/2023

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