Environmental Justice

"With Ready Orders and an Energy Czar, Trump Plots Pivot to Fossil Fuels"

"As President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team plans his energy and environment agenda, it is relying on two seasoned former cabinet leaders and fossil fuel lobbyists to dramatically reshape the agencies charged with protecting the nation’s air, water, climate and public lands, according to six people familiar with the matter."

Source: NYTimes, 11/12/2024

"Trump Taps Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin As EPA Chief"

"President-elect Donald Trump on Monday tapped former representative Lee Zeldin of New York to serve as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a crucial role that will oversee the rollbacks of dozens of President Joe Biden’s environmental policies."

Source: Washington Post, 11/12/2024

Threats of Media Censorship Cloud COP29

Again this year, a petrostate hosts the COP climate gathering. Azerbaijan as host not only raises questions of how an oil-rich nation can help foster the fossil fuel cuts needed to stem climate change. But WatchDog Opinion also worries what Azerbaijan’s poor press freedom record will mean for journalists covering the gathering and for the civil society that normally enlivens the meeting.

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Pesticide PAC Money Surges Into States As Firms Seek To Limit Damage Awards

"As pesticide companies struggle to cap legal payouts to plaintiffs who claim they were injured by Roundup and other products, money from two political committees affiliated with major pesticide manufacturers has surged into state-level politics."

Source: U.S. RTK, 11/05/2024

Police In Brazil Indict Colombian Fish Trader In Journalist Killing

"Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slaying of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon in 2022, they announced Monday."

Source: AP, 11/05/2024

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