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Groups Urge Feds To Track Illnesses Common After BP Spill"

"Several environmental groups are petitioning federal regulators to require employers to document a wider range of illnesses, including cold- and flu-like symptoms, suffered by cleanup workers and emergency responders during oil spills."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 02/14/2023

Oil Industry Flags Concern About EPA's Methane 'Super Emitter' Plan

"U.S. oil industry groups said on Monday they are concerned the Biden administration's proposed plan to crack down on methane emissions gives too much power to environmental advocacy groups, by forcing companies to react when third-parties report suspected leaks of the powerful greenhouse gas."

Source: Reuters, 02/14/2023

"Ford To Build EV Battery Plant In Michigan, Use Chinese Tech"

"Ford Motor Co. announced Monday it will build a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan that uses Chinese technology, a move the company believes will bolster its ability to take advantage of President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law."

Source: E&E News, 02/14/2023
February 23, 2023

Webinar: Journalist Briefing on the Climate-Development Nexus — Supporting Local Stories with Global Data

Drawdown Lift, a program of US NGO Project Drawdown, is hosting a briefing for reporters who cover the climate-development nexus in Africa and South Asia, including discussion of their report examining climate mitigation solutions that co-benefit humans and climate adaptation in low- and middle-income countries. 7am ET.

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Koalas, Under Pressure From Wildfires and Development, Are Beloved But Undefended

The cuteness of the fuzzy koala appears not to be winning it special protection in its native Australia, despite dwindling numbers, per a new volume on the endangered marsupial. BookShelf contributor Melody Kemp offers praise for “Koala: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future,” with a review that begins amusingly with bodily functions but ends dispiritedly with yet more koala habitat lost to housing tracts and wildfire.

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