'Journalists now know that Big Oil has a playbook, and it’s our responsibility to study it and factor that into our coverage.' 🔥 molly taft Drilled
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Great news! We gotta keep the pressure on keeping funding resilience. “Louisiana's new coastal plan gets final approval. Record spending included, but with a warning” nola.com/news/environme…

Rice’s Whales are a treasure trove of sci discovery. And also adorable! Endangered whale spotted in western Gulf faces industrial dangers - Verite News veritenews.org/2024/05/13/end…

“We already see nearly one-third of the world population exposed to deadly heat waves, a 9-fold increase in large North American wildfires, record-setting regional-scale megadrought, the Antarctic ice sheet losing…” academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…

#Exxon is hit with $726 million verdict over #benzene and #cancer . energyvoice.com/oilandgas/5534… via @energyvoicenews

Why can't we have nice things like reproductive choice & tough climate action? JUDICIAL ORIGINALISM. Learn about this 'small, stupid, perpetually changing theory of legal interpretation' that's probably younger than you are. Dahlia Lithwick slate.com/originalism

Along Louisiana's coast, you likely live in an evacuation zone. But listen to emergency managers, parish/city leaders for what their plans are -- and follow their directions!

A terrific volume--actionable research we can use NOW.

Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

🍾Vol. 5 (2022) of the YIDL published by Brill Law
Explore the ToC at brill.com/view/journals/… with some open-access contributions including interview with Volker Türk .
Thematic Section on 'Human Rights and Disasters' and a rich 'IDL in Practice' Section.

This is huge news on #climatedisplacement . Colombian Constitutional Court recognizes internal displacement related to environmental and climate-related factors!

Lots of focus on heat protection standards, and rightly so. Glad to see this climate-induced threat to worker health and safety getting more attention, because the problem is going to get much, much worse publicintegrity.org/environment/to…

Louisiana won $156 million from the EPA to help tens of thousands of low-income people get solar panels on their roof. The money comes from Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which was opposed by the LA Republicans in Congress nola.com/news/politics/…

14 years later, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to affect Louisiana lsureveille.com/news/14-years-… via The Reveille

Happy #EarthDay . Check out this important report!

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Congratulations to risestjames Sharon Lavigne! Recognized by TIME as one of the Most Influential People of 2024 for her tireless work defending her community, and others like it around the world, from the devastating harms of fossil fuels.
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Big News! Strong unions will be key for a #JustTransition in the South. Build that infrastructure now. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Come join us tomorrow! 10:20-11am PST
Panel: The Threat of Fossil Fuels and Petrochemicals to Black Maternal Health: the view from Louisiana’s Cancer Alley.
with Kaitlyn Joshua, Shamell Lavigne, Malaika Ludman, Antonia Juhasz
EnviroNatal Equity Symposium
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Exciting to see Board Member Sidney Shapiro of Wake Forest Law quoted in this Scientific American article on #noisepollution . To learn more about the Center’s work on this front, check out this report. 👇🔗progressivereform.org/publications/s…