Energy & Fuel

"Hurricane Ernesto Leaves Half Of Puerto Rican Customers Without Power"

"About half of all homes and businesses on Puerto Rico were without power on Wednesday as Hurricane Ernesto churned north into the warm waters of the Atlantic after dumping torrential rain on the U.S. territory."

Source: Reuters, 08/15/2024

What Happens When A So-Called Climate Solution Risks Your Community’s Safety?

"In the St. Charles Parish neighborhood, only a tall green chain-link fence stands between a block of homes and the future site of a facility that may, among other things, store carbon in efforts to limit planetary heating."

Source: Vox, 08/14/2024

"This Oil Tycoon Brings In Millions For Trump, And May Set His Agenda"

"After Donald Trump asked the oil industry to contribute $1 billion to his presidential campaign in April, oil baron Harold Hamm immediately started working the phones."

Source: Washington Post, 08/14/2024
August 30, 2024

DEADLINE: IJNR Critical Minerals Institute

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites applications for an Institute travelling to Arizona and California, Oct 6-12, 2024, to prepare journalists to accurately report on the impacts of the coming increase in domestic mineral production. Apply by Aug 30.

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Wash. State Solar Project Paused Amid Concern About Native Cultural Sites

"A company developing an industrial-scale solar panel array on Badger Mountain in Eastern Washington has paused permitting activities on the project amid concerns about impacts to Indigenous cultural sites." "The decision comes after an investigation by High Country News and ProPublica found that a land survey funded by the developer omitted more than a dozen sites of archaeological or cultural significance."

Source: High Country News, 08/13/2024
August 16, 2024

DEADLINE: EJN Grants for Video Content Production and Distribution to Build Awareness About Renewable Energy in India

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is seeking to boost video content production and distribution of information to build awareness about renewable energy in all states of India, with a focus on Bihar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. Apply by Aug 16, 2024.

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‘Massive Disinformation Campaign’ Slowing Global Transition To Green Energy

"Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” so that countries will slow down the adoption of renewable energy and the speed with which they “transition away” from a carbon-intensive economy, the UN has said."

Source: Guardian, 08/09/2024

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