Climate Change

"In a Climate Trade-Off, Biden Backs Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Plan"

"The White House on Wednesday endorsed a plan by Senator Joe Manchin III to speed the approval of some fossil fuel projects in order to also hasten the construction of new transmission lines critical for meeting President Biden’s climate goals."

Source: NYTimes, 05/11/2023

EPA Proposes Power Plant Emissions Rule To Confront Climate Change

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing on Thursday a draft rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from fossil-fired power plants that is expected to be a key piece of the Biden administration’s climate policy."

Source: The Hill, 05/11/2023
June 1, 2023

Making the Climate Connection

Join Sentient Media for a discussion on how to improve media coverage of the food-climate connection. Based on an upcoming report that found only 7% of 1000 articles mention animal agriculture; most cover climate impacts to livestock, not the animal ag industry as a source of greenhouse gas emissions. 12pm ET.

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Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan

"Even as the $21 billion effort unfolds, officials realize that its water infrastructure cannot contend with rising seas, violent storms and Florida’s non-stop influx of residents."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/10/2023

"World Not Ready Yet To 'Switch Off' Fossil Fuels, COP28 Host UAE Says"

"The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions - not the production of oil, gas and coal - at the upcoming U.N. climate change negotiations that it will host this December."

Source: Reuters, 05/10/2023

"Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico? $30 Billion, Study Says."

"Ever since the first offshore platforms went up off Louisiana 85 years ago, the Gulf of Mexico has been an oil and gas juggernaut. But decades of drilling has left behind more than 14,000 old, unplugged wells at risk of springing dangerous leaks and spills that may cost more than $30 billion to plug, a new study has found."

Source: NYTimes, 05/09/2023

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