Environmental Politics

"Army Corps Further Delays Decision On Great Lakes Oil Tunnel"

"A federal review of plans for a Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel will take more than a year longer than originally planned, officials said Thursday, likely delaying completion of the project — if approved — until 2030 or later."

Source: AP, 03/24/2023

"Big Sky Bison Battles Spell Trouble For Haaland"

"While Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wants to restore more bison across the country, Yellowstone’s famous herd suffered through one of the deadliest winters on record, with the animals easy prey for hunters as they sauntered across the park’s northern border in search of food."

Source: E&E News, 03/23/2023

"Brazil Evicts Miners From Yanomami Territory, Prepares For More Removals"

"Brazil has ousted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, and will remove miners from six more reserves this year, the head of the federal police's new environmental crimes division said Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 03/22/2023

Older Americans Blockade Banks to Protest Fossil Fuel Financing

"Climate activists are taking to the streets Tuesday in one of the biggest coordinated demonstrations over global warming since millions of the world’s youth walked out of their classrooms in 2019 to urge their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis. Except this time, it’s not young people leading the charge but Baby Boomers."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/22/2023

"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again"

"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."

Source: Guardian, 03/21/2023

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