"Supreme Court Rejects Dakota Access NEPA Battle"
"The Supreme Court today dealt a blow to a pipeline developer, deciding against hearing a dispute over environmental reviews for infrastructure projects."
Source: E&E News, 02/23/2022
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Biden DOI Suspends Alaska Mining Road Advanced By Trump Officials
"The Biden administration on Tuesday said it found “significant deficiencies” in a Trump-era environmental analysis of a mining road that would cut through wilderness and Indigenous territory in northwest Alaska."
Source: Washington Post, 02/23/2022"More Countries Join Rwanda In Proposed Treaty On Plastic Pollution"
"More than 60 countries have expressed their support for the global treaty on eliminating plastic pollution proposed by Rwanda and Peru."
Source: Rwanda New Times, 02/23/2022"75% Of People Want Single-Use Plastics Banned, Global Survey Finds"
"Three in four people worldwide want single-use plastics to be banned as soon as possible, according to a poll released on Tuesday, as United Nations members prepare to begin talks on a global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution."
Source: Reuters, 02/22/2022"Ethiopia Turns On The Turbines At Giant Nile Hydropower Plant"
"Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan and Egypt have worried will cause water shortages downstream."
Source: Reuters, 02/22/2022Biden Touts $1 Billion In Funding For Great Lakes Cleanup In Ohio Trip
"President Biden visited Ohio on Thursday to tout $1 billion in funding from the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed last year that will be used to clean and restore environmentally degraded sites around the Great Lakes, a major source of drinking water in the region."
Source: Washington Post, 02/18/2022"Oil Firms’ Climate Claims Are Greenwashing, Study Concludes"
"Accusations of greenwashing against major oil companies that claim to be in transition to clean energy are well-founded, according to the most comprehensive study to date."
Source: Guardian, 02/17/2022"AP Fact Check: Biden Takes Half-Steps on Electric Vehicles"
"Eager to show benefits from his policies, President Joe Biden is overstating the number of electric vehicle charging stations that would be built with his infrastructure law and claiming a speedy shift to electric in the federal fleet that isn’t so."
Source: AP, 02/16/2022"GOP Boycotts Committee Vote On Federal Reserve Nominees"
"Republicans today blocked the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin and several other Federal Reserve nominees, creating confirmation chaos for the pro-climate bank regulator pick in what Democrats labeled a “smear campaign.”"
Source: E&E News, 02/16/2022"White House Takes Aim at Environmental Racism, but Won’t Mention Race"
"Communities of color bear a disproportionate burden from pollution, research shows. But using race to allocate federal help could result in legal problems."
Source: NYTimes, 02/16/2022"EPA Drilling Down on Civil Rights Complaints, Top Lawyer Says"
"The EPA is working to stiffen its enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which broadly forbids discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin, the agency’s top lawyer said Tuesday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/16/2022"How the Sugar Industry Makes Political Friends and Influences Elections"
"A city commissioner race in Florida provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests."
Source: Palm Beach Post, 02/15/2022"Joe Manchin’s Closest Political Ally Cashes In On Senator’s Rise"
"A longtime friend of the West Virginia senator has a growing lobbying business in Washington as companies seek to understand and influence the key lawmaker".
Source: Washington Post, 02/15/2022In Misinformation Wars, Renewable Energy Is The Latest To Be Attacked
"The spread of misinformation about solar and wind energy is leading some states and counties to restrict or even reject projects. The Energy Department calls it a key threat to decarbonizing the grid."
Source: NPR, 02/15/2022Rightwing Lobby ALEC Pushes To Blacklist Companies That Boycott Oil
"The influential rightwing lobby group the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) is driving a surge in new state laws to block boycotts of the oil industry. The group’s strategy, which aims to protect large oil firms and other conservative-friendly industries, is modelled on legislation to punish divestment from Israel."
Source: Guardian, 02/14/2022
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