"How Coal Holds On In America"
"In North Dakota coal country, officials rally to save a coal-fired power plant at renewable energy’s expense."
Source: Washington Post, 01/19/2022
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How Utility Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater
"Documents reveal Georgia Power went to great lengths to advocate for risky waste storage. After a ProPublica investigation exposed this practice, the EPA is trying to block the move."
Source: ProPublica, 01/19/2022"Power Companies Back EPA Climate Authority At Supreme Court"
"Public and private power companies yesterday called for the Supreme Court to uphold EPA’s authority to broadly regulate how they produce electricity for the nation."
Source: E&E News, 01/19/2022150 Ex-EPA Staffers Ask Virginia Lawmakers To Oppose Wheeler Nomination
"More than 150 former Environmental Protection Agency employees are urging Virginia lawmakers to oppose the nomination of the Trump administration’s EPA chief to a high-ranking environmental position."
Source: The Hill, 01/18/2022Fed Chair Jerome Powell Bucks a Global Trend on Climate Change
"As other central banks take a more activist role, Powell wants Congress and the private sector to assess growing climate risks. Elizabeth Warren calls his views “dangerous.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/18/2022"Supreme Court Shot-Or-Test Rule Freeze Hits Agency Powers"
"The Supreme Court’s order yesterday blocking vaccine-or-test requirements for large employers sent a daunting message to environmental lawyers. Legal observers say the court, which is now dominated by six conservative justices, has signaled its interest in reining in the regulatory authority of federal agencies. And EPA could be next."
Source: E&E News, 01/17/2022"Biden Nominates Climate Champ As Fed’s Bank Cop"
"President Biden is expected to nominate Sarah Bloom Raskin, one of the United States’ most prominent climate finance hawks, to be the Federal Reserve’s top bank cop."
Source: E&E News, 01/17/2022Six in 10 Americans ‘Alarmed’ Or ‘Concerned’ About Climate Change: Study
"A new report has revealed that a record number of Americans are now alarmed about the climate crisis."
Source: Guardian, 01/14/2022"On the Defensive a Year Ago, the American Petroleum Institute Is Back"
"The oil and gas lobby, looking at resurgent production, has more than held its own in dealings with the Biden administration."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/13/2022"White House Plan Aims To Protect Science From Politics"
"The White House today [Tuesday] released a wide-ranging plan to strengthen the work of government scientists and protect them from political meddling."
Source: E&E News, 01/12/2022DOE Blew $1.1B on Carbon Capture Projects That Were Mostly Failures: GAO
"The idea of trapping a dirty coal plant’s carbon emissions at the source and storing it underground may sound like the solution to our climate problems. In practice, it’s proven all but completely unfeasible, but that hasn’t stopped the government from plunging money into it."
Source: Earther, 01/12/2022"Biden Spending Bill Ignites Debate Over Dairy Methane Pollution"
"As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming."
Source: Reuters, 01/12/2022"Manchin's Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew"
"The senator from West Virginia is bought and paid for by Big Coal. With his help the dying industry is pulling one final heist — and the entire planet may pay the price".
Source: Rolling Stone, 01/11/2022"Biden Consoles Residents in Fire-Ravaged Colorado"
"President Biden flew to Colorado on Friday to console residents suffering from swift wildfires that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, while pointing to the devastation as evidence of the urgent need to address natural disasters rooted in the global climate crisis."
Source: NYTimes, 01/10/2022"Canada’s New Environment Minister Talks Climate — And Compromise"
"From overseeing 2030 targets to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, Steven Guilbeault has been tasked with one of the largest to-do lists of the entire federal cabinet. The environment minister says he'll act quickly, even if it means not getting exactly what he wants".
Source: The Narwhal, 01/10/2022
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