"What Would A Harris Presidency Mean For The Climate?"
"A look at Kamala Harris' record on clean energy, climate diplomacy, and environmental justice in California, the Senate, and the White House."
Source: Grist, 07/22/2024
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"Electric Vehicles Strain the Automaker-Big Oil Alliance"
"In the clean car battle, the oil industry leans on friends—including Donald Trump—to keep gasoline transport alive, while carmakers steer toward an EV future."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2024UK: "UN Expert Condemns Lengthy Just Stop Oil Sentences"
"The lengthy multi-year sentences handed to Just Stop Oil activists are “not acceptable in a democracy”, a UN special rapporteur has said, as the government faced growing pressure to reverse the previous administration’s “hardline anti-protest” approach."
Source: Guardian, 07/22/2024"How A Republican Election Sweep Could Transform U.S. Climate Policy"
"President Biden’s signature environmental actions could be reversed if the GOP takes control of the House, Senate and White House. The EPA and other agencies could see their budgets slashed."
Source: Washington Post, 07/19/2024"The Electric Utility Screwing Over Texans"
"CenterPoint wants customers to pay to climate-proof the grid—all while pouring millions of customer dollars into climate delay."
Source: HEATED, 07/19/2024"Top Ag Republican Offers Bleak Prognosis For Farm Bill"
"Congress might be better off leaving an already overdue five-year farm bill unfinished in 2024, Arkansas Republican Sen. John Boozman said Tuesday."
Source: E&E News, 07/19/2024"US Court Overturns Alaska Oil Lease Sale In A Win For Environmentalists"
"A federal court in Alaska overturned on Tuesday night an oil and gas lease sale that had been mandated by the Biden administration's signature climate law as part of a political compromise, on grounds that the U.S. government violated the law when holding the sale."
Source: Reuters, 07/19/2024DOI Names Former Site Of Texas ‘Mexican School’ As Newest National Park
"The Biden administration has named the site of the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, a segregated school for Mexican American children, as the country’s newest national park, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Wednesday."
Source: The Hill, 07/19/2024UK: "Meet the Labour Government’s New Climate Team"
"Introducing the key politicians tasked with delivering the government’s energy transformation plans – and the jobs at the top of their intrays."
Source: DeSmog, 07/18/2024Biden BLM To Add Protections Against Drilling In Alaska Petroleum Reserve
"Federal officials are proposing a new set of protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. If approved, they could come atop the rules that Bureau of Land Management finalized this spring to limit oil and gas drilling on more than half of the giant petroleum reserve."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 07/18/2024"What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Environment"
"If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would likely face fewer legal and bureaucratic obstacles to dramatically remake the E.P.A."
Source: NYTimes, 07/17/2024Bioplastics Are Poorly Defined And Regulated, And Possibly Toxic: Report
"The lack of federal regulations and clear definitions for bioplastics make it increasingly difficult to determine whether or not they are a safe alternative to traditional plastics, according to a new report from Beyond Plastics."
Source: EHN, 07/17/2024"The Siting Of An Offshore Wind Port Raises New Conflicts In Maine"
"Coastal residents are conflicted over the planned location of a facility that advocates say will help launch Maine's offshore wind industry."
Source: Energy News Network, 07/17/2024"Nations Gather To Negotiate Deep Sea Mining Code As Opposition Mounts"
"The United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet on Monday to consider new rules allowing firms to extract minerals from the ocean floor, despite mounting concerns about the economic and environmental risks."
Source: Reuters, 07/16/2024"At the Republican National Convention, Climate Change Isn’t a Problem"
"As the event opens with a focus on energy, former President Trump and other leaders are calling for more oil, gas and coal development."
Source: NYTimes, 07/16/2024
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