"Cop29 Host Azerbaijan Hits Out At West In Defence Of Oil And Gas"
"The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year’s UN climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 11/13/2024
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"Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0"
"Disheartened, worried, even scared, activists and strategists are nevertheless better prepared this time around and bracing for a long fight."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/13/2024"EPA Implements Climate Law’s Methane Fee As Republicans Plan Repeal"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule Tuesday that implements a charge for oil and gas companies that release too much of the planet-warming gas methane."
Source: The Hill, 11/13/2024"Trump Considers ‘Energy Czar’ Post"
"President-elect Donald Trump is considering appointing a White House “energy czar” to coordinate the incoming administration’s energy policies across the administration, according to two people with knowledge of the transition."
Source: E&E News, 11/13/2024"Trump Taps Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin As EPA Chief"
"President-elect Donald Trump on Monday tapped former representative Lee Zeldin of New York to serve as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a crucial role that will oversee the rollbacks of dozens of President Joe Biden’s environmental policies."
Source: Washington Post, 11/12/2024"With Ready Orders and an Energy Czar, Trump Plots Pivot to Fossil Fuels"
"As President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team plans his energy and environment agenda, it is relying on two seasoned former cabinet leaders and fossil fuel lobbyists to dramatically reshape the agencies charged with protecting the nation’s air, water, climate and public lands, according to six people familiar with the matter."
Source: NYTimes, 11/12/2024"COP29 Chief Exec Filmed Promoting Fossil Fuel Deals"
"A senior official at COP29 climate change conference in Azerbaijan appears to have used his role to arrange a meeting to discuss potential fossil fuel deals, the BBC can report. A secret recording shows the chief executive of Azerbaijan's COP29 team, Elnur Soltanov, discussing "investment opportunities" in the state oil and gas company with a man posing as a potential investor."
Source: BBC News, 11/12/2024"Climate Talks Open With Calls For A Path Away From The ‘Road To Ruin’"
"United Nations annual climate talks stuttered to a start Monday with more than nine hours of backroom bickering over what should be on the agenda for the next two weeks. It then turned to the main issue: money."
Source: AP, 11/12/2024‘Mass Deportations Would Disrupt The Food Chain’: Calif. Warns Of Threat
"Take a drive through the Salinas or Central valleys in California and you’ll pass from town to town advertising its specialty fruit or vegetable: strawberries in Watsonville, garlic in Gilroy, pistachios in Avenal and almonds in Ripon. More than 400 types of commodities are grown in the Golden state – including a third of the vegetables and three-quarters of the fruits and nuts produced in the United States. Much of that food is grown by immigrant farm workers – many of whom are undocumented."
Source: Guardian, 11/12/2024"Is a ‘Green’ Revolution Poisoning India’s Capital?"
"India promised to burn its trash mountains and safely turn them into electricity. But a New York Times investigation found hazardous levels of toxic substances around homes, playgrounds and schools."
Source: NYTimes, 11/12/2024"How Trump Could Shrink EPA"
"Buyouts and budget cuts are some options the president-elect might consider to reduce the agency’s workforce."
Source: E&E News, 11/08/2024"Trump’s ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Cuts Two Ways for Oil Companies"
"The president-elect has promised to make it easier to build energy infrastructure and secure drilling leases. But higher production could hurt prices and profits."
Source: NYTimes, 11/08/2024"Republicans Sweep Key Utility Regulator Races In Arizona And Louisiana"
"Public utility commissions hold significant sway over state energy systems. Clean energy advocates failed to break through in elections this year."
Source: Canary Media, 11/08/2024Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across US Despite National Political Climate
"From California to Louisiana, ballot measures on climate and the environment gained voters’ approval. In state legislatures, results were mixed."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/08/2024"Public Lands Outlook Under Trump to Face 'Copious Litigation'"
"The second Trump administration’s federal lands agenda is widely expected to promote fossil fuels development and reverse Biden administration conservation efforts, moves environmental groups say they’ll litigate at every opportunity."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/08/2024
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