"Boiling Point: Trump Is Lying About California And Clean Energy Again"
"This time he’s claiming the state had lots of blackouts this summer. It did not."
Source: LA Times, 11/08/2023
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"EPA Watchdog Accused Of Creating A Hostile Work Environment"
"The top watchdog tasked with overseeing EPA faced accusations that he abused his authority, wasted government money and showed partisan favor. EPA Inspector General Sean O’Donnell denied the allegations, which an oversight body ultimately deemed not worthy of further investigation, according to documents obtained by E&E News."
Source: E&E News, 11/07/2023How Midwest Landowners Helped to Derail One of the Biggest CO2 Pipelines
"Lured by billions of dollars in federal funding for carbon capture, developers are proposing huge pipelines to carry the CO2 across the Midwest. In Illinois, one retired academic united her neighbors to fight a key project."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/07/2023Texas Could Spend U.S. Funds Meant To Cut CO2 Emissions On Highway Projects
"The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act required Texas’ transportation agency to create a carbon reduction strategy to get $641 million federal dollars. Critics say the plan is unlikely to meaningfully cut greenhouse gasses from the state’s massive transportation sector."
Source: Texas Tribune, 11/07/2023"House GOP Approves Cutting EPA Budget By Nearly 40 Percent"
"House Republicans approved legislation Friday that would slash nearly 40 percent of the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The funding bill, passed by a 213-203 vote, cuts 39 percent of the EPA’s budget and would be the smallest budget the agency has had in three decades."
Source: The Hill, 11/06/2023"World Bank Poised To Host Climate Loss And Damage Fund, Despite Concerns"
"Countries moved a step closer on Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate disasters, despite reservations from developing nations and the United States."
Source: Reuters, 11/06/2023"Battle Brewing Over Proposed US Laws To Protect Pesticide Companies"
"Even as juries decide against a herbicide maker, proposed industry-backed measures would limit lawsuits and local use restrictions".
Source: Guardian, 11/06/2023Planned Deer Slaughter On Catalina Island Sparks Protest Among Residents
"News had barely broken of plans to eradicate thousands of nonnative mule deer on Santa Catalina Island before conservation biologist Lauren Dennhardt found herself the target of enraged Avalon residents."
Source: LA Times, 11/06/2023"How Microsoft Is Making A Mess Of The News After Replacing Staff With AI"
"False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire. A conspiracy theory that the latest surge in Covid-19 cases is being orchestrated by the Democratic Party ahead of the election. An obituary for a late NBA player that described him as “useless.” These false and bizarre stories aren’t showing up on some far-flung corner of the internet — they’re being published by Microsoft."
Source: CNN, 11/06/2023"A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short"
"America’s stewardship of one of its most precious resources, groundwater, relies on a patchwork of state and local rules so lax and outdated that in many places oversight is all but nonexistent, a New York Times analysis has found."
Source: NYTimes, 11/03/2023Louisiana Was Open To Cancer Alley Concessions. Then EPA Dropped Probe
"For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them at increased cancer risk. Federal officials said they had found evidence of discrimination and were pressuring the state to strengthen oversight of air pollution from industrial plants."
Source: AP, 11/02/2023"As Climate Shocks Grow, Lawmakers Investigate Insurers Fleeing Risky Areas"
"Insurers are already pulling back from California, Florida and Louisiana. Senate Democrats are trying to find out which states could be next."
Source: NYTimes, 11/02/2023"Schumer Leads 23 Senators In Demanding FTC Probe Of Oil Industry Mergers"
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 22 other Democratic senators sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan on Wednesday demanding an investigation of two major proposed oil industry mergers and warning that the consolidations could hurt consumers."
Source: The Hill, 11/02/2023Pittsburgh In ‘Extreme Embrace’ With Fossil Fuel Lobbyists, Research Finds
"Dozens of governmental, educational, cultural and environmental organizations across the city of Pittsburgh have hired lobbying firms who work with planet-heating fossil fuel companies, new research shows."
Source: Guardian, 11/01/2023"Labor Scores EV Wins In Automaker Battle"
"The United Auto Workers has notched a lot of wins in the last few days in standoffs with the Detroit automakers over electric vehicles and their batteries — but with an asterisk."
Source: E&E News, 11/01/2023
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