"Trump’s Choice to Run Energy Says Fossil Fuels Are Virtuous"
"Chris Wright, Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, says oil, gas and coal are key to solving global poverty. Some call that misleading."
Source: NYTimes, 12/16/2024
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"Pipeline Opponents Receive Cease And Desist Letters From Summit"
"Several opponents of the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions carbon sequestration pipeline have received letters on behalf of the company threatening lawsuits over perceived defamation, an environmental group representative said."
Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch, 12/16/2024"Trump’s CDC Pick Wouldn’t Let Go Of False Theory Vaccines Cause Autism"
"Dave Weldon’s long record of promoting the disproven link between vaccines and autism raises concerns among some public health experts about his ability to run the CDC."
Source: Washington Post, 12/16/2024"Members Of Congress Question Oz’s Credentials For CMS Post"
"On Tuesday, top Democrats, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Dick Durbin (Illinois) and Ben Cardin (Maryland), sent Mehmet Oz a letter asking whether he was qualified for the job Trump has said he’ll nominate him for — running two of the federal government’s largest health-care programs as director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services."
Source: Washington Post, 12/16/2024"Earthquakes And Blowouts Undermine Case For Carbon Storage In Texas"
"Texas has seen surging interest from companies hoping to bury carbon dioxide in its oilfields, putting the state at the vanguard of a government-subsidized program to fight climate change. But pumping CO2 into the ground could exacerbate earthquakes and well blowouts already happening in the Permian Basin as Texas struggles to manage wastewater disposal, potentially undermining public support."
Source: Reuters, 12/16/2024"Gas Could Mean Billions for Indigenous People in Canada. Some Fear a Cost."
"New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship."
Source: NYTimes, 12/16/2024"How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West"
"In Nevada, plans are moving ahead for transmission lines, solar farms, geothermal plants and more in the name of fighting climate change. Yet even among environmental groups and government officials, the projects are controversial."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/16/2024Malaria Cases Rise For 5th Year As Disasters, Resistance Hamper Control
"Malaria killed almost 600,000 people in 2023, as cases rose for the fifth consecutive year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Biological threats such as rising resistance to drugs and insecticides, and climate and humanitarian disasters continue to hamper control efforts, world health leaders warned."
Source: Guardian, 12/16/2024"Industrial And Business Groups Send Trump A Deregulatory Wish List"
"More than a hundred industrial trade groups and chambers of commerce are urging President-elect Donald Trump to weaken or eliminate numerous Biden administration regulations on energy, air pollution, recycling, worker heat protections, consumer safeguards and corporate financing, claiming that the rules are “strangling” the nation’s economy."
Source: LA Times, 12/16/2024"As Wolf Populations Rebound, an Angry Backlash Intensifies"
"The reintroduction of endangered wolves to Yellowstone National Park 30 years ago was a major conservation victory. But as wolves have spread across the West, anger and resentment at the apex predator has escalated, with hunters in some states increasingly targeting them."
Source: YaleE360, 12/16/2024"‘Bioweapons’ And Cover-Ups: The Untruths Behind RFK Jr.’s Disease Claims"
"Kennedy has spread misinformation about the deadliest and most debilitating diseases of the modern era."
Source: E&E News, 12/13/2024Global Food Production At Increased Risk From Excess Salt In Soil, UN Warns
"The extent of the world’s land affected by excess salt is set to increase rapidly with potentially devastating impacts on food production, research has found."
Source: Guardian, 12/13/2024"As Teenagers, They Protested Trump’s Climate Policy. Now What?"
"Some young climate activists who were galvanized under Donald Trump’s first presidency are taking a different approach to his second."
Source: NYTimes, 12/13/2024"Biden's Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Auction Ripe for Challenge"
"The Biden administration’s decision to include restrictions in the auction of oil drilling rights in part of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is legally vulnerable as the state looks to the next administration to allow more oil development."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/13/2024Hemorrhagic Disease Could Limit Take For Iowa Deer Hunters This Season
"The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is monitoring the spread of epizootic hemorrhagic disease and chronic wasting disease in Iowa deer and says Iowa hunters can play an important role."
Source: States Newsroom, 12/13/2024
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