Environmental Groups Sound Alarm As Fossil Fuel Lobby Pushes For Immunity
"Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits"
Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025
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"Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs"
"Tariff threats. Growing uncertainty about the economy. And a push for much lower oil prices. For all of their bravado about U.S. energy dominance and enthusiasm for deregulation, American energy executives are beginning to worry about President Trump’s agenda."
Source: NYTimes, 03/18/2025Trump Halted Agent Orange Cleanup, Putting Hundreds of Thousands at Risk
"In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia. Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding."
Source: ProPublica, 03/18/2025"Ohio Supreme Court Weighs High-Stakes Solar Permitting Case"
"A regulatory board’s rejection of a permit for a large solar farm in southwestern Ohio has “essentially rewritten” state law to give local governments veto power over clean energy projects, an attorney for the project’s developer argued last week before the Ohio Supreme Court."
Source: Canary Media, 03/18/2025COP30 Mulls Hiring PR Firm That Worked For Weaker Amazon Protections
"Edelman, the world’s largest public relations agency, is in talks to work with the Cop30 team organising the UN climate summit in the Amazon later this year despite its prior connections to a major trade group accused of lobbying to roll back measures to protect the area from deforestation, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal."
Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution
"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."
Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025"A Famous Climate Scientist Won A $1M Verdict. Then His Case Took A Turn."
"A judge vastly reduced climate researcher Michael Mann’s award, sanctioned his lawyers for presenting false evidence and ordered him to pay $530,000."
Source: Washington Post, 03/18/2025After Cuts, Former NOAA Chief Scientist Says U.S. Science Risks Downgrade
"With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA."
Source: bioGraphic, 03/18/2025"Trump Says He’s Authorizing Administration to Produce Coal Power"
"US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorizing his administration to ramp up production of energy from the fossil fuel."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/18/2025"Want Cheap Power, Fast? Solar and Wind Firms Have a Suggestion."
"Renewable energy companies are shifting strategy under President Trump, emphasizing the economic benefits of low-carbon electricity."
Source: NYTimes, 03/18/2025Tornadoes, Winds And Wildfires Killed At Least 39 People Across U.S.
"A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses."
Source: AP, 03/17/2025"Judge Orders EPA To Rehire Fired Employees"
"EPA is now among the agencies facing court orders to reinstate “probationary” employees who were terminated as part of President Donald Trump’s endeavor to shrink the federal government."
Source: E&E News, 03/17/2025"Burn Pit Fund For Veterans On Chopping Block In GOP Spending Bill"
"Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs fund meant to cover costs for illnesses linked to military burn pits and other chemical exposure."
Source: The Hill, 03/17/2025"Reality Check: Hurdles Await EPA’s Deregulatory Spree"
"The Trump administration won’t have an easy time legally defending its massive regulatory rollback. It could still cause major damage."
Source: E&E News, 03/17/2025Some US Scientists Stick with the IPCC Despite Trump Pullout
"Despite a series of directives from the Trump administration aimed at disengaging the U.S. government from international climate collaboration, five U.S. scientists are part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s team of 100 experts from 50 countries who met in Osaka, Japan, this week to start writing a report about global warming and cities that is due in 2027."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/17/2025
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