"Why California’s ‘Great Bacon Crisis’ Has Yet To Arrive"
"The pork industry claimed new animal welfare rules would bring chaos to the supply chain. Proponents say they need to get with the program".
Source: Guardian, 01/25/2022
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Bloated Costs Take Over Georgia Nuclear Plant; Fight Looms Over Who Pays
"Vogtle’s two new nuclear reactors are six years late and at least $16 billion over their original budget. The plant will have no direct carbon footprint, but critics say there are much cheaper ways to reduce emissions."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/24/2022"Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured"
"A new report provides some damning new math on one of the oil giant's much-hyped CCS projects."
"Oil companies love to tell the world about the super cool technologies that have that will allow us to keep burning fossil fuels without cooking the climate. But those technologies are largely bullshit.
Source: Earther, 01/24/2022"US, Colorado Reach Proposed Settlement In 2015 Mine Spill"
"Colorado, the U.S. government and a gold mining company have agreed to resolve a longstanding dispute over who’s responsible for continuing cleanup at a Superfund site that was established after a massive 2015 spill of hazardous mine waste that fouled rivers with a sickly yellow sheen in three states and the Navajo Nation."
Source: AP, 01/24/2022"NYC, Others Join White House Building Efficiency Partnership"
"The White House unveiled a partnership on Friday with 33 state and local governments to make the nation’s buildings more efficient."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/24/2022"In Parched Beijing, Claims Of A ‘Green’ Olympics May Not Hold Water"
"Barren hillsides broken up by thin strips of white snow are a familiar sight for regular visitors to ski resorts near Beijing. The 2022 Winter Olympics host, which is under 150 miles from the rapidly expanding Gobi Desert, is famous for cold and dry winters."
Source: Washington Post, 01/24/2022"House Panel Broadens Probe Into Climate Disinformation By Big Oil"
"The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has broadened its investigation into the role of fossil fuel companies in misleading the public about climate change, asking members of the boards of directors of ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell Oil to testify before Congress next month about their firms’ commitments to curbing global warming."
Source: Washington Post, 01/24/2022"Exxon Pledges To Cut Emissions — But Not From Its Oil"
"Exxon Mobil's new net-zero pledge stacks up poorly, even by oil company standards."
Source: Grist, 01/24/2022'Starting From Zero’: Restoring Finland’s River Ecosystems
"Rewilding teams are facing a huge task to encourage the return of wildlife after decades of damage by the forestry industry".
Source: Guardian, 01/24/2022Old-Fashioned, Inefficient Light Bulbs Live On at U.S. Dollar Stores
"A Trump administration weakening of climate rules has kept incandescent bulbs on store shelves, and research shows they’re concentrated in shops serving poorer areas."
"For years, Deborah Turnerbought her light bulbs at one of the many dollar stores that serve her neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.
Source: NYTimes, 01/24/2022"Saving The Manatees — Rescue By Rescue, Rehab By Rehab"
"On an unusually cold winter morning in central Florida, Corleone the manatee was awakened before dawn by wetsuited workers who slipped into his pool at SeaWorld and wrapped him in a long vinyl sling."
Source: Washington Post, 01/24/2022"‘Build Back Better’ Hit a Wall, but Climate Action Could Move Forward"
"A growing number of Democrats in Congress want to move ahead with the climate portion of President Biden’s stalled spending bill, saying the urgency of a warming planet demands action and they believe they can muster enough votes to muscle it past Republican opposition."
Source: NYTimes, 01/21/2022VP Harris To Announce Wildfire Money In Visit To California On Friday
"Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit a San Bernardino fire station Friday to announce the federal government will provide California $600 million to help the state recover from a historically severe wildfire season while highlighting plans to spend $5 billion more to address the dangers posed by fires, an administration official said."
Source: LA Times, 01/21/2022New Research Shows Health Risks to Children Mount as Temperatures Rise
"The first nationwide study on rising temperatures and younger Americans found that hotter days were associated with more visits to emergency rooms."
Source: NYTimes, 01/21/2022"White House Tees Up Historic $1B Everglades Funding"
"The Biden administration today [Wednesday] announced it will spend an unprecedented $1 billion from a recently passed infrastructure package to restore and protect South Florida’s sprawling Everglades."
Source: E&E News, 01/21/2022
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