"Who Will Clean Up The 'Billion-Dollar Mess' Of Abandoned US Oilwells?"
"As oil companies go out of business, they are leaving a legacy of abandoned wells that leak huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere".
Source: Guardian, 03/01/2021
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"Local Hazards Grow as Americans Churn Out More Garbage"
"Increasing waste, full landfills and shuttered recycling programs mean more cities are paying to send their trash out-of-state."
"As U.S. cities struggle to rein in garbage while propping up pricey recycling efforts, more companies are profiting from America’s growing waste problem and leaving local communities to face the environmental consequences.
Source: Bloomberg Green, 03/01/2021"Biden Reverts to Obama-Era Method of Valuing Climate Change"
"The Biden administration is reverting to an Obama-era method of calculating the cost of greenhouse gases—a move that industry is almost certain to challenge."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/01/2021"Democrats Eye Climate In Big Infrastructure Push"
"President Biden and congressional Democrats are already bracing for the next big legislative fight — a major infrastructure package that may aim to bolster clean energy."
Source: Washington Post, 03/01/2021"Wisconsin Shuts Down Hunt After 216 Wolves Are Killed In 3 Days"
"Wisconsin officials shut down a planned weeklong wolf hunt in just three days after 216 of the animals were killed — 82% more than the maximum that had been set by the state."
Source: HuffPost, 03/01/2021Citrus Growers May Soon Have New Weapon Against Deadly Greening
"Citrus greening has decimated Florida’s industry and the infection is spreading in California. But a novel treatment, still in the testing phase, may suppress the disease and give trees immunity."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/01/2021Climate Change Is Weakening Ocean Currents That Shape Atlantic Weather
"The change in the main ocean heat pump could bring more heat waves to Europe, increase sea level rise in North America and force fish to move farther north."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/26/2021"Giant N.C. Spill Shows Gaps In Pipeline Safety"
"Shannon Miller Ward would like to know how someone loses enough gasoline to fill nearly two Olympic swimming pools without even missing it. Last summer, a crack in the Colonial pipeline, the country's biggest fuel pipeline, leaked at least 1.2 million gallons of gasoline into a small nature preserve here on the edge of the Charlotte suburbs."
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Source: E&E News, 02/26/2021"Environmental Group Charges EPA With Ignoring Evidence of Cancer"
"The EPA downplayed the risks of the pesticide Telone, according to a complaint filed with the agency’s inspector general."
Source: The Intercept, 02/26/2021"Former Michigan Gov. Granholm Confirmed As Energy Secretary"
"Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm won Senate confirmation Thursday to be energy secretary, joining President Joe Biden’s Cabinet as a leader of Biden’s effort to build a green economy as the United States moves to slow climate change."
Source: AP, 02/26/2021"Tribes Flex Political Muscle In Quest To Co-Manage Parks"
"Flexing their newfound political muscle, the nation's 574 federally recognized tribes are gaining momentum in their long drive to co-manage the country's national parks and other public lands — and they've got a new occupant in the White House who may help make it happen."
Source: E&E News, 02/26/2021Annapolis Sues 26 Oil And Gas Companies For Role In Climate Change
"The City of Annapolis is suing 26 oil and gas companies for what it calls the costs and consequences of climate change."
Source: Capital Gazette, 02/26/2021"How A Billion-Dollar Gold Racket Wrecks The Jungle, Enriches Narcos"
"Juan Pablo Granda stepped into a small office in a middle-class neighborhood in the permanently foggy city of Lima, Perú, on February 18, 2013. The lights were off. He couldn’t see."
Source: McClatchy, 02/26/2021Amid Lawsuits, Delaware R. Basin Commission Makes Fracking Ban Permanent
"The Delaware River Basin Commission on Thursday approved a permanent ban on hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells along the river, doubling down in the face of new legal challenges."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 02/26/2021"Biden Urged To Back Water Bill Amid Worst US Crisis In Decades"
"Democratic lawmakers and advocates are urging Joe Biden to back legislation proposing unprecedented investment in America’s ailing water infrastructure amid the country’s worst crisis in decades that has left millions of people without access to clean, safe, affordable water."
Source: Guardian, 02/26/2021
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