"A Growing Force In The Climate Movement: Moms"
"Activists are deploying the moral authority of mothers to push for climate action. Their protests must steer clear of nap time."
Source: NYTimes, 03/14/2022
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"Environmental Justice Funds Seen as Just a Start for Advocates"
"The Biden administration’s environmental justice efforts scored a big funding boost in the $1.5 trillion government spending bill, but advocates worry whether the increased attention can be sustained given years of promises that have failed to yield results in their communities."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/14/2022US Ethanol Industry Banks On Carbon Capture To Solve Emissions Problem
"U.S. ethanol producers are betting heavily on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to lower their greenhouse gas emissions and secure a place for the corn-based fuel in a climate-friendly future, according to industry groups and executives."
Source: Reuters, 03/14/2022Bird Flu Found in SW Iowa Commercial Flock Of 920,000 Egg-Laying Chickens
"State and federal agriculture officials have confirmed deadly bird flu in a flock of commercial layer chickens in southwest Iowa’s Taylor County, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Friday."
Source: Iowa Public Radio, 03/14/2022"Why Nearly Empty Auto Lots Make This Pump-Price Shock Different"
"Carmakers can keep charging top dollar and have EVs to offer as gas goes back above $4 a gallon."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 03/14/2022Tree Planting Is Booming. Here’s How That Could Help, or Harm, the Planet
"Reforestation can fight climate change, uplift communities and restore biodiversity. When done badly, though, it can speed extinctions and make nature less resilient."
Source: NYTimes, 03/14/2022"As War Rages, a Struggle to Balance Energy Crunch and Climate Crisis"
"As the world reels from spikes in oil and gas prices, the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has laid bare a dilemma: Nations remain extraordinarily dependent on fossil fuels and are struggling to shore up supplies precisely at a moment when scientists say the world must slash its use of oil, gas and coal to avert irrevocable damage to the planet."
Source: NYTimes, 03/11/2022"Ukraine Reports Seizure Of Major Gas Infrastructure"
"One of the chief economic fears of Europeans otherwise out of harm’s way from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is that natural gas supplies could be cut off to large sections of the continent. The conflict lurched in that direction yesterday when Russian troops seized two pipeline compressor stations along a major export pipeline that runs through Ukraine."
Source: E&E News, 03/11/2022In Texas, Biden’s EPA Chief Puts Power Plants On Notice For Pollution
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan on Thursday put the U.S. power sector on notice, outlining how the Biden administration plans to cut air and water pollution spewing from the nation’s electricity plants."
Source: Washington Post, 03/11/2022"Georgia Plans To Temporarily Halt Gas Tax As Prices Soar"
"Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on Wednesday announced that he and the state's General Assembly would work to temporarily halt state gas taxes, citing drastically rising fuel prices."
Source: The Hill, 03/11/2022UN Ocean Treaty Is ‘Once In A Lifetime’ Chance To Protect The High Seas
"The world has a “once in a lifetime” chance to protect the high seas from exploitation, warned scientists and environmentalists, as negotiators meet at the UN headquarters in New York this week to hammer out a new treaty on the oceans."
Source: Guardian, 03/11/2022"The Field Report: What the Invasion of Ukraine Means for the Food Supply"
"From the challenge of feeding millions of refugees to rising food prices and disrupted wheat crops, the war could have an outsized impact on the food system."
Source: Civil Eats, 03/11/2022"How Oil Companies Rebranded Deceptive Climate Ads As ‘Free Speech’"
"In two dozen climate liability cases, companies are arguing that their public statements about climate change are not ‘deceptive’ so much as persuasive – and protected free speech".
Source: Guardian, 03/11/2022"SEC To Consider Historic Rule Requiring Climate Disclosure"
"The Securities and Exchange Commission is set to vote on a groundbreaking rule later this month that for the first time would require public companies to disclose the risks they face from climate change."
Source: E&E News, 03/11/2022"Alaska North Slope Natural Gas Leak Is Under Investigation"
"Authorities are investigating a natural gas leak detected last week at a ConocoPhillips Alaska oil drill site on Alaska’s North Slope, officials said."
Source: AP, 03/11/2022
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