"Appeals Court Rules Two Trump Administration Gulf Lease Sales Unlawful"
"A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled two Trump-era Interior Department oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico were unlawful."
Source: The Hill, 08/31/2022
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"Here Are the Challenges Ahead for California’s Ban on Gas Cars"
"Enforcement could be complex and legal challenges are likely. But ultimately, experts say, success or failure will depend on steady supply and buyers’ appetite."
Source: NYTimes, 08/31/2022
Remote Mine Could Foretell the Future of America’s Electric Car Industry
"TAMARACK, Minn. — In this isolated town of about 100 people, dozens of employees are at work for Talon Metals, drawing long cylinders of rock from deep in the earth and analyzing their contents. They liken their work to a game of Battleship — each hole drilled allows them to better map out where a massive and long-hidden mineral deposit is lurking below."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2022
"FERC Endorses Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project"
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has advanced the nation’s largest dam-removal project, which could restore flowing water to more than 400 miles of the Klamath River near the California-Oregon line."
Source: E&E News, 08/30/2022
"When an Oil Well Is Your Neighbor"
"Three years ago, California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to safeguard the health and safety of people living near oil and gas operations, but change hasn’t come. Millions still live near noxious oil and gas rigs, many long exempt from air pollution rules, as scientific evidence of their harm mounts."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/30/2022
A Melting Glacier, An Imperiled City And A Farmer’s Fight For Climate Justice
"A Peruvian farmer is suing one of Europe’s biggest emitters. The case could set a precedent for holding polluters accountable for harm to the planet."
Source: Washington Post, 08/30/2022
"Obscure Energy Treaty Threatens Huge State Losses Over Climate Action"
"Italy's multi-million-dollar payout to a UK oil and gas company has sparked renewed calls for the EU to quit a treaty critics say could hinder efforts to phase out fossil fuels".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 08/29/2022
Houston Rail Yard Linked To Highly Toxic Waste Mixed With Creosote
"Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens residents have been fighting for years to get hazardous creosote chemicals cleaned up from the ground and groundwater around their homes. But creosote might not have been the only harmful substance that workers used at the rail yard in the neighborhood, and it might not have been the most dangerous."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08/29/2022
"Surrounded By Fossil Fuels, They Fear Climate Bill Leaves Them Behind"
"PORT ARTHUR, Tex. — On any given day at the Prince Hall apartment complex, the breeze might carry soot and stink of burning tar. Black smoke might billow overhead as excess gas is burned at one of the refineries directly across the road. The fumes make Ariel Watson’s head ache until she can barely think. Jeremy Roy, 9, closes his windows against air that “stinks like farts.”"
Source: Washington Post, 08/29/2022
"Democrats Clash Over Manchin Side Deal, Raising Shutdown Risk"
"Liberal lawmakers are pressing Democratic leaders in the House to not include a side deal undercutting environmental reviews worked out with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in a short-term measure funding the government."
Source: The Hill, 08/29/2022
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