"Mountain Valley Pipeline Halted as Legal Wrangling Heats Up"
"A federal court in Richmond has held up construction, despite a law passed by Congress last month that says it no longer has jurisdiction over the pipeline."
Source: NYTimes, 07/13/2023
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"Crunch Talks Due On Deep-Sea Mining Controversy"
"Controversial proposals to allow deep-sea mining will be centre-stage at global talks in Jamaica from Monday."
Source: BBC News, 07/12/2023
"Extreme Heat Is Pushing The U.S. Toward A Grim New Fossil Fuel Milestone"
"The United States is set to use more natural gas to generate electricity than ever before this summer as extreme heat sends demand for air conditioning skyrocketing."
Source: HuffPost, 07/12/2023
Vermont Floods Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change
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"This week’s flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction even miles from any river, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate threat: Catastrophic flooding can increasingly happen anywhere, with almost no warning. And the United States, experts warn, is nowhere close to ready for that threat."
Source: NYTimes, 07/12/2023
"Biden Admin Announces $650 Million To Plug Orphaned Gas And Oil Wells"
"The Interior Department announced Monday more than $650 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to plug abandoned oil and gas wells."
Source: The Hill, 07/11/2023
"U.S. Carbon Emissions Fall For First Time In Biden Era"
"Global carbon dioxide emissions were roughly flat through the first five months of the year, with rising greenhouse gas production from China and India offsetting deep declines in emissions from the United States and Europe."
Source: E&E News, 07/11/2023
"Energy Groups Object to Conservation as Use of Public Lands"
"Defining conservation as a specific “use” of public lands is shaping up to be the primary point of legal opposition to a proposed federal lands rule that would prioritize conservation over fossil fuels extraction and allow public lands management to adapt to a changing climate."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/10/2023
"It’s Deadline Day for Deep-Sea Mining"
"The International Seabed Authority had until this weekend to finish drafting exploitation regulations for deep-sea mining. They’re not done. So now what happens?"
Source: Hakai, 07/10/2023
"U.S. Truckmakers Reach Deal To Phase Out Polluting Diesel Big Rigs"
"Some of the largest manufacturers of heavy trucks and engines in the country have agreed to accept a California plan to ban sales of new diesel big rigs by 2036 under a deal aimed in part at thwarting potential litigation and maintaining a single national standard for truck pollution rules."
Source: Washington Post, 07/10/2023
U.N. Watchdog Says Japan Can Release Nuclear Waste Water Into The Ocean
"The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a plan by Japan to release more than a million tons of treated nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the ocean, despite vehement international opposition."
Source: NPR, 07/07/2023
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