"Trump’s E.P.A. to Rewrite Rules Aimed at Averting Chemical Disasters"
"The Trump administration has moved to rewrite rules designed to prevent disasters at thousands of chemical facilities across the country."
Source: NYTimes, 03/07/2025
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L.A. County Sues S. Calif. Edison, Alleging Equipment Sparked Wildfire
"Los Angeles County said Wednesday that it’s suing Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked January’s Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 9,400 structures and killed 17 people in the Altadena area."
Source: AP, 03/06/2025
"Trump Fires NOAA Scientists Helping Whales And Offshore Wind Coexist"
"Scores of employees working to ensure offshore wind has a low impact on whales, birds, and other wildlife were cut in a major round of layoffs at the agency."
Source: Canary Media, 03/06/2025
US Withdrawing From Plan To Help Major Polluters Move From Coal, Sources Say
"The United States is withdrawing from the Just Energy Transition Partnership, a collaboration between richer nations to help developing countries transition from coal to cleaner energy, several sources in key participating countries said."
Source: Reuters, 03/06/2025
"Half Of World’s CO2 Emissions Come From 36 Fossil Fuel Firms, Study Shows"
"Half of the world’s climate-heating carbon emissions come from the fossil fuels produced by just 36 companies, analysis has revealed."
Source: Guardian, 03/06/2025
Ontario's Ford Will Cut Off US Electricity Exports 'With A Smile On My Face,'
""They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain," Premier Doug Ford said Monday on cutting Ontario electricity exports to U.S."
Source: Toronto Sun, 03/05/2025
"Oil Prices Fall After OPEC Plus Affirms Plan to Raise Production"
"Oil prices fell on Monday afternoon to their lowest level of the year after the OPEC oil cartel and its allies affirmed plans to gradually increase crude production beginning in April."
Source: NYTimes, 03/05/2025
Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel?
"Buffeted by PFAS-emitting industries, Fayetteville could soon be home to a financially troubled company that wants to turn tons of plastic waste into diesel fuel using a polluting, energy-intensive process called pyrolysis."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/05/2025
"‘Drill Baby Drill’ Belied by Firing Federal Permit Approvers"
"Federal firings expected to undermine oil and gas permitting"
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/05/2025
UN Sets August Date For Extra Session To Finalize Plastics Treaty
"The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take place from August 5 to 14 in Geneva, Switzerland, after countries failed to agree on the parameters of a final agreement last December in Busan, South Korea."
Source: Reuters, 03/04/2025
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