"Court Quashes Youth Climate Change Case Against Government"
"A federal appeals court has thrown out the landmark climate change lawsuit brought on behalf of young people against the federal government."
Source: NY Times, 01/20/2020
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"How Hard Is It to Quit Coal? For Germany, 18 Years and $44 Billion"
"Germany announced on Thursday that it would spend $44.5 billion to quit coal — but not for another 18 years, by 2038."
Source: NY Times, 01/17/2020
Energy Firms Have Friend At Trump’s Interior: Their Former Lobbyist
"David Bernhardt, the man in charge of the nation’s public lands, has come through the revolving door of Washington, D.C. lobbying and back out again. Before becoming secretary of the Department of the Interior, he collected nearly $5 million for his firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as a lobbyist and lawyer from energy clients. Since he took the new post in July 2017, Bernhardt’s former clients have spent a lot of money trying to influence the Department of Interior."
Source: Mother Jones, 01/17/2020
Trump Puts Severe Restrictions on Long-Delayed Puerto Rico Disaster Aid
"Days after the island was hit by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake, the White House released billions in aid but placed limits on how it can be spent."
Source: NY Times, 01/17/2020
"Environmental Groups Challenge Plastics Complex Permit"
"Conservation and community groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday, challenging environmental permits for a Taiwan company’s planned $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana."
Source: AP, 01/16/2020
"Energy Transitions: Renewables Primed To Pass Coal Power"
"For American coal, 2019 was bad, 2020 will be worse, and in 2021, renewables will surpass coal in electricity generation for the first time ever, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration."
Source: Greenwire, 01/16/2020
"Fines for Killing Migratory Birds Imposed in Bill Sent to House"
"A House committee rebuked the Trump administration’s 2017 conclusion that the century-old Migratory Bird Act doesn’t criminalize the accidental killing of migratory birds by industry."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/16/2020
"World’s Biggest Long-Term Risks Are Environmental, WEF Says"
"The World Economic Forum is sounding alarm bells on climate change, with environmental risks occupying the group’s top five long-term concerns for the first time on record."
Source: Bloomberg, 01/16/2020
News Media Protest Restrictive Rules for Coverage of Impeachment Trial
"The organization representing daily reporters on Capitol Hill is protesting restrictions expected to be imposed on the news media during the Senate impeachment trial, saying the security crackdown will severely limit access to lawmakers and stifle coverage of the proceedings."
Source: Washington Post, 01/16/2020
As Remote Work Rises At US Companies, Trump Restricts Federal Employees
"About a quarter of workers at U.S. companies now dial into meetings, consult with clients and do a multitude of other tasks from their laptops at home, as employers seek to cut real estate costs and keep their staffs content in a red-hot job market. The federal government, though, is calling its employees back to the office."
Source: Washington Post, 01/15/2020
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