"Semafor's Infuriating Climate Misinformation"
"Ben Smith's news outlet promised to be "something new," but it's spreading tired fossil fuel industry propaganda just like the rest."
Source: HEATED, 10/27/2022
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"Garland Formally Bars Justice Dept. From Seizing Reporters’ Records"
"The Justice Department on Wednesday formally banned the use of subpoenas, warrants or court orders to seize reporters’ communications records or demand their notes or testimony in an effort to uncover confidential sources in leak investigations, in what amounts to a major policy shift."
Source: NYTimes, 10/27/2022
"Climate-Warming Methane Emissions Rising Faster Than Ever, Study Says"
"The amount of methane in the atmosphere is racing ahead at an accelerating pace, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, threatening to undermine efforts to slow climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 10/27/2022
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The International Indigenous Salmon Seas Symposium and Press Conference
The Symposium brings together 35 Indigenous peoples, knowledge-keepers and invited guests from the three great salmon seas: the Salish Sea, Alaska, and the Russian Far East to begin a new era of collaboration and communication among the Salmon Peoples of the Pan-Pacific.
"Future Of Pipelines, Black School Hinge On Court NEPA Fight"
"An upcoming federal appeals court battle could reset the rules for environmental reviews of major projects like power plants and highways — and determine the fate of a historic Virginia school built to educate Black children during the Jim Crow era."
Source: E&E News, 10/26/2022
"Opponents Of US Carbon Pipeline Draw Lessons From Prior Pipeline Fights"
"Landowners hoping to block proposed carbon pipeline projects in the U.S. Midwest are getting help from some of America's most prominent anti-pipeline campaigners, including groups that fought the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines."
Source: Reuters, 10/26/2022
"Forest Service Backs Arrested ‘Burn Boss’"
"The Forest Service is defending the manager of a prescribed fire that went astray in Oregon, resulting in the employee’s arrest by a local sheriff."
Source: E&E News, 10/26/2022
"U.S. Groups Urge Kerry To Back Climate Compensation Fund"
"Over 100 U.S. environmental groups on Monday urged top U.S. climate diplomat John Kerry to support the creation of a fund that would compensate countries that have experienced economic and physical loss from climate change, a key demand of vulnerable countries at the upcoming COP27 climate summit in Egypt."
Source: Reuters, 10/26/2022
"Rich Countries Keep Funding Our Demise"
"The most powerful countries in the world keep ratcheting up public funding for fossil fuel projects and increasing emissions—despite the fact that continued investment in dirty fuels could push us beyond the warming targets laid out in the Paris Agreement."
Source: Earther, 10/26/2022
