"Dems Slam Ads Depicting National Parks Overrun By Migrants"
"The National Republican Congressional Committee says the ads show parks under “extreme House Democrats.” Critics call the ads misleading and deceptive."
Source: E&E News, 02/29/2024
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"N.Y. State Sues JBS, the Brazilian Beef Giant, Over Its Climate Claims"
"The New York attorney general, Letitia James, on Wednesday sued JBS USA, the American arm of the world’s largest meatpacker, accusing the company of making misleading statements about its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit is a major setback for JBS, which is based in Brazil, as it pursues a listing on the New York Stock Exchange."
Source: NYTimes, 02/29/2024
"Congressional Leaders Reach Spending Agreement"
"Congressional leaders struck a government funding deal Wednesday on half a dozen annual spending bills alongside a stopgap that pushes two shutdown deadlines later into March, according to a senior leadership aide."
Source: E&E News, 02/29/2024
Wildfire Grows Into One Of Largest In Texas History, Menacing Towns
"A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed and blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches."
Source: AP, 02/29/2024
Wildfires Are Killing California's Ancient Giants. Can Seedlings Save Them?
"On a late autumn day, a team of forestry workers spreads out among the burned trunks of giant sequoia trees. The 1,000-year-old trees in the grove are dead but still standing, killed in an extreme wildfire that raced through Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks."
Source: NPR, 02/28/2024
"US Judge Halts Government Effort To Monitor Crypto Mining Energy Use"
"The US government has suspended its effort to survey cryptocurrency mining operations over their ballooning energy use following a lawsuit from an industry that has been accused by environmental groups of fueling the climate crisis."
Source: Guardian, 02/28/2024
Cities Warn of Funding Struggle as EPA Preps PFAS Drinking Water Rule
"Cash-strapped city water systems are struggling to envision how they’ll pay to filter “forever chemicals” out of drinking water in light of an EPA rule that could be finalized as soon as March."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/28/2024
"Montana Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Major Copper Mine"
"Stalled work on a major copper mine proposed in central Montana can proceed after the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that officials had adequately reviewed the project’s environmental effects."
Source: AP, 02/28/2024
Antarctica ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Threatens Sea Level As Study Funds Melt
"In a worst case scenario, rising global temperatures and marine heatwaves could melt enough of the Thwaites Glacier and other Antarctic ice to raise sea levels 10 feet by the early 2100s."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/28/2024
"Why Is Britain Quitting The Energy Charter Treaty?"
"Britain announced this week that it would withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) over its failure to align with its net zero plans. Since the late 1990s, the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has allowed firms and investors to sue governments whose plans to cut emissions from fossil fuels could hurt corporate profits."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 02/28/2024
