National (U.S.)

"Hurricane Warning For New Orleans As Sally To Bring Dangerous Surge"

"After deluging South Florida and the Florida Keys, Tropical Storm Sally is strengthening and forecast to become a powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. When it slugs ashore Monday night into Tuesday, the storm is expected to unleash a prolonged and dangerous assault from wind and water in southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi, including New Orleans."

Source: Washington Post, 09/14/2020

Secret Recording Reveals Oil Execs’ Private Views on Climate Change

"Last summer, oil and gas-industry groups were lobbying to overturn federal rules on leaks of natural gas, a major contributor to climate change. Their message: The companies had emissions under control. In private, the lobbyists were saying something very different."

Source: NYTimes, 09/14/2020

"Trump Officials Interfered With CDC Reports On Covid-19"

"The health department’s politically appointed communications aides have demanded the right to review and seek changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly scientific reports charting the progress of the coronavirus pandemic, in what officials characterized as an attempt to intimidate the reports’ authors and water down their communications to health professionals."

Source: Politico, 09/14/2020

"Arctic Refuge Oil Footprint Could Expand Illegally, Lawsuits Say"

"Gravel mines, airstrips, and ice roads could appear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which Congress never intended when it agreed to allow oil development there, more than a dozen states are claiming in a bid to stop drilling there."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/11/2020

Sunrise Movement Unveils 2020 Endorsements To Defeat Climate Deniers

"The Sunrise Movement, the youth-powered climate activist group, is putting its organizing skills to the test against climate-change-denying Republicans by unveiling a slate of congressional endorsements — several in the nation’s most contested districts this election cycle."

Source: HuffPost, 09/11/2020

In Bipartisan Agreement, Senators Plan To Slash Use Of Greenhouse Gas

"In a rare show of defiance of the Trump administration, key Senate Republicans joined Democrats on Thursday in agreeing to phase out chemicals widely used in air conditioners and refrigeration that are warming the planet."

Source: Washington Post, 09/11/2020

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