"Conservationists Hail US Plan To Ban Shark Fin Trade"
"As US faces criticism at Cop15 biodiversity conference over failure to sign 30-year-old pact to protect nature, Biden poised to sign shark fin measure into law".
Source: Guardian, 12/19/2022
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Fears Of ‘Dead Pool’ On Colorado River Grow As Drought Threatens Hoover Dam
"The Colorado River’s largest reservoirs stand nearly three-quarters empty, and federal officials now say there is a real danger the reservoirs could drop so low that water would no longer flow past Hoover Dam in two years."
Source: LA Times, 12/19/2022"UK Government Blocks Release of CO2 Figures Behind Transport Plan"
"The UK government is refusing to release the carbon emission figures behind its transport decarbonisation plan, which campaigners say could make proposed road schemes financially unviable."
Source: Guardian, 12/19/2022AK Gov. Dunleavy Names Former Oil And Gas Lobbyist As DNR Commissioner
"Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy [R] named former oil and gas lobbyist John Boyle to serve as commissioner of the agency in charge of oil and gas development in the state."
Source: States Newsroom, 12/19/2022"Senate Rejects Manchin’s Energy Permitting Amendment To Defense Bill"
"The Senate has bucked Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) latest effort to get his energy deal with Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) attached to must-pass legislation."
Source: The Hill, 12/16/2022"FERC Climate Reviews In Limbo As Glick Departs"
"The head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had big plans at the start of the Biden administration for assessing planet-warming emissions from new gas pipelines. But with FERC Chair Richard Glick’s time at the agency likely coming to an end, the commission’s path forward on climate assessments is as murky as ever."
Source: E&E News, 12/16/2022"How to Hand Out Billions in Climate Subsidies? Very Carefully."
"John Podesta, President Biden’s clean energy adviser, said the administration was working to ensure that a record $370 billion in new federal subsidies for electric vehicles, wind farms, batteries and other clean energy technologies is spent properly and avoids waste and abuse."
Source: NYTimes, 12/16/2022"California Just Slashed Rooftop Solar Incentives. What Happens Next?"
"California sharply reduced incentive payments for rooftop solar power Thursday, taking a sledgehammer to a program that helped 1.5 million homes and businesses put solar panels on their roofs and made the state a leader in fighting the climate crisis."
Source: LA Times, 12/16/2022China’s Return To Wildlife Farming Risks Global Health And Biodiversity
"China appears to be weakening its post-Covid restrictions on the farming of wildlife such as porcupines, civets and bamboo rats, which raises a new risk to public health and biodiversity, warn NGOs and experts."
Source: Guardian, 12/16/2022"Developing Nations Halt COP15 Talks After Biodiversity Fund Demand"
"Delegates from dozens of developing nations walked out of crunch financing talks overnight at the U.N. COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal, citing a lack of compromise from wealthy countries as negotiations intensify to agree a new global nature pact."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 12/15/2022"Nevada Flower Listed As Endangered At Lithium Mine Site"
"A Nevada wildflower was declared endangered at the only place it’s known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric car batteries, U.S. wildlife officials announced Wednesday."
Source: AP, 12/15/2022"G7 Agrees $15.5B Energy Deal With Vietnam To Cut Emissions"
"A group of nine rich industrialized nations approved a deal to provide Vietnam with $15.5 billion to help the Southeast Asian nation move faster from coal power to renewable energy, cutting its climate-damaging pollution."
Source: AP, 12/15/2022"#ClimateScam: Denialism Claims Flooding Twitter Have Scientists Worried"
"Twitter has proved a cherished forum for climate scientists to share research, as well as for activists seeking to rally action to halt oil pipelines or decry politicians’ failure to cut pollution. But many are now fleeing Twitter due to a surge in climate misinformation, spam and even threats that have upended their relationship with the platform."
Source: Guardian, 12/15/2022"They Fought the Lawn. And the Lawn Lost."
"After their homeowner association ordered them to replace their wildlife-friendly plants with turf grass, a Maryland couple sued. They ended up changing state law."
Source: NYTimes, 12/15/2022"Coal Plant Tied To W.Va Governor Faces $1M Fine"
"A shuttered Alabama coal products company with ties to Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice would pay a $925,000 fine as part of a settlement to resolve a Clean Air Act lawsuit brought last year by local regulators."
Source: E&E News, 12/14/2022
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