"Why Climate Denial Could Still Be Taught At Texas Schools"
"PragerU doesn’t need official approval to spread climate denial in public schools, a Texas State Teachers Association representative tells HEATED."
Source: HEATED, 08/30/2023
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Carbon Credit Speculators Could Lose Billions As Offsets Deemed ‘Worthless’
"Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as scientific evidence shows many offsets they have bought have no environmental worth and have become stranded assets."
Source: Guardian, 08/25/2023"Top Science Publisher Withdraws Flawed Climate Study"
"Top science publisher Springer Nature said it has withdrawn a study that presented misleading conclusions on climate change impacts after an investigation prompted by an AFP inquiry."
Source: AFP, 08/25/2023"Candidates Largely Dismiss Climate Issues At First GOP Debate"
"Climate change received little attention at the first Republican presidential debate Wednesday evening, with Vivek Ramaswamy dismissing it as a “hoax” in what was the most forceful comment on the matter throughout the night."
Source: The Hill, 08/24/2023"Texas Permits Lignite Mine Expansion Despite Water Worries"
"Texas regulators on Tuesday approved a 12,000-acre coal mine expansion despite objections from local governments and a river authority concerned about their water supplies."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/24/2023PHMSA Raises Safety Concerns Over Mountain Valley Pipeline in Formal Notice
"Federal regulators have sent a proposed safety order to the developers of the contentious and highly politicized Mountain Valley Pipeline citing concerns over potential pipe corrosion and land movement in the steep mountain terrain the pipeline will cross in West Virginia and Virginia."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/23/2023Some States Reject Federal Money To Find, Replace Dangerous Lead Pipes
"As the Biden administration makes billions of dollars available to remove millions of dangerous lead pipes that can contaminate drinking water and damage brain development in children, some states are turning down funds."
Source: AP, 08/23/2023"PragerU Says It's Approved In Texas Schools. It's Not."
"The conservative group's big announcement that its climate denial videos were approved in Texas public schools appears to be a lie, the Texas State Board of Education tells HEATED."
Source: HEATED, 08/23/2023"Ecuador Votes To Ban Oil Drilling In Part Of Amazon, Mining Outside Quito"
"Ecuadorean referendums to ban oil drilling in a part of the Amazon and mining in a forest outside Quito easily passed, drawing cheers on Monday from Indigenous leaders and environmentalists despite warnings from oil and mining groups about billions of dollars in lost income."
Source: Reuters, 08/22/2023"EPA Punts Ozone Standard Review"
"EPA is restarting review of a high-stakes decision on ground-level ozone standards in a step that short-circuits the prospects for any imminent action to tighten limits on the lung-damaging pollutant."
Source: E&E News, 08/22/2023"Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court"
"Oil companies including Sunoco LP, Chevron Corp., and Exxon Mobil Corp. urged justices to dismiss a climate lawsuit they say falls outside of the scope of local law during oral arguments Thursday at the Hawaii Supreme Court."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/22/2023Enviros Sue To Keep Virginia In Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
"A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Monday in Virginia that challenges Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s move to pull the state out of a regional carbon cap-and-trade initiative."
Source: AP, 08/22/2023"UN Climate Summit Host UAE Failed To Report Methane Emissions To UN"
"The United Arab Emirates, which will run the crucial Cop28 UN climate summit in December, has failed to report its emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane to the UN for almost a decade, the Guardian can reveal."
Source: Guardian, 08/18/2023"SoCalGas Said Its Natural Gas Was ‘Renewable.’ Now, It’s Paying Penalties."
"More than 95 percent of the gas the utility delivers to customers is derived from fossil fuels."
Source: Grist, 08/18/2023"One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt"
"The Albright family left town after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near their Ohio home. Now, they are back, facing personal, medical and financial crises in a newly divided community."
Source: NYTimes, 08/17/2023
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