"Zero Oil Companies Bid In BLM’s Nevada Lease Sale"
"The bust amplified conservationists’ calls to turn away from oil production in the state, where 95 percent of acres leased for oil development are nonproducing."
Source: E&E News, 08/01/2023
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Virginia Enviros File Notice They Will Challenge Youngkin’s RGGI Withdrawal
"Environmental attorneys Monday filed notice that they intend to file a legal challenge against Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposed regulation to withdraw Virginia from the regional carbon market known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative."
Source: States Newsroom, 08/01/2023"Leak Reveals ‘Touchy’ Issues For UAE’s Presidency Of UN Climate Summit"
"A comprehensive list of “touchy and sensitive issues” for the United Arab Emirates, which is running the next UN climate summit, has been revealed in a document leaked to the Guardian."
Source: Guardian, 08/01/2023"Big Business Lobbies Against Heat Protections For Workers As US Boils"
"Big-business lobbyists, including big agricultural and construction groups, are pushing to water down or stymie efforts at the federal and state levels to implement workplace heat protection standards."
Source: Guardian, 08/01/2023"Climate Education Suffers From Partisan Culture Wars"
"Climate change education has been caught in the crossfire of the culture wars. While some U.S. states are boosting climate literacy, others are effectively miseducating children by depriving them of the skills they’ll need to face the biggest challenge of their generation."
Source: The Revelator, 08/01/2023"NEPA ‘Phase 2’ Revamp Aims To Reverse Trump, Boost Renewables"
"The Biden administration unveiled a highly anticipated proposal Friday aimed at speeding up federal reviews of renewable energy projects and unraveling Trump-era changes to the nation’s bedrock environmental law."
Source: E&E News, 07/31/2023"Biden Announces Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat"
"President Biden directly linked recent record heat waves with climate change on Thursday and announced new measures aimed at helping communities endure extreme weather, as rising temperatures scorch much of the country and amplify alarms about global warming."
Source: NYTimes, 07/28/2023Senate Appropriators Spare Interior, EPA From Deep Cuts
"Senate appropriators approved legislation Thursday morning for agencies paramount to President Joe Biden’s climate and environmental justice priorities."
Source: E&E News, 07/28/2023"Supreme Court Revives Mountain Valley Pipeline"
"The Supreme Court has accepted a request from the developer of the Mountain Valley pipeline to restart work on the embattled project."
Source: E&E News, 07/28/2023House Sends Two Resolutions Overturning Endangered Species Rules To Biden
"The House voted Thursday to overturn two Biden administration Endangered Species Act (ESA) rules, sending the resolution to the president, who has vowed to veto them. The two rules apply to federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken and the northern long-eared bat, respectively."
Source: The Hill, 07/28/2023"‘Battle Plan’: How The Far Right Would Dismantle Climate Programs"
"A coalition of conservative groups has assembled a plan to systematically target most of the federal government’s work on climate and clean energy."
Source: E&E News, 07/27/2023Ominous Sign for COP28: G20 Again Shunned Deal to Phase Down Fossil Fuels
"A four-day summit held in India last week by some of the world’s wealthiest nations ended without a commitment to phase down fossil fuels or to increase the development of renewable energy, largely because of opposition from Saudi Arabia, China and Russia."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/27/2023Baltimore Won’t Expand Help For Residents' Clean Up After Sewage Backups
"Baltimore City has refused to comply with a directive from state and federal environmental regulators that it expand the scope of a program that helps residents clean up after sewage backs up into their homes."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/26/2023"UAE Says Committed To Meet CO2 Emissions Targets After Criticism"
"The United Arab Emirates has said it is committed to delivering targets to cut the CO2 emissions causing climate change after an independent research group said the country, which will host this year's COP28 climate summit, is far off track."
Source: Reuters, 07/25/2023Tucker Carlson's Replacement Also Spreads Climate Misinformation
"Jesse Watters, the Fox News host who replaced Carlson, debuted his new primetime show Monday. Like his predecessor, he downplayed the climate crisis and stoked culture-war outrage."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/25/2023
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