"Anti-China Fervor Casts A Dark Cloud Over Solar And U.S. Climate Goals"
"In Congress, there is sudden bipartisan momentum to reinstitute tariffs on Chinese components. The U.S. solar industry is alarmed."
Source: Washington Post, 04/28/2023
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"Drop The 'Natural' In Natural Gas, Climate Activists Urge US Officials"
"Since almost two centuries ago—not long after it was identified bubbling up in a creek in western New York—the flammable below-ground substance composed of methane and other hydrocarbons has been called "natural gas" in the U.S. Now, some environmental activists say it's time to ditch that label."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/28/2023"House Republicans Pass US Debt Bill, Push Biden On Spending"
"House Republicans narrowly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that would raise the government’s legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep spending restrictions, a tactical victory for Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he challenges President Joe Biden to negotiate and prevent a catastrophic federal default this summer."
Source: AP, 04/27/2023"In the Game of Musical Mines, Environmental Damage Takes a Back Seat"
"Jeff Hoops built Blackjewel into the nation’s sixth largest coal company by acquiring bankrupt mines. When it declared bankruptcy, he pivoted to other ventures, leaving polluted streams and mud-shrouded roads in his wake."
Source: ProPublica, 04/27/2023"Senate Votes To Overturn Biden Truck Pollution Limit"
"The Senate on Wednesday passed a Republican-led effort to undo a Biden administration rule that aims to cut pollution from heavy-duty trucks."
Source: The Hill, 04/27/2023Justice Gorsuch Sold House to Guy Whose Firm Brought Clean Power Plan Suit
"Politico reported this week that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has found himself in a small ethics conundrum—one tied to the oil and gas industry."
Source: Earther, 04/27/2023Vying for 2024, Can Biden Repair Damaged Climate and Environmental Image?
"Ahead of Biden’s reelection bid, announced on Tuesday, the president unveiled a slew of new efforts aimed at bolstering his environmental record. Will voters care?"
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/26/2023"Top US Banks Face Little Investor Pressure On Fossil-Fuel Financing"
"Top U.S. bank investors gave only slim support on Tuesday to shareholder resolutions calling for the lenders to wind down new fossil fuel financing, setbacks for climate activists who had hoped for new constraints on the oil and gas industries."
Source: Reuters, 04/26/2023"U.S. Identifies Gulf Of Maine Area For Offshore Wind Development"
"President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday said it had finalized an area of nearly 10 million acres in the Gulf of Maine for potential offshore wind development, a major step toward expanding the industry into northern New England."
Source: Reuters, 04/26/2023"Clean Energy, Ethanol Concerns Dog Debt Ceiling Bill"
"Republicans leaders are eager to ram their debt ceiling package through the House this week, even with discomfort among some members with the bill’s energy and environment provisions."
Source: E&E News, 04/26/2023"Many Young Voters Bitter Over Biden’s Support of Willow Oil Drilling"
"In the past three weeks, President Biden’s administration has proposed regulations to speed the transition to electric vehicles, committed $1 billion to help poor countries fight climate change and prepared what could be the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. And yet, many young voters alarmed by climate change remain angry with Mr. Biden’s decision last month to approve Willow, an $8 billion oil drilling project on pristine federal land in Alaska."
Source: NYTimes, 04/25/2023"Granholm Backs Mountain Valley Pipeline"
"The Biden administration has thrown its weight behind the Mountain Valley pipeline, a major natural gas project favored by West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and opposed by environmental advocates."
Source: E&E News, 04/25/2023"The Next Big U.S. Power Plant Fight Is Coming"
"On Monday, several outlets broke the story that the Biden administration is planning to release a plan to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. And even though the rule isn’t public yet, if history is any indication, conservative forces are already getting ready to take the EPA to court."
Source: Earther, 04/25/2023"E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants"
"President Biden’s administration is poised to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks, technology now used by fewer than 20 of the nation’s 3,400 coal and gas-fired plants, according to three people who were briefed on the rule."
Source: NYTimes, 04/24/2023"UN’s Weather Agency: 2022 Was Nasty, Deadly, Costly And Hot"
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"Looking back at 2022's weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization said last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. And about as bad as it gets — until more warming kicks in."
Source: AP, 04/24/2023
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