"Agency Ruling Delivers Big Setback To Okefenokee Mining Plan"
"A federal agency has delivered a big setback to a company’s controversial plan to mine near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge."
Source: AP, 06/07/2022
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"Ship Pollution Is Rising As The U.S. Waits For World Leaders To Act"
"Biden is pushing for countries to adopt a zero-emissions goal for shipping by 2050. But environmentalists want action at home."
Source: Washington Post, 06/07/2022"Climate Groups Coordinating $100M In Ad Spending Ahead Of Midterms"
"A coalition of environmental groups on Monday announced a $100 million ad campaign ahead of a midterm election season that looks increasingly hostile to congressional Democrats."
Source: The Hill, 06/07/2022"Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden’s Climate Goals"
"The nation’s largest federally owned utility plans to invest more than $3.5 billion in new gas-burning electric plants, despite President Biden’s commitment to swiftly move away from fossil fuels and eliminate greenhouse gases from the power sector in a little more than a decade."
Source: NYTimes, 03/18/2022Koch Industries To Stay In Russia, Says Exiting Does ‘More Harm Than Good’
"Koch Industries, the American manufacturing giant that employs 122,000 people across the world, said Wednesday it would not exit its operations in Russia because doing so would put its “employees there at greater risk and do more harm than good.”
Source: Washington Post, 03/18/2022"Biden, Democrats Take Aim At Oil Companies For High Prices"
"After weeks of inconsistent messaging on rising energy costs, congressional Democrats and the White House are uniting behind a strategy of blaming oil companies for high prices at the pump."
Source: E&E News, 03/17/2022"Texas And Other States Want To Punish Fossil Fuel Divestment"
"Ivan Frishberg says his job is just smart financial policy. He's chief sustainability officer at New York-based Amalgamated Bank, which focuses on socially responsible investment. That includes steering investments away from things like fossil fuels that contribute to global warming."
Source: NPR, 03/17/2022"Raskin Withdraws From Fed Nomination After Support Crumbles"
"Sarah Bloom Raskin withdrew as President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chair of supervision Tuesday after it became clear she didn’t have the votes to be confirmed."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/16/2022"The U.S. Has Made Big Promises. Where’s The Money?"
"The latest spending bill in Congress contains far less money to help developing countries than President Biden had pledged. That fits a pattern."
Source: NYTimes, 03/16/2022"Groups Sue For Records In Montana Mine Pollution Case"
"Conservation groups are suing [Montana] Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration to obtain records related to its decision to drop legal claims against a mining executive over decades of pollution from several mines."
Source: AP, 03/16/2022"Here's Who Stands To Win From High Gas Prices"
"Not everyone is suffering from high gas prices that have spiked further with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the international sanctions imposed on Moscow."
Source: The Hill, 03/15/2022"House Dems Seek Probe of USPS Plan For New Mail Truck Fleet"
"Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles."
Source: AP, 03/15/2022"Manchin Comes Out Against Fed Nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin"
"West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin today came out against Sarah Bloom Raskin, which could kill her nomination to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator."
Source: E&E News, 03/15/2022"UN Gathering Gears Up For Push To Save Planet’s Biodiversity"
"Nearly all the world’s countries kicked off a U.N.-backed meeting Monday aimed at preventing the loss of biodiversity — seen as critical to avoiding the extinction of many vulnerable species, the emergence of pathogens like the coronavirus, and the damage to both lives and livelihoods of people around the world, Indigenous peoples in particular."
Source: AP, 03/15/2022US Ethanol Industry Banks On Carbon Capture To Solve Emissions Problem
"U.S. ethanol producers are betting heavily on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to lower their greenhouse gas emissions and secure a place for the corn-based fuel in a climate-friendly future, according to industry groups and executives."
Source: Reuters, 03/14/2022
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