Top Louisiana University Lets Oil Firms Influence Research – For A Price
"Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms".
Source: Guardian/Lens, 04/23/2024
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Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, But It Won’t Be Enough
"For the first time in more than 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management will force oil and gas companies to set aside more money to guarantee they plug old wells, preventing them from leaking oil, brine and toxic or climate-warming gasses." "The new Bureau of Land Management regulation, which applies to nearly 90,000 wells on federal public land, is hampered by math errors and overly optimistic cost projections."
Source: ProPublica/Capital & Main, 04/23/2024"Ohio Gov. DeWine Campaign Got Secret $2.5 Million Boost From Power Company"
"A dark money group funded by FirstEnergy spent $2.5 million to support the GOP hopeful as the utility pushed bailout of struggling nuclear plants."
Source: USA TODAY/Floodlight, 04/23/2024"A Web Of Front People Conceals Environmental Offenders In The Amazon"
"A paper trail left by a notorious land grabber reveals how he used relatives and an employee as fronts to evade environmental fines and lawsuits, shedding light on this widespread practice in the Brazilian Amazon."
Source: Mongabay, 04/23/2024Biden Shields Millions of Acres in Alaska From Drilling and Mining
"The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope."
Source: NYTimes, 04/22/2024"Pennsylvania’s First Proposed Chemical Recycling Plant Cancelled"
"Plans to build what would have been one of the largest chemical recycling plants in the country in Pennsylvania were canceled this week."
Source: EHN, 04/22/2024Earth Day: A Senator More Than 50 Years Ago Got People Fighting For Planet
"Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some 8 billion humans and assorted trillions of other organisms."
Source: AP, 04/22/2024RFK Jr.’s Onetime Allies In Green Advocacy Call For Him To Drop Out
"Environmental groups are condemning Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid and his environmental policy in new efforts on Friday, portraying him as a candidate who will increase the chances former President Donald Trump is reelected."
Source: CNN, 04/22/2024Biden Marks Earth Day By Announcing $7 Billion In Solar Power Grants
"President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program."
Source: AP, 04/22/2024"San Francisco Mayor Announces The City Will Receive Pandas From China"
"San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”"
Source: AP, 04/22/2024"The U.S. Just Changed How It Manages A Tenth Of Its Land"
"For decades, the federal government has prioritized oil and gas drilling, hardrock mining and livestock grazing on public lands across the country. That could soon change under a far-reaching Interior Department rule that puts conservation, recreation and renewable energy development on equal footing with resource extraction."
Source: Washington Post, 04/19/2024"How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers"
"For people living within three miles of a large solar farm, positive attitudes about the development outnumber negative ones by about a three-to-one margin, according to a new national survey released this week by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/19/2024"Trump Rails Against Wind Energy In Fundraising Pitch To Oil Executives"
"“I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago dinner, doubling down on promises to end this form of clean energy."
Source: Washington Post, 04/18/2024"'Reprehensible': Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention"
"Al Sharpton invited methane representatives to his National Action Network convention, where they fear-mongered attendees about renewables."
Source: HEATED, 04/18/2024America's 'Most Endangered Rivers' List: Sewage, Toxic Algae, Construction
"Water scarcity, overuse and development are among the reasons why 10 waterways across the nation were ranked this year’s most endangered rivers by the advocacy group American Rivers."
Source: USA TODAY, 04/18/2024
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