"A Push to Turn Farm Waste Into Fuel"
"Climate change provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act have spurred developers to build ambitious renewable energy projects that turn corn into ethanol and manure into methane."
Source: NYTimes, 04/05/2023
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"Mountain Valley Pipeline's West Virginia Water Permit Tossed By Court"
"A federal appeals court on Monday vacated a water permit needed by developers to restart construction on the Mountain Valley pipeline in West Virginia, marking the latest setback for the $6.2 billion project."
Source: Reuters, 04/04/2023"UAE Plans Huge Oil And Gas Expansion As It Hosts UN Climate Summit"
"The United Arab Emirates, which is hosting this year’s UN climate summit, has the third biggest net zero-busting plans for oil and gas expansion in the world, the Guardian can reveal. Its plans are surpassed only by Saudi Arabia and Qatar."
Source: Guardian, 04/04/2023"Groups Petition US EPA To Force Reporting Of Waste Incinerator Emissions"
"Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require companies to disclose the chemicals discharged from waste incinerators and plants that claim to recycle plastic waste into fuel."
Source: Reuters, 04/04/2023Majority-Black Town Fights To Stop Land Seizure For Gravel Quarry Rail Link
"A majority-Black rural community in Georgia is battling to stop a railroad company from seizing private land for a new train line they say will cause environmental and economic harms."
Source: Guardian, 04/04/2023"Feds Reject ESA Protection For Coyotes That Resemble Wolves"
"The Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday it is rejecting a petition to provide coyotes with federal Endangered Species Act protections."
Source: E&E News, 04/04/2023"DOJ Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment In Ohio"
"The Justice Department filed a major civil suit Friday against Norfolk Southern Railway after one of its trains carrying toxic chemicals derailed near the Ohio town of East Palestine on Feb. 3 and burst into flames."
Source: Washington Post, 04/03/2023Meeting Closes Without Resolving Whether Deep-Sea Mining Can Start In July
"As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence in the near future."
Source: Mongabay, 04/03/2023"Harvard Professor’s Fossil Fuel Links Under Scrutiny Over Climate Grant"
"An eminent Harvard environmental law professor’s links to the fossil fuel industry are under scrutiny from colleagues and students after she was awarded a prestigious research grant to investigate corporate climate pledges."
Source: Guardian, 04/03/2023"House GOP Approves Broad Bill To ‘Unleash’ American Energy"
"House Republicans on Thursday approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change."
Source: AP, 03/31/2023Biden To Announce Federal Funding For Mississippi Tornado Recovery Friday
"U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Friday that the federal government will cover for 30 days the full cost of Mississippi's emergency measures in response to last week's storm that killed 26 people, a White House official said."
Source: Reuters, 03/31/2023"Long-Awaited Rules for Carbon Offset Market Disappoint Experts"
"A widely touted effort to clean up the embattled carbon-offsets market has been met with disappointment among experts."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 03/31/2023"‘Gone Wrong’: Doubts On Carbon-Credit Program In Peru Forest"
"The Cordillera Azul National Park on the eastern flank of the Peruvian Andes takes in a sweep of Amazon rainforest, mountains and waterfalls in a territory about the size of Connecticut, so precious that tens of millions of dollars in carbon credits have been sold in a program that supporters said would protect its trees."
Source: AP, 03/31/2023"Why Kentucky Is Dead Last for Wind and Solar Production"
"Coal industry influence and climate change denial paved the state’s race to the clean energy bottom. As one lawmaker put it: “God created coal for people.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/31/2023"Senate Votes To Overturn Biden Water Rule"
"The Senate on Wednesday afternoon approved a resolution against the Biden administration’s signature water policy, in a move all but guaranteed to spark the president’s second veto ever."
Source: E&E News, 03/30/2023
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