"House GOP To Pass Energy Package With Eye On Gas Prices, 2024"
"Democrats argue the legislation, which is “dead on arrival” in the Senate, doesn’t address critical climate issues".
Source: Washington Post, 03/30/2023
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"Biden Administration Sells Oil And Gas Leases In The Gulf Of Mexico"
"Fossil fuel energy companies looking to extract oil and natural gas from U.S. waters in the Gulf of Mexico got a boost on Wednesday, as they secured access to 1.6 million acres of waters offered at auction."
Source: NPR, 03/30/2023UN Wants the World Court to Address Nations’ Climate Obligations
"The rulings, while legally non-binding, could still carry significant moral and legal weight. A group of 18 climate-vulnerable nations are seeking an opinion from the “World Court,” with support from 117 other countries."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/30/2023"EPA Leaves Americans In The Dark On Toxic Air Pollution"
"Across the United States, residents of neighborhoods abutting refineries, chemical plants and other major industrial sources can generally be sure of two facts: Those facilities emits tons of dangerous pollutants and EPA rarely requires monitoring for their presence in local air."
Source: E&E News, 03/30/2023"Elderly Swiss Women Bring European Court's First Climate Case"
"Thousands of elderly Swiss women have joined forces in a groundbreaking case heard on Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that their government's "woefully inadequate" efforts to fight global warming violate their human rights."
Source: Reuters, 03/30/2023"He Wanted to Unclog Cities. Now He’s ‘Public Enemy No. 1.’"
"Researchers like Carlos Moreno, the professor behind a popular urban planning concept, are struggling with conspiracy theories and death threats."
Source: NYTimes, 03/29/2023"Congressional Democrats Call on EPA To Tighten Proposed Soot Standards"
"More than 80 congressional Democrats, led by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), urged the Biden administration to strengthen proposed rules on soot pollution in a letter Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 03/29/2023"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks"
"The Texas State Board of Education altered its internal guidance to schools last month to emphasize the “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks."
Source: E&E News, 03/29/2023"White House Threatens Veto For Republican Energy Package"
"The White House on Monday threatened a veto of a House Republicans’ energy package, known as H.R. 1, if it makes it to President Biden’s desk."
Source: The Hill, 03/28/2023Bill Aiming To Preserve Kentucky’s Coal Power Plants Becomes Law
"A bill that would make it harder for Kentucky’s utility regulator to allow utilities to retire coal plants on the state’s electricity grid became law Friday without Gov. Andy Beshear’s signature."
Source: States Newsroom, 03/28/2023"California Lawmakers OK Potential Fines For High Gas Prices"
"California lawmakers on Monday approved the nation’s first penalty for price gouging at the pump, voting to give regulators the power to punish oil companies for profiting from the type of gas price spikes that plagued the nation’s most populous state last summer."
Source: AP, 03/28/2023Ohio Bill Would Require Teaching Of ‘Both Sides’ On Climate Change
"Climate science is among a wide range of “controversial matters” included in the Higher Education Enhancement Act, which seeks to police classroom speech on abortion, immigration, diversity, and other issues."
"Ohio college and university instructors could be barred from teaching climate science without also including false or misleading counterpoints under a sprawling higher education bill that received its first hearing Wednesday.
Source: Midwest Energy News, 03/27/2023"House Slated To Take Up Major Energy Package Next Week"
"Next week, the House is expected to take up a major energy package that Republicans in the chamber are putting forward as the party’s top priority."
Source: The Hill, 03/27/2023"How China, the US and Others Watered Down a Key UN Climate Document"
"A behind-the-scenes account of the political horse-trading, published by Earth Negotiations Bulletin, shows how national interests were reflected in the influential document."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/24/2023"Amendments Could Scramble House GOP Energy Bill"
"House Republicans were hoping to iron out last-minute wrinkles in their massive energy package during their Florida retreat this week, but demands for amendments are complicating leadership’s plans."
Source: E&E News, 03/24/2023
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