"Same Message, Bigger Audience: Sen. Whitehouse Flags Climate Costs"
"For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch."
Source: NYTimes, 03/08/2023
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"#StopWillow Is Taking TikTok By Storm. Can It Actually Work?"
"When Elise Joshi posted a TikTok video about the Alaska oil drilling project known as Willow in early February, she didn’t have high hopes it would go viral."
Source: CNN, 03/08/2023"UAE's Jaber Urges Big Oil To Join Fight Against Climate Change"
"A top oil executive from the United Arab Emirates on Monday urged the energy industry to join the fight against climate change, borrowing a famous line from a U.S. astronaut aboard a damaged spacecraft during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970."
Source: Reuters, 03/07/2023"Nations Reach Accord To Protect Marine Life On High Seas"
"For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, representing a turning point in a yearslong effort to bestow order on vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws."
Source: AP, 03/06/2023Plan To Incinerate Soil From Ohio Derailment Is ‘Horrifying’ - Expert
"Contaminated soil from the site around the East Palestine train wreck in Ohio is being sent to a nearby incinerator with a history of clean air violations, raising fears that the chemicals being removed from the ground will be redistributed across the region."
Source: Guardian, 03/06/2023Kentucky Residents Angered by USFS Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees
"Brandon Bowlin learned of the U.S. government’s plan for clear-cutting in the southernmost mountains of Daniel Boone National Forest only a few weeks after the hard summer rains of 2022, when the earth slid off a mountain beneath a slope he had once logged."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/06/2023"Manchin Indicates Opposition To Biden Lands Nominee Over Internal Memo"
"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is putting the future of one of President Biden’s nominees to the Interior Department in question."
Source: The Hill, 03/06/2023‘15-Minute City’ Planning Is On The Rise, Experts Say. Here's What To Know
"For many, living in a city means facing tedious traffic, packed subways and imposing buildings amid the sprawl. But the increasingly popular urban planning concept known as the “15-minute city” has revived the abiding idea that they should operate at human scale, envisioning a city where every resident can reach essential resources by foot, bicycle or public transport within a quarter of an hour."
Source: Washington Post, 03/06/2023Biden Backs Bipartisan Railway Safety Bill After Ohio Derailment
"President Biden on Thursday threw his support behind a bipartisan bill that would tighten federal oversight of trains carrying hazardous materials in the aftermath of a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that spilled toxic chemicals."
Source: The Hill, 03/03/2023"Deforestation Inc.: How 'Green' Firms Prevent Climate Action"
"A new 9-month long cross-border investigation exposes the flaws of “green” forestry labels. Environmental auditors overlook harm by “sustainable" companies, hindering climate efforts."
Source: DW, 03/03/2023"Ohio Senators Introduce Rail Safety Bill After Fiery Crash"
"Railroads including the one whose train derailed and caught fire in Ohio would have to follow new safety rules under bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday by the state’s two U.S. senators, even as regulators plan to step up inspections on tracks carrying the most hazardous materials."
Source: AP, 03/02/2023"Fossil Fuel Companies Donated $700M To US Universities Over 10 Years"
"Six fossil fuel companies funneled more than $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from 2010 to 2020, according to a new study. Such funding at universities that conduct climate research can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction of climate solutions the industry prefers, the report’s authors argue."
Source: Guardian, 03/02/2023"Advocates Seek To Boost Clean Energy Program In Latest Farm Bill Renewal"
"The Inflation Reduction Act offered bigger grants under a rural clean energy program. Now, advocates want Congress to bring the rest of the program in line with those ambitions as part of the latest Farm Bill reauthorization."
Source: Energy News Network, 03/02/2023"DeSantis, Pence Allies Launching Campaign To Speed Energy Approvals"
"A new group aims to spend up to $10 million to sway Congress to loosen federal rules for both fossil fuel projects and green power. A major element: putting "the right pressure" on vulnerable Senate Democrats."
Source: Politico, 03/02/2023"The World Is Finally Cracking Down on ‘Greenwashing’"
"The plan to stop companies from fudging their climate goals is fundamentally flawed."
Source: Atlantic, 03/02/2023
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