"Gas Stoves Are One Step Closer to New Rules"
"The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted to seek public input on gas stoves, a potential first step in regulating the appliances."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/02/2023
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"Study: Online Trade In Arachnids Threatens Some Species With Extinction"
"A recent study reveals a vast and unregulated global trade in invertebrates, posing a risk of overexploitation of some species in the wild. ... Africa is prominent in this trade as both a source and transit hub for tarantulas and scorpions."
Source: Mongabay, 03/02/2023Democrats Unveil Bill To Tighten Regulations For Hazmat Trains
"A pair of House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a bill that would tighten regulations for trains with hazardous materials, a direct response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month that spilled chemicals into the area."
Source: The Hill, 03/01/2023"Waters Lawsuits Will Roll on Even as High Court Weighs in"
"At least five federal lawsuits challenging the EPA’s new waters of the US rule are expected to continue even if the US Supreme Court undermines the basis for the rule in an opinion coming this term."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/01/2023"How Environmentally Conscious Investing Became a Target of Conservatives"
"It’s been a widely accepted trend in financial circles for nearly two decades. But suddenly, Republicans have launched an assault on a philosophy that says that companies should be concerned with not just profits but also how their businesses affect the environment and society."
Source: NYTimes, 03/01/2023"Here's Why Arizona Says It Can Keep Growing Despite Historic Megadrought"
"Drive traffic-clogged Interstate 10 through Phoenix's West Valley suburbs and you'd hardly know the Southwest is as dry as it's been in 1,200 years. Water gulping data centers, large warehouses and distribution centers have sprouted in the barren desert. Housing development after housing development is slated for construction."
Source: NPR, 03/01/2023"Maryland PSC Appointee With Ties To Fossil Fuels Withdraws"
"Gov. Wes Moore’s nominee to the Maryland Public Service Commission withdrew from consideration on Tuesday, after environmentalists criticized the appointment of someone who was an official in the fossil fuel industry."
Source: AP, 03/01/2023"US Sues Chemical Company Over Cancer Risk To Minority Area"
"Federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical maker on Tuesday, alleging that it presents an unacceptable cancer risk to the nearby majority-Black community and demanding cuts in toxic emissions."
Source: AP, 03/01/2023"Is LNG By Rail Safe?"
"The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, is renewing concerns about the safety of moving natural gas by rail and whether existing federal rules governing the industry should be changed."
Source: E&E News, 03/01/2023"DOE Touts Grid Expansion Plans As Operators Raise Concerns"
"DOE’s draft “National Transmission Needs Study,” released Friday, is the department’s initial view of where and how interstate power networks need to expand by the 2030s to carry three to four times the flow of wind and solar power on the grid today."
Source: E&E News, 03/01/2023"Solar For All? U.S. Cities Take Green Power To Low-Income Homes"
"To hear Emil King tell it, the benefits of the 8,000-odd solar panels shimmering before him on an industrial lot in Washington D.C. go far beyond helping the U.S. capital city fight climate change."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 03/01/2023Sapsucker Housing Crisis: Endangered Woodpecker ‘Condos’ Being Clear Cut
"Almost two decades after the Williamson’s sapsucker was listed as endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act, the B.C. government continues to sanction logging in the bird’s old-growth forest critical habitat".
Source: The Narwhal, 03/01/2023Eduardo Mendúa, Ecuadorian Who Fought Drilling on Indigenous Land, Murdered
"Eduardo Mendúa, an Indigenous activist who was fighting to protect Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest from oil extraction, has been killed by gunmen, the Indigenous organization CONAIE reports."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/28/2023"House Republicans Accelerate March Toward Big Energy Package"
"House Republicans are taking action on numerous bills that will make for part of their sweeping energy and permitting reform package, which they hope to put on the floor for a vote by the end of March."
Source: E&E News, 02/28/2023Biden Adm Global Plastics Plan Dubbed ‘Low Ambition’ and ‘Underwhelming’
"Critics are describing the Biden administration’s opening position in a United Nations effort to reach a global treaty or agreement to end plastic waste as vague and weak, despite its recognition of a need to end plastic pollution by 2040."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/28/2023
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