"New Washington State Ballot Initiative Would Prevent Fossil Gas Bans"
"The industry-backed measure to protect fossil gas looks to have received enough signatures to appear on the ballot in November."
Source: Canary Media, 07/15/2024
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"White House Unveils $1.7B To Convert Factories For EV Production"
"Almost a dozen U.S. auto factories will collectively receive $1.7 billion from the Biden administration to retool themselves to make electric vehicles."
Source: E&E News, 07/15/2024
"What Project 2025 Would Mean For The Fight Against Climate Change"
"Project 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and rules — moves that would restrict the government’s ability to combat climate change and pollution."
Source: The Hill, 07/15/2024
BP-Owned Firm Selling Carbon Credits On Trees That Aren’t In Danger: Study
"Some forest carbon offsets sold by the biggest offsetting company in the United States offer little or no benefit to the climate, a satellite analysis has found."
Source: Floodlight/SourceMaterial, 07/12/2024
Feds Launch New Attempt to Gather Data on Energy Usage of Bitcoin Mining
"The Energy Information Agency is starting the process to require cryptocurrency miners to submit energy consumption data after a previous attempt faced legal challenges."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/12/2024
Greens Sue Interior, Claim It Ignores Harms Of Idle Offshore Rigs
"An environmental group is suing the federal government to force the U.S. Department of Interior to reassess the long-term environmental effects of delays in shutting down inactive oil and gas infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: AP, 07/12/2024
Texas Leaders Worry That Bitcoin Mines Threaten to Crash State Power Grid
"Residents in the small town of Granbury are raising alarms over noise from a local Bitcoin mine, while state lawmakers warn that the energy-hungry facilities risk “crashing” the electrical grid."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/11/2024
"Committee Adds More Riders To House Interior-EPA Bill"
"The legislation includes cuts to EPA and the Interior Department."
Source: E&E News, 07/11/2024
"Supreme Court Rulings Boost Odds to Win Chemical Rule Challenges"
"Three recent Supreme Court decisions increase industries’ chances of winning regulatory challenges, but only after a period of divergent lower court rulings on what the nation’s primary commercial chemical law requires."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/11/2024
Azerbaijan Plans Climate Fund After Pushback On Fossil-Fuel Levy: Source
"Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. COP29 climate summit, has scrapped plans to propose a levy on fossil-fuel producers to raise climate-change funding, and instead aims to launch a new fund at the summit for green investments in poorer countries, a senior COP29 source said."
Source: Reuters, 07/11/2024
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