Developers Loom As Boy Scouts Sell Land to Compensate Assault Victims
"Conservation groups rush to preserve camps across the United States as some properties sell to the highest bidder. Will they succeed?"
Source: The Revelator, 10/10/2022
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Newsom Calls Special Session To Consider Windfall Tax On Oil Companies
"Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he would call a special session of the Legislature to consider a windfall profit tax on oil companies in response to the “outrageous and unconscionable” price of gas in California."
Source: Politico, 10/10/2022
"Flush With Cash, EPA Could Toughen Methane Rules"
"Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, EPA is slated to receive a windfall of more than $40 billion over the next 10 years. Americans could get a hint next week whether the extra money is going to translate into tougher regulations for air quality and climate change."
Source: E&E News, 10/10/2022
"Biden's New Arctic Strategy Foresees Competition With Russia, China"
"The United States on Friday unveiled a new strategy for the Arctic that foresees increasing competition with Russia and China in the strategic U.S. government presence in the Arctic region as region."
Source: Reuters, 10/10/2022
"How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails"
"America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned."
Source: NYTimes, 10/10/2022
"EPA Is 'Falling Behind' On Power Plant Rules, Report Says"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is “falling behind” on finalizing eight key rules to slash air pollution, water pollution and planet-warming emissions from the nation's power plants, according to a report shared first with The Climate 202 before its broader release Wednesday."
Source: Washington Post, 10/10/2022
"Next on the Supreme Court Docket: Farm Animal Welfare"
"Oral arguments begin next week in a case targeting California’s Proposition 12, a law that bans the sale of pork from farm systems that cage pigs. The ruling has implications for a wide range of other environmental and public health laws."
Source: Civil Eats, 10/10/2022
Gray Whale Numbers Along West Coast Down Nearly 40% Since 2016
"The number of gray whales migrating along the Pacific Coast of North America has steadily declined by nearly 40% from a 2016 peak, and the population produced its fewest calves on record this year, according to U.S. research released on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 10/10/2022
"Nations Agree to Curb Emissions From Flying by 2050"
"After almost a decade of talks, the nations of the world committed Friday to drastically lower emissions of planet-warming gases from the world’s airplanes by 2050, a milestone in efforts to ease the climate effects of a fast-growing sector."
Source: NYTimes, 10/10/2022
Mountain Lions Are Eating California Wild Donkeys, Cheering Scientists
"An apex predator has been quietly hunting interlopers in Death Valley, and for the first time, the deadly encounter has been captured on camera."
Source: LA Times, 10/07/2022
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