"The U.S. Has Made Big Promises. Where’s The Money?"
"The latest spending bill in Congress contains far less money to help developing countries than President Biden had pledged. That fits a pattern."
Source: NYTimes, 03/16/2022
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Coal Mining Emits More Methane Than Gas and Oil Wells, New Study Finds
"So much methane is released from coal mining, the Global Energy Monitor says, that it exceeds the carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal at over 1,100 coal-fired power plants in China."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/16/2022
"Somalia's Worst Drought In Four Decades Means Millions Need Aid"
"It has not rained on Habiba Maow Iman's farm in southern Somalia for two years. Her animals are dead; her crops failed."
Source: Reuters, 03/16/2022
"Raskin Withdraws From Fed Nomination After Support Crumbles"
"Sarah Bloom Raskin withdrew as President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chair of supervision Tuesday after it became clear she didn’t have the votes to be confirmed."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/16/2022
SEC Plans To Force Public Companies To Disclose Greenhouse Emissions
"The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to require all publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and the climate risks their businesses face, part of the Biden administration’s broader push to force the private sector to reckon with the dangers of a warming world."
Source: Washington Post, 03/16/2022
"Adirondack Rail Trail Takes Another Step Closer To Reality"
"The transfer of a 34-mile section of a Adirondacks railbed from one state agency to another is being heralded as the start of a major phase to convert it into a recreational pathway."
Source: Albany Times Union, 03/15/2022
"Court: Duke Can’t Make Customers Pay Coal-Ash Cleanup Costs"
"Indiana’s biggest utility can’t make its customers pay more than $200 million in costs related to cleaning up its toxic coal ash, according to a ruling Thursday from the Indiana Supreme Court."
Source: Indianapolis Star, 03/15/2022
As US Rushes for Energy Minerals, 1872 Law Allows Miners Free Rein
"The Mining Law of 1872 lets miners pay no royalties for the precious minerals they dig from federal land and requires no restraints on their activities."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/15/2022
"Brazil Detects Record Amazon Deforestation in Jan. and Feb."
"Detected deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached a record high for the month of February following a similar record the prior month."
Source: AP, 03/15/2022
"UN Gathering Gears Up For Push To Save Planet’s Biodiversity"
"Nearly all the world’s countries kicked off a U.N.-backed meeting Monday aimed at preventing the loss of biodiversity — seen as critical to avoiding the extinction of many vulnerable species, the emergence of pathogens like the coronavirus, and the damage to both lives and livelihoods of people around the world, Indigenous peoples in particular."
Source: AP, 03/15/2022
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