Students From 5 Top Universities Sue To Compel Fossil-Fuel Divestment
"For years, they tried to convince universities that investing in fossil fuels was immoral. Now they’re telling them it’s illegal."
Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2022
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"Power Grid Upgrade Costs to Handle Extreme Weather Divide States"
"Clean energy goals and resilience to extreme weather should spur the next wave of power grid upgrades, federal energy officials and state utility commissioners broadly agreed Wednesday during a meeting in Washington."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/17/2022
World Spends $1.8Tn A Year On Subsidies That Harm Environment: Study
"The world is spending at least $1.8tn (£1.3tn) every year on subsidies driving the annihilation of wildlife and a rise in global heating, according to a new study, prompting warnings that humanity is financing its own extinction."
Source: Guardian, 02/17/2022
"Firefighters File Multiple Lawsuits Over PFAS in Gear, Foam"
"A group of 19 firefighters in Massachusetts and New York allege in two separate lawsuits that 3M and 23 other companies knowingly made and sold products containing “forever chemicals” that placed the plaintiffs’ health at risk."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/17/2022
"Never Believe a Bank’s Net-Zero Pledge"
"A new report finds that climate-friendly financial institutions have been funding fossil fuel projects to the tune of $38 billion."
Source: New Republic, 02/17/2022
"Oil Firms’ Climate Claims Are Greenwashing, Study Concludes"
"Accusations of greenwashing against major oil companies that claim to be in transition to clean energy are well-founded, according to the most comprehensive study to date."
Source: Guardian, 02/17/2022
Zinke Broke Ethics Rules While Leading Trump’s Interior Dept.: Watchdog
"The department’s inspector general found Zinke had repeated contact with developers about a real estate deal and lied about it to an ethics official. The Justice Department declined to bring charges."
Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2022
COAL + ICE Documentary Photography Exhibition
This free exhibition and program series in Washington, DC, is a collaboration of the Asia Society and the Kennedy Center, showcasing the work of over 40 photographers and video artists from around the world to visualize the climate crisis – its causes and consequences – as a large-scale immersive experience.
"Flourishing Plants Show Warming Antarctica Undergoing ‘Major Change’"
"Antarctica’s two native flowering plants are spreading rapidly as temperatures warm, according to the first study to show changes in fragile polar ecosystems have accelerated in the past decade."
Source: Guardian, 02/16/2022
"EPA Drilling Down on Civil Rights Complaints, Top Lawyer Says"
"The EPA is working to stiffen its enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which broadly forbids discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin, the agency’s top lawyer said Tuesday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/16/2022
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