"Record Number of Environmental Activists Murdered"
"A record number of activists working to protect the environment and land rights were murdered last year, according to a report by a campaign group."
Source: BBC News, 09/13/2021
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Federal Government Sells Flood-Prone Homes To Often Unsuspecting Buyers
"The first thing Larry McCanney fell in love with was the tree in the front yard. It cast shade on the porch of a house that, if he were honest, needed some work. But McCanney is handy, the price was right and the location was perfect, just a couple of miles from his childhood home in Burlington, N.J."
Source: NPR, 09/13/2021
Manchin and Sanders Clash Over $3.5T Reconciliation Package
"Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., reiterated Sunday that he opposed the Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package as the party pushes to pass it and a bipartisan infrastructure bill amid packed September negotiations."
Source: USA TODAY, 09/13/2021
"Biden To Survey Wildfire Damage, Make Case For Spending Plan"
"President Joe Biden will promote his administration’s use of the Defense Production Act to aid in wildfire preparedness during a western swing in which he’ll survey wildfire damage in Idaho and California."
Source: AP, 09/13/2021
Tree Planting Isn't Replacing Burned U.S. Forests — Not Even Close
"Experimental pine seedlings poke from the rocky New Mexico earth, the only living evergreens on a hillside torched by one of the U.S. West’s drought-driven wildfires. These climate-smart sprouts about 30 miles (48 km) east of Taos are part of a push to increase the dramatically lagging replanting of U.S. forests after fires."
Source: Reuters, 09/10/2021
"This Summer Tied The Dust Bowl For The Hottest On Record In US"
"The summer of 2021, which produced numerous extreme weather and climate disasters, was also the hottest on record in the US and tied with the Dust Bowl summer of 1936, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: CNN, 09/10/2021
Enviros Call For Prompt Restoration Of National Monuments Shrunk By Trump
"National and regional environmental organizations called on President Biden to restore the boundaries of national monuments shrunk by the Trump administration, urging the White House to take action more than two months after the Interior Department submitted recommendations."
Source: The Hill, 09/10/2021
"Harvard University To End Investment In Fossil Fuels"
"Harvard University is ending its investments in fossil fuels, the school's president said on Thursday, drawing praise from divestment activists who had long pressed the leading university to exit such holdings."
Source: Reuters, 09/10/2021
"Judge Deals Blow To Obama Fossil Fuel Royalty Rule"
"A federal judge yesterday struck down Obama-era regulations on royalty valuations for coal mined from public lands but kept parts of the rule related to oil and gas payments."
Source: E&E News, 09/10/2021
"Biden Picks D.C. Utility Regulator For FERC Commissioner"
"President Biden will nominate the chair of the District of Columbia’s Public Service Commission to fill a vacancy on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the White House announced today [Thursday].
If confirmed by the Senate, Willie Phillips, a Democrat, would tip the political scale in favor of Biden’s party on the five-member commission that regulates wholesale power markets and large energy projects and is crucial for the success of the administration’s climate agenda.
Source: E&E News, 09/10/2021
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