"US Prepares Wave Of Methane Rules On Oil And Gas Industry"
"President Joe Biden pledged to use “all available tools” to rein in methane when he was elected three years ago. Now his promise is coming due."
Source: E&E News, 11/28/2023
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"Colorado River Deal Opens Cash Spigot For Big Farms"
"A POLITICO investigation has found that many of the deals to save water under the three-year $1.2 billion pact struck by Arizona, California and Nevada in May are driving up the value of existing agreements to save or transfer water by nearly 50 percent."
Source: Politico, 11/28/2023
US Oil And Gas Production Set To Break Record In 2023 Despite UN Treaty
"The United States is poised to extract more oil and gas than ever before in 2023, a year that is certain to be the hottest ever recorded, providing a daunting backdrop to crucial United Nations climate talks that hold the hope of an agreement to end the era of fossil fuels."
Source: Guardian, 11/28/2023
TV Forecasters Talk About Climate Change, But Face Pushback And Threats
"Chris Gloninger was excited to start his new job as chief meteorologist at KCCI, a TV station in Des Moines, when he moved to Iowa in 2021. He was coming from Boston to connect the dots between weather and climate change trends. Gloninger knew it might elicit some grumbling from Iowan viewers."
Source: KCUR, 11/28/2023
"Biden’s Absence at Climate Summit Highlights His Fossil Fuel Conundrum"
"President Biden signed the country’s first major climate law and is overseeing record federal investment in clean energy. In each of the past two years, he attended the annual United Nations climate summit, asserting American leadership in the fight against global warming. But this year, likely to be the hottest in recorded history, Mr. Biden is staying home."
Source: NYTimes, 11/28/2023
What Francis' Latest Climate Text Means for Upcoming UN Summit
Pope Francis’ planned history-making trip to the latest global climate conference has been thwarted by illness. But his passionate advocacy for the environment still will be felt through his hot-off-the-press apostolic exhortation about the climate crisis. National Catholic Reporter’s environment correspondent Brian Roewe unpacks the pope’s new eco-document and explains how it relates to international climate diplomacy at and beyond Dubai.
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"The Protein Problem: Raising Better Beef"
"No food is harder on the environment than beef. Here's how ranchers and researchers are trying to make burgers less burdensome."
Source: AP, 11/27/2023
"U.S. Gas Prices Plunging as Holiday Travelers Hit the Road"
"With OPEC Plus members in disarray over production levels, oil prices have fallen nearly 20 percent in three months." "U.S. gasoline prices are plunging just in time for Thanksgiving, and with the OPEC Plus oil cartel in apparent disarray, they could be heading lower for Christmas."
Source: NYTimes, 11/27/2023
Between the Lines — Author Explores Experience of Living Through Climate Change
To make climate change less abstract and more direct, writer Madeline Ostrander traveled the country to speak to those living with its impacts in the places they call home. In a BookShelf “Between the Lines” Q&A, Ostrander discusses her resulting book, “At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth,” and addresses the lenses she used, the characters she portrayed and the surprises she encountered.
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"Highway Agency Finalizes Contentious Climate Rule"
"The Federal Highway Administration announced a sweeping greenhouse gas rule that will require state and local transportation officials to set declining emissions targets for road projects funded with federal money."
Source: E&E News, 11/27/2023
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