"Dark Money Group Aiding Cornel West Has Ties To Utility Operative"
"A lawyer tied to secret funding of spoiler candidates in Florida is more evidence West’s biggest backers are people who want Trump to win".
Source: Floodlight, 09/04/2024
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Florida State Parks Whistleblower Fired After Exposing Ron DeSantis’ Plans
"Florida’s department of environmental protection has fired a whistleblower who exposed and sank governor Ron DeSantis’s secretive plan to pave over environmentally sensitive state parks and build lucrative hotels, golf courses and pickleball courts."
Source: Guardian, 09/04/2024"Business Group Sues Texas Officials Over Law That Shields Oil Industry"
"A liberal business group sued Texas officials this week in a major challenge to a 2021 law that bars state entities from doing business with investment firms that the state comptroller says are boycotting energy companies."
Source: NYTimes, 09/04/2024"Countries Still Far Apart On COP29 Finance Goal"
"With less than three months until this year's COP29 UN climate negotiations, countries remain far from agreement on the summit's biggest task: to agree a new funding target to help developing countries cope with climate change."
Source: Reuters, 09/03/2024"The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections"
"On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.”"
Source: Daily Yonder/Climate Central, 09/03/2024Navajo Nation Strengthens Law On Transportation Of Uranium Across Its Land
"The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."
Source: AP, 09/03/2024Kennedy Says Trump Will ‘Make Americans Healthy.’ The Record Disagrees.
"As president, Donald J. Trump slashed protections for clean air and water and weakened school nutrition standards."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2024"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords."
"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2024Industry Scientists Back EPA Finding That Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk
"The consultants, who worked for Dow, the pesticide’s manufacturer, help corporate interests defend their products against environmental and health regulations."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/29/2024EPA Watchdog Says Air Chief Had ‘Disqualifying Financial Interest’
"An internal watchdog criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) top air official for participating in the development of a rule that regulates an industry in which he reportedly had financial holdings."
Source: The Hill, 08/29/2024"They’re Knocking On Doors For Harris. But They Still Won’t Endorse Her."
"The Sunrise Movement plans to contact 1.5 million Americans about voting for Kamala Harris. But it is waiting to decide about endorsing her until her climate plans are clearer."
Source: Washington Post, 08/29/2024After Protests, DeSantis Says Plan To Develop State Parks Is On Hold
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.”"
Source: AP, 08/29/2024"Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C."
"The unprecedented move highlights regulatory tensions between Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and an environmental rule-making commission controlled by appointees of Republican state legislative leaders."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/29/2024Chemical Industry Scientists Plan To Derail PFAS Rule On Drinking Water
"Scientists with financial ties to industry and histories of producing controversial research to derail chemical regulations are mobilizing to attack strict new federal drinking water limits for toxic PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, documents reviewed by the Guardian reveal."
Source: HuffPost, 08/28/2024"As Seen on TV: Big Oil’s Dystopian View of California’s Climate Agenda"
"A $5 million prime-time ad campaign is aimed at climate policies the industry claims make life miserable for Californians."
Source: Capital & Main, 08/28/2024
