"How Fossil Fuel Firms Use Black Leaders To ‘Deceive’ Their Communities"
"Black community members have been asked to rubber-stamp harmful projects for decades, activists say".
Source: Guardian, 10/11/2022
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"With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What’s Next"
"With its 2025 deadline a little more than three years away, environmental leaders are publicly acknowledging what’s been increasingly obvious for years — that the Chesapeake Bay region will for the third time miss a self-imposed cleanup deadline."
Source: Bay Journal, 10/11/2022Truss Plan To Ban Solar On Farmland Risks £20bn Of Investment, Sector Warns
"Up to £20bn of investment in renewable energy is under threat from Liz Truss’s plans to effectively ban solar farms on agricultural land in England, the industry has warned."
Source: Financial Times, 10/11/2022Shutting An Agency Managing Sprawl Might Have Put More People In Ian's Way
"When Hurricane Ian roared ashore the Southwest Florida coast last week, it hit one of the fastest growing areas in the nation that's been fueled by sunshine and paved with lax growth management rules."
Source: NPR, 10/11/2022"Drive for Climate Compensation Grows After Pakistan’s Floods"
"Every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s massive monsoon-driven floods. The 12-year-old girl’s family home is destroyed, as is the school that she loved. The friends she used to walk to school and play with are scattered, finding refuge elsewhere."
Source: AP, 10/11/2022"Half Of Voters Say Climate Change Is Important In Midterms, Poll Finds"
"With less than a month until Election Day, roughly half of registered voters say climate change is either “very important” or “one of the most important issues” in their vote for Congress, according to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll."
Source: Washington Post, 10/11/2022"Nations Agree to Curb Emissions From Flying by 2050"
"After almost a decade of talks, the nations of the world committed Friday to drastically lower emissions of planet-warming gases from the world’s airplanes by 2050, a milestone in efforts to ease the climate effects of a fast-growing sector."
Source: NYTimes, 10/10/2022"How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails"
"America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned."
Source: NYTimes, 10/10/2022Newsom Calls Special Session To Consider Windfall Tax On Oil Companies
"Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he would call a special session of the Legislature to consider a windfall profit tax on oil companies in response to the “outrageous and unconscionable” price of gas in California."
Source: Politico, 10/10/2022"Biden Says the U.S. Is Eyeing ‘Alternatives’ to OPEC Oil"
"President Biden on Thursday defended his visit to Saudi Arabia this summer, in the wake of Wednesday’s decision by the Saudi-led cartel of oil-producing nations to cut production, which will likely raise gasoline prices in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 10/07/2022California Spends Billions Rebuilding Burned Towns. Should It Quit?
"Before the Dixie fire came barreling through the Sierra Nevada last year, leveling everything here but a few houses, businesses and a school, this was a charming — if dying — Gold Rush-era town that about 800 people called home. Now, much of the charm is gone along with most of the residents, replaced by the skeletal remains of conifer trees and the deathly silence of block after empty block."
Source: LA Times, 10/07/2022"Disputed Gas Pipeline Seen Surviving Without Congress or Manchin"
"Efforts to speed a long-delayed, overbudget natural gas project in Sen. Joe Manchin’s home state by revamping federal permitting rules will play out in agencies and courts for now, after Congress balked last month."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/07/2022"OPEC+ Makes Big Oil Cut To Boost Prices; Pump Costs May Rise"
"The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries decided Wednesday to sharply cut production to support sagging oil prices, a move that could deal the struggling global economy another blow and raise politically sensitive pump prices for U.S. drivers just ahead of key national elections."
Source: AP, 10/06/2022"The Climate Economy Is About to Explode"
"A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks."
Source: Atlantic, 10/06/2022"Florida Leaders Rejected Major Climate Laws. Now They’re Seeking Storm Aid."
"Hurricane Ian’s wrath made clear that Florida faces some of the most severe consequences of climate change anywhere in the country. But the state’s top elected leaders opposed the most significant climate legislation to pass Congress — laws to help fortify states against, and recover from, climate disasters, and confront their underlying cause: the burning of fossil fuels."
Source: NYTimes, 10/06/2022
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