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EPA To Undo Approval Of Chevron Plastic-Based Fuels Likely To Cause Cancer

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is planning to withdraw and reconsider its approval for Chevron to produce 18 plastic-based fuels, including some that an internal agency assessment found are highly likely to cause cancer."

Source: ProPublica, 10/01/2024

"Around the World, Diplomats Gird for a Trump Assault on Climate Action"

"Climate negotiators from Europe, Latin America and some island nations are bracing for the potential return to the world stage of Donald J. Trump, who withdrew the United States from the fight against global warming during his first term."

Source: NYTimes, 10/01/2024

"US Closes $1.52 Billion Loan To Resurrect Michigan Nuclear Plant"

"The U.S. on Monday said it closed a $1.52 billion loan to resurrect Holtec's Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, and a senior Biden administration official said it could take two years to reopen the plant, which is longer than the company predicted."

Source: Reuters, 10/01/2024

Hurricane Helene’s ‘Historic Flooding’ Made Worse By Global Heating: FEMA

"The head of the US disaster relief agency has called Hurricane Helene, which has killed nearly 100 people, a “true multi-state event” that caused “significant infrastructure damage” and had been made worse because of global heating."

Source: Guardian, 10/01/2024

Supplies Arrive By Plane And Mule In N.C. As Helene’s Death Toll Tops 130

"Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 130."

Source: AP, 10/01/2024

"Trump, Harris Venture Into The Politics Of Hurricane Helene"

"The Harris campaign accused Trump of a lack of empathy, and the Trump campaign said Harris should visit the areas affected."

"VALDOSTA, Ga. — The two candidates for president ventured carefully into the politics of Hurricane Helene on Monday, with Vice President Kamala Harris canceling West Coast campaign stops to attend a storm briefing in Washington and former president Donald Trump delivering remarks from a Georgia city battered by the storm.

Source: Washington Post, 10/01/2024

Biden Says He Could Ask Congress to Pass Aid for ‘Catastrophic’ Helene Damage

"The president, who plans to travel to North Carolina this week, said he might need to call Congress in for a special session after it did not include additional disaster relief in its spending bill."

Source: NYTimes, 10/01/2024
October 16, 2024

MIT Webinar: Climate Reporting in America

Join MIT's newest class of Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellows as they discuss their work on major reporting projects for news outlets across the US, covering local implications of the transition to a clean energy economy in Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Oregon. 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET.

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"If Trump Wins The Election, This Is What's At Stake"

"Imagine, for a moment, oil and gas infrastructure carving up Alaska’s far northern tundra, a refuge for migrating caribou and polar bears. Copper-nickel mines on the doorstep of one of the largest wilderness areas east of the Rockies, a nearly 1.1m-acre (450,000-hectare) expanse of pristine lakes and forests full of loons, wolves and moose. Or uranium and coal exploration in once-protected landscapes, including areas bordering the Grand Canyon."

Source: Guardian, 09/30/2024

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