"The Unlikely Coalition Behind Biden’s Liquefied Natural Gas Pivot"
"Climate activists led the charge against LNG exports, but they’re not the only ones celebrating Biden’s pause."
Source: Grist, 02/13/2024
Environmental Politics
Chemical Plants, Terrorism and Regulations May Be Back on the Agenda
For years, high-risk U.S. industrial facilities fell under a federal anti-terrorism program to ensure their potentially lethal chemicals would not become terrorist targets. But when the program expired last year, something unexpected happened. Veteran chemical industry reporter Jeff Johnson has a behind-the-scenes look at the maneuvering over how best to secure the country’s dangerous chemical stores.
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Will New EPA Policy Make It Easier To Interview Its Experts?
Environmental journalists commonly grouse about obstacles the press office at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency throws up when reporters want to talk to its scientists. Might a newly proposed scientific integrity policy help change that? The WatchDog Opinion column, which regularly joins in the censuring, says there’s a chance it could. But will it? Why the outlook is cloudy.
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Climate Scientist Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict Against Right-Wing Bloggers
"Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, won his long-standing legal battle against two right-wing bloggers who claimed that he manipulated data in his research and compared him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, a major victory for the outspoken researcher."
Source: Washington Post, 02/09/2024
"EU Lays Out Plan To Cut Greenhouse Emissions By 90% By 2040"
"The EU aims to slash its net greenhouse gas pollution by 90% by 2040 as part of its push to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent, the European Commission has announced before elections in June."
Source: Guardian, 02/08/2024
13 Blue States Say EPA Should Strengthen Proposal To Remove Lead Pipes
"Attorneys general from 13 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen a proposal that seeks to limit Americans’ exposure to lead service lines."
Source: The Hill, 02/08/2024
"Misplaced Trust"
"Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy."
Source: Grist, 02/08/2024
"The Changing Focus of Climate Denial: From Science to Scientists"
"The scientist Michael Mann is challenging attacks on his work in a defamation suit that’s taken 12 years to come to trial."
Source: NYTimes, 02/07/2024
"Green Amendments Gain Traction in More States Ahead of Elections"
"A new wave of state legislators are pursuing the constitutional right to a safe environment, which attorneys say could strengthen climate lawsuits and policy if interpreted correctly. But the effectiveness of those amendments hinges on their legal language and other details."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/07/2024
"‘In A Word, Horrific’: Trump’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint"
"The United States’s first major climate legislation dismantled, a crackdown on government scientists, a frenzy of oil and gas drilling, the Paris climate deal not only dead but buried. A blueprint is emerging for a second Donald Trump term that is even more extreme for the environment than his first, according to interviews with multiple Trump allies and advisers."
Source: Guardian, 02/07/2024
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