"Vineyard Wind Begins Construction After Ducking Financial Peril"
"America’s first major offshore wind farm is coming into focus on the wavy horizon off Massachusetts."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2023
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"There’s A Crisis Unfolding In Florida's Waters. DeSantis Hasn’t Said A Word."
"The GOP governor and presidential candidate has touted his environmental and economic credentials. He’s ignoring an environmental and economic disaster at home."
Source: HuffPost, 08/07/2023"‘Death Star’ Law Will End Water Breaks For Texas Workers"
"Water breaks will no longer be guaranteed for construction workers in Austin and Dallas when a new state law that prevents municipalities from regulating everything from evictions to payday loans takes effect next month."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2023‘Halliburton Loophole’ Allows Fracking Firms to Avoid Chemical Regulation
"For almost 20 years, U.S. public-health advocates have worried that toxic chemicals are getting into ground water and harming human health because of an exemption to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act that allows operators of oil and gas fracking operations to use chemicals that would be regulated if used for any other purpose."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/07/2023Governments Meet To Talk About Amazon Rainforest. Why Is It So Important?
"The Amazon rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. It’s a crucial carbon sink for the climate, has about 20% of the world’s freshwater reserves and boasts astounding biodiversity, including 16,000 known tree species."
Source: AP, 08/07/2023The Far Right Has a ‘Battle Plan’ to Undo Climate Progress If Trump Wins
"Far-right conservative groups are promoting a sprawling “battle plan” to obstruct and undo the federal government’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis, with hopes of quickly enacting a series of sweeping changes if Donald Trump, or any other Republican, gets elected as president next year."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/04/2023"Republicans Want To Plant A Trillion Trees. Scientists Are Skeptical."
"New research casts doubt on the climate strategy pushed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other GOP leaders".
Source: Washington Post, 08/04/2023Former DOJ Environment Chief Described As Co-Conspirator in Indictment
"In criminally charging former president Donald Trump for his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss, federal prosecutors allege that Trump enlisted six co-conspirators to “assist him in his criminal efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election and retain power.”
Source: Washington Post, 08/03/20236 Months After E. Palestine Derailment, Congress Is Deadlocked On Safety
"Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the potential for railroad crashes to trigger even larger disasters. Both parties agreed that a legislative response was needed. Yet six months after life was upended in East Palestine, little has changed."
Source: AP, 08/03/2023"'Narco-Deforestation' In Focus At Upcoming Summit Of Amazon Nations"
"When the presidents of Amazon nations including Brazil, Peru and Colombia meet at a regional summit next week, they will train their sights on a new breed of criminal just as comfortable chopping down the rainforest as shipping drugs overseas."
Source: Reuters, 08/03/2023"White House To Agencies: Tally Projects’ Financial Damage To Ecosystems"
"Federal agencies would be required to do a full accounting of how their decisions affect ecosystems the public depends on under a draft guidance that the White House will release Tuesday."
Source: E&E News, 08/02/2023Mike Huckabee’s “Kids Guide” Shows the Changing Landscape of Climate Denial
"Producers of climate misinformation are targeting kids and families, delivering an updated message that acknowledges global warming, but minimizes the influence of human emissions."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/02/2023"Republicans Slam Biden NEPA Revamp, Threaten Permitting Talks"
"Congressional Republicans are seething about the Biden administration’s plans to change how the government reviews major energy infrastructure projects ranging from oil and gas pipelines to solar installations."
Source: E&E News, 08/01/2023"Zero Oil Companies Bid In BLM’s Nevada Lease Sale"
"The bust amplified conservationists’ calls to turn away from oil production in the state, where 95 percent of acres leased for oil development are nonproducing."
Source: E&E News, 08/01/2023Virginia Enviros File Notice They Will Challenge Youngkin’s RGGI Withdrawal
"Environmental attorneys Monday filed notice that they intend to file a legal challenge against Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposed regulation to withdraw Virginia from the regional carbon market known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative."
Source: States Newsroom, 08/01/2023
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