"Supreme Court Revives Mountain Valley Pipeline"
"The Supreme Court has accepted a request from the developer of the Mountain Valley pipeline to restart work on the embattled project."
Source: E&E News, 07/28/2023
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House Sends Two Resolutions Overturning Endangered Species Rules To Biden
"The House voted Thursday to overturn two Biden administration Endangered Species Act (ESA) rules, sending the resolution to the president, who has vowed to veto them. The two rules apply to federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken and the northern long-eared bat, respectively."
Source: The Hill, 07/28/2023"‘Battle Plan’: How The Far Right Would Dismantle Climate Programs"
"A coalition of conservative groups has assembled a plan to systematically target most of the federal government’s work on climate and clean energy."
Source: E&E News, 07/27/2023Ominous Sign for COP28: G20 Again Shunned Deal to Phase Down Fossil Fuels
"A four-day summit held in India last week by some of the world’s wealthiest nations ended without a commitment to phase down fossil fuels or to increase the development of renewable energy, largely because of opposition from Saudi Arabia, China and Russia."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/27/2023Baltimore Won’t Expand Help For Residents' Clean Up After Sewage Backups
"Baltimore City has refused to comply with a directive from state and federal environmental regulators that it expand the scope of a program that helps residents clean up after sewage backs up into their homes."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/26/2023"UAE Says Committed To Meet CO2 Emissions Targets After Criticism"
"The United Arab Emirates has said it is committed to delivering targets to cut the CO2 emissions causing climate change after an independent research group said the country, which will host this year's COP28 climate summit, is far off track."
Source: Reuters, 07/25/2023Tucker Carlson's Replacement Also Spreads Climate Misinformation
"Jesse Watters, the Fox News host who replaced Carlson, debuted his new primetime show Monday. Like his predecessor, he downplayed the climate crisis and stoked culture-war outrage."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/25/2023"EPA’s Top Cop Finally Cleared for Job as Senate Confirms Uhlmann"
"David Uhlmann, the White House’s pick to lead the EPA’s enforcement office, will finally ascend to the job after the Senate voted 53-46 Thursday to confirm him following an odyssey lasting more than two years."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/24/2023Revealed: Media Blitz Against UK Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group
"An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned."
Source: DeSmog, 07/21/2023"GOP Pushes Disastrous Environmental Plan As The Planet Bakes"
"House Republicans on Wednesday advanced an appropriations bill for federal environmental agencies that would boost development of the same fossil fuels driving the myriad disasters that have ravaged the Northern Hemisphere this year."
Source: HuffPost, 07/21/2023Race-Blind Biden Effort On Air Pollution Disparities Will Fail: Report
"The Biden administration has pledged to address deadly air pollution disparities in communities of color that resulted from historically racist policy decisions. But its efforts are destined to fail if officials follow through on a decision to dismiss race as a factor to determine where federal aid should be focused, a new report says."
Source: Washington Post, 07/21/2023"11 Wild Horses Dead After Helicopter Chase During Federal Roundup"
"Nearly a dozen wild horses have died in the first 10 days of a big mustang roundup in Nevada, deaths that a Las Vegas congresswoman is calling tragic proof of the urgent need to outlaw helicopters to capture the animals on federal land."
Source: AP, 07/21/2023"John Kerry Hails China’s ‘Incredible Job’ On Renewables, Warns On Coal"
"U.S. special climate envoy John F. Kerry praised China’s “incredible job” expanding renewable energy sources Monday, while urging the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter to stop building coal-fired power plants."
Source: Washington Post, 07/18/2023"Senate Adds Language Blocking Gas Stove Ban To Appropriations Bill"
"Language blocking a ban on gas stoves has been incorporated into a bipartisan Senate appropriations bill, giving it a significant chance to ultimately become law."
Source: The Hill, 07/18/2023"Mountain Valley Pipeline Turns To Supreme Court"
"The Supreme Court may soon step into a legal brawl over whether Congress violated the Constitution when it passed a law ensuring completion of the Mountain Valley pipeline — a fight that could have important implications for the power of the judiciary."
Source: E&E News, 07/18/2023
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