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"What the Unusual Midterm Elections Mean for Climate Action"

"The Democrats’ strong showing in the midterm elections — both their defense of their Senate majority and their gains in important state races — essentially ensures that President Biden’s signature climate change law, passed in August, will be fully implemented despite threats from some Republicans to block or undo it."

Source: NYTimes, 11/18/2022

"US Regulators To Vote On Largest Dam Demolition In History"

"The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could be close to reality Thursday as U.S. regulators vote on a plan to remove four aging hydro-electric structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river habitat to imperiled salmon."

Source: AP, 11/17/2022

"Wealthy Nations Ink $20B Deal To Move Indonesia Off Coal"

"A group of wealthy countries secured a deal Tuesday with Indonesia that would shift the major emitter’s power generation from coal to clean energy. The $20 billion deal financed by governments and financial institutions would be one of the largest public investments ever made to shutter fossil fuel plants."

Source: E&E News, 11/16/2022

"A Proposed Lithium Mine Presents A Climate Versus Environment Conflict"

"As world leaders meet for another climate summit in Egypt, the U.S. is pushing to mine more lithium for electric vehicle batteries at home. EVs will help cut pollution from transportation, the nation's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. But there's a tradeoff, as residents have learned near Charlotte, where a big open-pit mine is proposed."

Source: NPR, 11/16/2022

"UN To Seek Out Methane Emitters With Data From Space"

"Big emitters of the heat-trapping gas methane can expect a call from the United Nations starting next year, when the global body launches a new platform to combine existing systems for tracking the potent greenhouse gas from space."

Source: AP, 11/15/2022

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