"The Weatherman Who Tried to Bring Climate Science to a Red State"
"Chris Gloninger said he was hired to talk about global warming in his forecasts. That’s when things heated up."
Source: NYTimes, 06/24/2024
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"Behind the Push to Re-brand LNG as 'Green'"
"Earlier this month, the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee sent a letter to President Biden, blaming rising gas prices on his administration’s energy policies and calling on him to back an industry wishlist that includes repealing air pollution standards, increasing oil and gas leasing, and lifting the temporary pause on permits for new LNG export terminals."
Source: Drilled, 06/24/2024
"Selling a Mirage: The Delusion of 'Advanced' Plastic Recycling"
"The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a “solution” that works like magic. Don't be fooled."
Source: ProPublica, 06/24/2024
"Four In Five People Want Stronger Climate Action, Says UNDP Survey"
"Four in five people want their governments to take stronger action to tackle climate change, according to a United Nations survey. The UN Development Programme (UNDP), which published the poll on Thursday, said that 72 per cent of people across the 77 countries surveyed said they supported a quick transition from fossil fuels to clean energy."
Source: Business Standard, 06/21/2024
Climate Change Turbocharged Killer Heat Wave In Mexico, Southwest US
"Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, a new flash study found."
Source: AP, 06/21/2024
Judge Orders BNSF To Pay Tribe $400 Million For Trespassing With Oil Trains
"BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation."
Source: AP, 06/21/2024
"Fossil Fuel Use, Emissions Hit Records In 2023, Report Says"
"Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 06/21/2024
"Trump Once Promised to Revive Coal. Now, He Rarely Mentions It."
"The first time Donald J. Trump ran for president, he slapped on a miner’s helmet and told coal workers they would be “winning, winning, winning” when he entered the White House. Now, as Mr. Trump campaigns for another chance at the presidency, he rarely mentions America’s coal miners and has stopped making grand promises about their future."
Source: NYTimes, 06/18/2024
"This Coal-Heavy Rural Co-Op Utility Is Buying Its First Solar Plants"
"Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, one of the largest rural cooperative utilities in the U.S., is bringing the energy transition home to its massive western service territory. It’s acquiring its first large-scale solar power plants as it prepares to shift away from its current dependence on coal power."
Source: Canary Media, 06/18/2024
"Can the Greater Sage-Grouse Be Kept Off the Endangered Species List?"
"Warming and habitat loss diminished sage grouse populations 80 percent since 1965, putting them on the brink of an endangered listing. Western states, the federal government and energy and ranching interests are struggling to prevent that."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/18/2024
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