"Too Hot To Handle: Politics Of Warming Part Of Culture Wars"
"When it comes to global warming, America’s political climate may have changed more than the Earth’s over the past three decades."
Source: AP, 06/25/2018
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"New Group, With Conservative Credentials, Plans Push for a Carbon Tax"
"Proponents of a market-oriented plan to fight climate change by taxing greenhouse gas emissions and giving the revenue to American taxpayers are starting a campaign to run advertisements as early as this fall and introduce legislation in Congress as early as next year."
Source: NY Times, 06/22/2018
"The Natural Gas Industry Has a Leak Problem"
"The American oil and gas industry is leaking more methane than the government thinks — much more, a new study says. Since methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, that is bad news for climate change."
Source: NY Times, 06/22/2018
"Colorado To Adopt California’s Stricter Car Pollution Rules"
"Colorado’s governor on Tuesday ordered his state to adopt vehicle pollution rules enforced in California, joining other states in resisting the Trump administration’s plans to ease emission standards."
Source: AP, 06/21/2018
Battery Boom: World To Get Half Of Electricity From Wind, Solar By 2050
"Wind and solar are set to surge to almost “50 by 50” – 50% of world generation by 2050 – on the back of precipitous reductions in cost, and the advent of cheaper and cheaper batteries that will enable electricity to be stored and discharged to meet shifts in demand and supply."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/21/2018
Sage Grouse: Forest Service Looks To Follow BLM, Revise Obama-Era Plans
"The Forest Service is expected this week to formally launch a monthslong process to eventually amend federal greater sage grouse conservation plans covering more than a dozen national forests and grasslands in six Western states."
Source: Greenwire, 06/20/2018
"Court Rejects Greens’ Climate Case Against Federal Coal Mining"
"A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected environmentalists’ arguments that the Trump administration has to evaluate the climate change impact of leasing federal land for coal mining."
Source: The Hill, 06/20/2018
"Zinke Linked To Real Estate Deal With Halliburton Chairman"
"WHITEFISH, Mont. — A foundation established by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and headed by his wife is playing a key role in a real-estate deal backed by the chairman of Halliburton, the oil-services giant that stands to benefit from any of the Interior Department’s decisions to open public lands for oil exploration or change standards for drilling."
Source: Politico, 06/20/2018
"Trump Picks Economic Winners, Guided by Nostalgia"
"As President Trump tries to tilt global trade in the United States’ favor, he is increasingly putting his finger on the scale to help once-iconic industries that are declining as a share of the American economy, at the expense of some of the country’s fastest-growing sectors."
Source: NY Times, 06/19/2018
Alaska: "EPA, Corps Agree To New Wetland Mitigation Guidelines"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers have beefed up their guidelines for wetlands mitigation in Alaska, elaborating on ways a developer can compensate for disturbing bogs, ponds and streams."
Source: Alaska Public Media, 06/19/2018
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