Heat Brings Texas Grid Closest It Has Been To Outages Since 2021 Winter
"Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat."
Source: AP, 09/08/2023
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"States Withhold Cooling Aid For The Poor As Heat Gets Deadlier"
"More than 30 million low-income households that are eligible for federal funding to defray the cost of air conditioning have not received any money from a government program that was created to protect vulnerable people from dangerous temperatures, an E&E News analysis shows."
Source: E&E News, 09/07/2023
"African Leaders Call For New Global Taxes To Fund Climate Change Action"
"African leaders on Wednesday proposed new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action in a declaration that will form the basis of their negotiating position at November's COP28 summit."
Source: Reuters, 09/07/2023
"Biden To Cancel ANWR Leases, Expand Arctic Drilling Protections"
"Nearly three years after the Trump administration sold the first-ever oil drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the White House Wednesday canceled those leases in a huge blow to pro-oil Alaskans."
Source: E&E News, 09/07/2023
Indian Trans Woman No Longer Begging After Donated Electric Rickshaw
"When Preethi moved to Bengaluru in southern India 10 years ago after being kicked out of her family home for being transgender, she hoped for a better future."
Source: AP, 09/06/2023
"Negotiators Finally Have A Draft Of The Global Plastics Treaty"
"In March 2022, 175 countries agreed to write a global treaty to address the plastic pollution crisis. Now, a year and a half later, they finally have a rough draft."
Source: Grist, 09/06/2023
"Carbon Credit Market Confidence Ebbs As Big Names Retreat"
"Voluntary carbon markets have shrunk for the first time in at least seven years, as companies including food giant Nestle and fashion house Gucci reduced buying and studies found several forest protection projects did not deliver promised emissions savings."
Source: Reuters, 09/05/2023
Green Groups Are Divided Over Proposal to Boost the Nation’s Hydropower
"The new bill would shorten the permitting process for some projects, with a focus on converting old dams that don’t currently produce electricity into ones that do."
"America’s hydropower industry is hoping to reestablish some of its former glory by making itself central to the nation’s transition to clean energy—and it’s turning to Congress for help.
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/05/2023
Burning Tires: PA Residents ‘Shocked’ By Firm’s Bitcoin-Mining Plan
"A crypto-mining company in Pennsylvania is seeking to burn tires to produce bitcoin, prompting an outcry from residents and environmental groups."
Source: Guardian, 09/01/2023
Biden Administration Offers $12B To Convert Auto Factories Into EV Plants
"The Biden administration will put up to $12 billion into converting auto manufacturing facilities into plants for hybrid and electric vehicles, it announced Thursday."
Source: The Hill, 09/01/2023
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