Energy & Fuel

"High-Stakes Talks To End Plastic Pollution Resume"

"Negotiations on a global treaty to combat plastic pollution will resume Monday, with nations under pressure to stem the tide of trash amid calls from campaigners to limit industry influence on the talks."

Source: AFP, 05/26/2023

"Interior's Oil Plan Is Coming. Here's What To Watch."

"Biden administration officials in recent weeks hosted private listening sessions with environmental groups and oil companies ahead of the release of proposed oil and gas regulations that could represent some of the White House’s most lasting steps on public lands to help address climate change."

Source: E&E News, 05/25/2023

"Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are Mostly Junk And Some May Harm, Research Says"

"A new investigation into Chevron’s climate pledge has found the fossil-fuel company relies on “junk” carbon offsets and “unviable” technologies, which do little to offset its vast greenhouse gas emissions and in some cases may actually be causing communities harm."

Source: Guardian, 05/25/2023

"America’s Big Shift To Green Energy Has A Woolly Mammoth Problem"

"America’s renewable energy drive needs more than a million miles of new transmission lines but emerging resistance includes opponents worried about building them in one of the country’s richest areas of ice-age fossils."

Source: Guardian, 05/24/2023

Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Community Health

"Environmental advocates and community groups already exposed to high levels of air pollution fear that additional lanes will exacerbate health risks in Southwest Side neighborhoods."

Source: Chicago Sun-Times, 05/24/2023

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