Human Rights Group: Egypt Stifles Environmental Work Ahead of COP
"Egyptian campaigners told Human Rights Watch they faced harassment by authorities, as the country prepares to host Cop27 climate talks in November".
Source: AP, 09/13/2022
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Enviros Seek To List Rare NV Springsnail As Endangered Due To Lithium Mine
"A group of conservationists are seeking to get a tiny rare Nevada springsnail listed as an endangered or threatened species, arguing that the species is threatened by a planned lithium mine in Thacker Pass."
Source: States Newsroom, 09/12/2022"Sanders Blasts Permitting Reform As Democrats’ Divide Grows"
"Sen. Bernie Sanders said Thursday he would oppose a stopgap government spending measure that includes forthcoming permitting legislation, underscoring progressive resistance to the bill amid protests by environmental groups."
Source: E&E News, 09/09/2022"EPA Leader: Jackson Needs ‘Fair Share’ Of Money To Fix Water"
"The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that he wants Mississippi’s capital city to receive “its fair share” of federal money to repair a troubled water system that left homes and businesses without running water for several days."
Source: AP, 09/08/2022West Virginians Divided Over Gas Pipeline Despite Manchin's Support
"The Mountain Valley Pipeline exists as a 303-mile-long chain with hundreds of missing links. Without all of its federal permits, the natural gas project cannot cross Jefferson National Forest or many of the streams and wetlands in its proposed path from West Virginia to North Carolina."
Source: NPR, 09/08/2022"Liz Truss, New UK Leader, Lays Out Sweeping Plan to Cap Energy Prices"
"Scrambling to spare millions of households the pain of skyrocketing energy bills this winter, Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, announced a sweeping plan on Thursday to freeze gas and electricity rates for two years, at a cost of tens of billions of pounds to the British Treasury."
Source: NYTimes, 09/08/2022"Australia’s First Climate Law Since 2011 Seals Green Comeback"
"Australia passed its first major climate legislation in more than a decade with a pledge to accelerate emissions curbs, sealing the key polluter's return as a force in global action on planetary warming."
Source: Bloomberg, 09/08/2022Billion-Dollar Plant: Plastics Recycling - Or 'Sustainability Fraud'?
"Gov. Wolf touted jobs and less plastic pollution when the plans were announced in April, but a professor from Carnegie Mellon who’s studied the technology says it can lead to “sustainability fraud.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/07/2022"GAO: Trump Team Bogged Down Sensitive Interior Grants"
"Trump administration officials frustrated Interior Department career staff by impeding certain grant decisions involving several agencies, auditors found in a review of the department’s wide-ranging grant programs."
Source: E&E News, 09/07/2022"DNC Weighs Manchin's Permitting Reform Deal"
"The Democratic National Committee will vote this week on a resolution opposing a push by Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) to overhaul the nation's permitting process for energy infrastructure."
Source: Washington Post, 09/07/2022"Heat Pumps Should Be Key To Truss’s Energy Strategy, Urges Expert"
"Heat pumps need to be at the heart of any new energy strategy, to keep Britain’s homes warm and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but so far there is little sign of the policy measures needed, one of the UK’s leading heating experts has warned."
Source: Guardian, 09/07/2022"Biden, Remaking Climate Team, Picks John Podesta to Guide Spending"
"President Biden on Friday appointed John Podesta, a veteran Washington insider who spearheaded the Obama administration’s climate strategy, to oversee the federal investment of $370 billion in clean energy under a landmark new climate law."
Source: NYTimes, 09/06/2022"White House Announces Regulations, DOE Nominees"
"President Joe Biden has selected environmental law expert Richard Revesz to lead his regulatory office, a move widely seen as a victory for the establishment wing over the progressive wing of the Democratic Party."
Source: E&E News, 09/06/2022What Will New UK PM Liz Truss Do On Climate, Environment?
"Liz Truss faces a daunting array of environmental crises, from energy supply to sewage spills on British beaches, with little to show that she has the inclination to take them on."
Source: Guardian, 09/06/2022"Chileans Resoundingly Reject New Progressive Constitution"
"Chileans resoundingly rejected a new constitution to replace a charter imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago, dealing a stinging setback to President Gabriel Boric who argued the document would have ushered in a new progressive era."
Source: AP, 09/06/2022
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