"Lawsuits Buffet US Offshore Wind Projects, Seeking To End Or Delay Them"
"Opponents of offshore wind around the U.S. are pelting projects with lawsuits seeking to cancel them or tie them up for years in costly litigation."
Source: AP, 09/20/2024
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EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals: IG
"Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to take “appropriate corrective action” in response."
Source: ProPublica, 09/19/2024Biden Admin Spending Climate Cash Fast, As Trump Threatens To Cancel It
"Former President Donald Trump has said he would cancel all unspent funds from President Joe Biden's signature climate law if he wins the presidential election on Nov. 5. But the vast majority of grants will be spent by the time a new president takes office in January, and targeting what remains would be a massive legal challenge, according to Biden administration officials."
Source: Reuters, 09/19/2024"Environmental Groups Face Off With EPA to Control Manure Pollution"
"For the third time in two decades the Environmental Protection Agency appeared in federal Appellate Court this week to defend its admittedly flawed approach to regulating the billions of pounds of manure running off into the nation’s waters from large industrial animal feeding operations."
Source: Circle of Blue, 09/19/2024"States Own Lands On Reservations. To Use Them, Tribes Have To Pay"
"How schools, hospitals, prisons and other institutions in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations."
Source: HCN/Grist, 09/19/2024"Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Labeling of ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef"
"A consumer-protection lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Tyson Foods is misleading consumers with claims about its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: NYTimes, 09/19/2024"White House Raises Tariffs On Chinese EVs, Solar Panels, Batteries"
"The White House enacted steep increases in tariffs Friday that could quadruple the price of electric vehicles from China and double fees on imported solar cells, upping the trade war between the U.S. and the Asian manufacturing giant."
Source: E&E News, 09/18/2024"Oil and Gas Sponsorship of Global Sports Hits $5.6 Billion, Report Finds"
"Oil and gas companies are spending an estimated $5.6 billion on sports sponsorships, seeking to extend their social licence to boost production of fossil fuels even as the climate crisis intensifies, according to a new report."
Source: DeSmog, 09/18/2024"Big Energy Issue in Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices. Not Fracking."
"Energy businesses and farmers in western Pennsylvania are struggling because of prices, an issue that has not figured prominently in the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris."
Source: NYTimes, 09/18/2024Trump Threatens To End Calif. Wildfire Aid Unless Newsom Changes Water Policy
"Former President Trump threatened to withhold federal aid to battle California wildfires, should he be reelected, if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) does not change a policy that protects an endangered species of fish."
Source: The Hill, 09/16/2024Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Didn't.
"Seven years ago, Oregon’s biggest natural gas company set out to convince lawmakers and residents that an abundant new source of green energy was out there, just waiting to be tapped."
Source: ProPublica, 09/16/2024"EPA Denies Duty To Regulate PFAS In Sewage Sludge Spread On Farmland"
"US regulators claim they are not legally required to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals in sewage sludge spread on farmland across the country, according to a court filing the government made this week in response to a lawsuit from an environmental watchdog group."
Source: The New Lede, 09/13/2024"Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule"
"Texas is inching closer to adopting revised oil and gas waste management rules for the first time in four decades." "While environmentalists say the new rule doesn’t do enough to protect groundwater, oil and gas operators are contesting stricter requirements for waste pits near wells."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/13/2024Senators Push To Exclude Lucrative Chemicals From Official PFAS Definition
"US lawmakers and the military are pushing for a new definition of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” that would exclude a subclass of toxic compounds increasingly used across the economy and considered to be potent greenhouse gases."
Source: Guardian, 09/13/2024"Here's What Happens When Big Data Takes Over a Small Town"
"In Virginia, the planet's largest proposed data center threatens local ecosystems"
Source: Sierra, 09/13/2024
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