"Huge Gas Plant Eyed To Power Mystery $5B Louisiana Data Center"
"Entergy proposes a new $3.2 billion natural gas plant to run a ‘game changing’ data center in northeast Louisiana; critics question the move"
Source: Floodlight, 11/21/2024
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"Biden Administration Requesting Roughly $100 Billion For Disaster Relief"
"The Biden administration is sending a roughly $100 billion request to Congress to help Americans impacted by a series of major and record-breaking natural disasters in 2023 and 2024, including Hurricanes Helene and Milton, calling on lawmakers to pass the needed relief with “bipartisan and bicameral support.”"
Source: CNN, 11/20/2024"Trump Threatens New York Times, Penguin Random House over Critical Coverage"
"The letter, addressed to lawyers at the New York Times and Penguin Random House, arrived a week before the election. Attached was a discursive ten-page legal threat from an attorney for Donald Trump that demanded $10 billion in damages over “false and defamatory statements” contained in articles by Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner."
Source: Columbia Journalism Review, 11/20/2024"The US No Longer Supports Capping Plastic Production In UN Treaty"
"The Biden administration has backtracked from supporting a cap on plastic production as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty."
Source: Grist, 11/20/2024Canada Helped Fossil Companies Improve Global ‘Perception’ Of Oilsands
"As this year’s United Nations climate summit hits the halfway mark, newly obtained documents show how the Liberal government gave Canada’s oil and gas lobbyists a platform to polish the sector’s reputation at the same event in 2022. Days later, the same government began a process of cracking down on misleading environmental messaging."
Source: The Narwhal, 11/20/2024"Granholm Warns That Cutting EV Tax Credits Would Be ‘Ceding’ To China"
"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned Friday that President-elect Trump’s reported plans to cut consumer subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs) would benefit China."
Source: The Hill, 11/20/2024"Lee To Lead Senate Energy Committee Next Year"
"Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) will lead the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee next year. He’ll take over for the panel’s current top Republican, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), who will become the upper chamber’s No. 2 Republican next year."
Source: The Hill, 11/20/2024Trump Picks Brendan Carr, Who Set Agenda In Project 2025, As FCC Chair
"President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he was naming Brendan Carr as the next Federal Communications Commission chairman, positioning the regulatory agency to do battle against social media companies and TV broadcasters that Republicans portray as too liberal."
Source: Washington Post, 11/19/2024Sean Duffy, Fox News Host, Gets Trump’s Nod For Transportation Secretary
"A former Wisconsin congressman and Fox Business host, Sean Duffy, was named on Monday by President-elect Donald J. Trump as his choice to lead the Transportation Department."
Source: NYTimes, 11/19/2024"The 1.5C Climate Goal Is Dead. Why Is COP29 Still Talking About It?"
"The battle to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius has been a rallying cry for climate action for nearly a decade. Now, with the planet almost certain to blow past the target, diplomats and campaigners at the COP29 summit have found themselves awkwardly clinging to a goal that no longer makes sense."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/19/2024"Trump Chooses Oil Fracking Boss Wright as Energy Secretary"
"Wright, the chief executive officer of Liberty Energy Inc., has no previous Washington experience. He’s made a name for himself as a vocal proponent of oil and gas, saying fossil fuels are crucial for spreading prosperity and lifting people from poverty. The threat of global warming, he has said, is exaggerated."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/18/2024"EPA in Elon Musk’s Crosshairs"
"The tech mogul has had run-ins with the agency over permits and regulatory violations, and his businesses stand to benefit from slashing rules."
Source: E&E News, 11/18/2024"Four Things To Know About Trump’s Interior Secretary Pick"
"North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is expected to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” ethos on public lands and waters if confirmed to helm the massive Interior Department. But the self-styled CEO of North Dakota, who Trump revealed Thursday night he would nominate as Interior secretary, would have a role much broader than advancing drilling for oil."
Source: E&E News, 11/18/2024Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress: Experts
"If speeches and slogans could save the climate, COP29 would already be a success. But there are few signs the current round of climate talks will deliver on the only thing proven to slow global warming: rapid greenhouse gas cuts."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/18/2024California Again Prepares To Battle Trump Over Environmental Policies
"A lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air, federal support for offshore wind and disaster aid for wildfires."
Source: CalMatters, 11/18/2024
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