"Who Could Host COP29 And Why Is There A Deadlock Over The Venue?"
"There's an unprecedented deadlock at this year's COP28 U.N. climate summit over who will host next year's event."
Source: Reuters, 12/07/2023
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"At Tribal Summit, Biden Says He’s Working To ‘Heal The Wrongs Of The Past’"
"President Joe Biden told Native American nations gathered for a summit Wednesday that his administration was working to heal the wrongs of the past as he signed an executive order that seeks to make it easier for Indigenous peoples to access federal funding, and have greater autonomy over how to spend it."
Source: AP, 12/07/2023"House Backs GOP Bill To Block EPA Rule On Tailpipe Pollution"
"House Republicans approved a bill Wednesday to block strict new tailpipe pollution limits proposed by the Biden administration, calling the plan a back-door mandate for electric vehicles."
Source: AP, 12/07/2023"Air France, Lufthansa And Etihad Ads Banned For Misleading Claims"
"Adverts from Air France, Lufthansa and Etihad have been banned by the UK’s ad regulator due to concerns they have misled customers about the environmental impact of air travel."
Source: Guardian, 12/06/2023"Chevron, Exxon Opt Out Of Funding COP28 Methane-Reduction Fund"
"Six major oil companies each contributed tens of millions of dollars to a grant fund meant to help state-owned rivals cull the release of super-warming methane emissions, but Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. didn’t join in."
Alaska Tribal Council Greenlit Gold Mine. Some Tribal Members Aren’t Happy
"People in Alaska’s rugged Interior have long known the hills surrounding the Native Village of Tetlin hid gold. As tribal member Kevin Gunter grew up, his elders told him such riches should be left alone. Nothing good would come of digging them up, they warned. Now, Gunter fears what might happen as an open-pit mine comes to his tribe’s land."
Source: Grist, 12/05/2023"Why Some Experts Say COPs Are ‘Distracting’ And Need Fixing"
"The yearly get-togethers are a critical centerpiece for international climate action. But critics say they have outlived their usefulness and are due for an overhaul."
Source: Grist, 12/05/2023"West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry’s Messes"
"West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions — perhaps even billions — of dollars in cleanup costs. And yet, little is being done to turn things around."
Source: Mountain State Spotlight, 12/04/2023Cop28 President Says There Is ‘No Science’ Behind Demands For Fossil Phase-Out
"The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal."
Source: Guardian, 12/04/2023"Biden Delivers COP28 Crackdown on Methane Leaks From Oil Wells"
"The Biden administration moved Saturday to crack down on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, by finalizing newly strengthened mandates forcing companies to replace leaky equipment and regularly search for escaping gas."
Source: Bloomberg, 12/04/2023"Ohio Fails to Pass Restrictions on College Teaching About Climate Policies"
"Ohio lawmakers have failed, at least for now, to pass a bill that would exert control over discussion of “controversial beliefs” about climate policies in college classrooms."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/04/2023"Climate Summit Approves a New Fund to Help Poor Countries"
"A new fund to help vulnerable countries hit by climate disasters should be up and running this year, after diplomats from nearly 200 countries on Thursday approved a draft plan on the first day of a United Nations global warming summit."
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2023"Disinformation Is One of Climate Summit’s Biggest Challenges"
"As the world’s leaders gather this week at a major summit to discuss ways to address the effects of global warming, one of the greatest obstacles they face is disinformation." "Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods."
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2023German Court Upholds Wiretaps Of Climate Activists' Calls To Press
"A court in Bavaria has ruled that police were right in wiretapping phone calls between members of the Last Generation climate activist group and journalists."
Source: DW, 12/01/2023"Vice President Harris Will Attend COP28 Climate Conference In Dubai"
"Vice President Kamala Harris will join the U.S. delegation to Dubai for the annual United Nations conference on climate change, the White House said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 11/30/2023
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