"A Decade After Bunkerville Standoff, Bundy Cattle Roam Free"
"Ten years after the weeklong confrontation, the federal government faces paralysis over how to oversee a desert ecosystem."
Source: E&E News, 04/08/2024
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"Environmental Protection Agency Gives $20 Billion in ‘Green Bank’ Grants"
"The E.P.A. said the fund will spur a clean energy transition in overlooked communities. Republicans called it a “greendoggle.”"
Source: NYTimes, 04/05/2024"Feds Bar New Drilling, Mining In Colorado’s Thompson Divide"
"The Biden administration Wednesday finalized a 20-year ban on new oil and gas drilling and mining activity on 221,898 acres of federal lands within western Colorado’s pristine Thompson Divide." "The 20-year ban on new drilling will protect a pristine region that local advocates say is renowned for its wildlife and recreation."
Source: E&E News, 04/05/2024"Biden Cements Civil Service Protections From Trump Firing Spree"
"President Joe Biden has bolstered defenses for the federal workforce to ward off mass firing by a potential second Trump administration."
Source: E&E News, 04/05/2024As Climate Changes, Sami Herders Need To Feed Reindeer As Rain Creates Ice
"Driving slowly on his snowmobile, reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara spreads animal feed for hundreds of his reindeer gathered in the Finnmark mountain plateau in Arctic Norway - something he wished he did not have to do."
Source: Reuters, 04/05/20242024 Hurricane Season Forecast: Highest Number Of Hurricanes Ever Predicted
"Buckle up and hunker down: An "extremely active" hurricane season is likely, top forecasters from Colorado State University announced Thursday. In fact, the forecast includes the highest number of hurricanes ever predicted in an April forecast by Colorado State since the team began issuing predictions in 1995."
Source: USA TODAY, 04/05/2024"Mercury Exposure Widespread Among Yanomami Tribe In Amazon, Report Finds"
"Many Yanomami, the Amazon’s largest Indigenous tribe in relative isolation, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report released on Thursday by Brazil’s top public health institute."
Source: AP, 04/05/2024Lawsuit Challenges $1 Billion Federal Funding To Sustain Diablo Canyon Nuke
"An environmental group has sued the U.S. Energy Department over its decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond a planned closure that was set for 2025. The move opens another battlefront in the fight over the future of Diablo Canyon’s twin reactors."
Source: AP, 04/05/2024"FEMA Stuns Florida With Pricey Hurricane Penalty"
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency revoked the discount it gave to 125,000 property owners in Lee County who have FEMA flood insurance after warning local officials about unsafe rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ian in 2022."
Source: E&E News, 04/05/2024"This California City Is Trading An Old Gas Plant For A Giant Grid Battery"
"For a decade, twin smokestacks loomed against the bright blue skies of Menifee, in Southern California’s Inland Empire. But the old gas combustion plant came down, and on the flat industrial site it left behind an army of batteries is now being assembled."
Source: Canary Media, 04/05/2024"Birds, Bees And Even Plants Might Act Weird During The Solar Eclipse"
"A total eclipse isn’t just a spectacle in the sky. When the moon consumes the sun on April 8, day will plunge into twilight, the temperature will drop — and nature will take notice."
Source: Washington Post, 04/05/2024US Saw Staggering Growth In Solar And Wind Power Over The Last Decade
"Nearly a quarter of the nation's grid now runs on renewables, bringing the country closer to its climate goals."
Source: Grist, 04/04/2024"Just 57 Companies Linked To 80% Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since 2016"
"A mere 57 oil, gas, coal and cement producers are directly linked to 80% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since the 2016 Paris climate agreement, a study has shown."
Source: Guardian, 04/04/2024Will Bitcoin, Data Centers, and Cannabis Risk US Climate Goals?
"US energy use has been flat. But new industries are forcing a boost in utility forecasts for demand, potentially harming efforts to cut emissions."
Source: Floodlight, 04/04/2024"A Guide To Electric Car Misinformation (Part 2)"
"Financially-motivated EV misinformation comes from both sides of the aisle (the lane?). Industries that see EVs as a threat exaggerate their harms in a bid to get you to hate EVs. And industries that profit from EVs greenwash their benefits in a bid to get you to love EVs."
Source: HEATED, 04/04/2024
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