"Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0"
"Disheartened, worried, even scared, activists and strategists are nevertheless better prepared this time around and bracing for a long fight."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/13/2024
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"EPA Implements Climate Law’s Methane Fee As Republicans Plan Repeal"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule Tuesday that implements a charge for oil and gas companies that release too much of the planet-warming gas methane."
Source: The Hill, 11/13/2024"Trump Considers ‘Energy Czar’ Post"
"President-elect Donald Trump is considering appointing a White House “energy czar” to coordinate the incoming administration’s energy policies across the administration, according to two people with knowledge of the transition."
Source: E&E News, 11/13/2024"U.S.-Mexico Water Agreement Might Bring Relief To Parched South Texas"
"The amendment to a 1944 treaty will help Mexico catch up with its water deliveries to the U.S. and might help Rio Grande Valley farmers devastated by low rainfall."
Source: Texas Tribune, 11/13/2024"Where The Trees Once Stood"
"There’s a tranquility to western North Carolina’s forests. The quiet here is part of the reason Leo Temko and Janice Barnes chose a hillside northeast of Asheville as an escape from New York City, where they spend half their time."
Source: Washington Post, 11/13/2024"Trump Taps Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin As EPA Chief"
"President-elect Donald Trump on Monday tapped former representative Lee Zeldin of New York to serve as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a crucial role that will oversee the rollbacks of dozens of President Joe Biden’s environmental policies."
Source: Washington Post, 11/12/2024"With Ready Orders and an Energy Czar, Trump Plots Pivot to Fossil Fuels"
"As President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team plans his energy and environment agenda, it is relying on two seasoned former cabinet leaders and fossil fuel lobbyists to dramatically reshape the agencies charged with protecting the nation’s air, water, climate and public lands, according to six people familiar with the matter."
Source: NYTimes, 11/12/2024"COP29 Chief Exec Filmed Promoting Fossil Fuel Deals"
"A senior official at COP29 climate change conference in Azerbaijan appears to have used his role to arrange a meeting to discuss potential fossil fuel deals, the BBC can report. A secret recording shows the chief executive of Azerbaijan's COP29 team, Elnur Soltanov, discussing "investment opportunities" in the state oil and gas company with a man posing as a potential investor."
Source: BBC News, 11/12/2024"Climate Talks Open With Calls For A Path Away From The ‘Road To Ruin’"
"United Nations annual climate talks stuttered to a start Monday with more than nine hours of backroom bickering over what should be on the agenda for the next two weeks. It then turned to the main issue: money."
Source: AP, 11/12/2024Crews Battle Wildfires On Both US Coasts; 1 Death In New York-New Jersey Fire
"Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee and another in Southern California that destroyed more than 130 structures and damaged dozens more."
Source: AP, 11/12/2024DOI Proposes Strengthened Protections For Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat
"The Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published proposed updates to strengthen conservation and management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands, informed by the best available science, collaborative work with states, and input from local, Tribal and federal partners."
Source: Lewistown News-Argus, 11/12/2024‘Mass Deportations Would Disrupt The Food Chain’: Calif. Warns Of Threat
"Take a drive through the Salinas or Central valleys in California and you’ll pass from town to town advertising its specialty fruit or vegetable: strawberries in Watsonville, garlic in Gilroy, pistachios in Avenal and almonds in Ripon. More than 400 types of commodities are grown in the Golden state – including a third of the vegetables and three-quarters of the fruits and nuts produced in the United States. Much of that food is grown by immigrant farm workers – many of whom are undocumented."
Source: Guardian, 11/12/2024"California Enacts New Climate Rules — Which Could Boost Gas Prices"
"In one of its most controversial decisions, California’s air board voted tonight to revamp a key climate change program, which could increase gas prices in a state already facing some of the nation’s steepest costs at the pump."
Source: CalMatters, 11/12/202420+ Agrochemicals, Including Common Herbicides, Linked To Prostate Cancer
"New research adds to evidence that several types of agrochemicals — including the widely used herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate — may raise the risk of prostate cancer."
Source: The New Lede, 11/12/2024"Is a ‘Green’ Revolution Poisoning India’s Capital?"
"India promised to burn its trash mountains and safely turn them into electricity. But a New York Times investigation found hazardous levels of toxic substances around homes, playgrounds and schools."
Source: NYTimes, 11/12/2024
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