"Judge Halts California Development, Citing Wildfire Risk"
"A long-running plan to build a community of 19,000 homes on vast Tejon Ranch north of Los Angeles has been halted by a judge who cited high wildfire risk."
Source: AP, 04/09/2021
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"Interior Solicitor Nominee Pushed For Stronger Tribal Protections"
"As an academic, Robert Anderson advocated giving sharper "teeth" to policies requiring outreach to Native Americans and called "intriguing" a move to enhance the clout of the Interior Department's top American Indian affairs official. Now, as the Biden administration's newly named nominee to serve as Interior solicitor, the law school professor could be much closer to putting his tribe-empowering ideas into practice."
Source: E&E News, 04/09/2021"Methane Has Never Risen This Fast in the Atmosphere"
"There’s more methane in the atmosphere than any other time since record keeping began—and levels really spiked last year, despite the fact that we were all inside for most of the time."
Source: Earther, 04/09/2021As Rainstorms Grow More Severe And Frequent, Communities Fail To Prepare
"Lack of a current, national rainfall database means some states use 60-year-old statistics as they design roads, bridges and dams that are supposed to last 50 years".
Source: Washington Post, 04/09/2021"Electric Vehicles: Biden's EV Plan Is Enormous. And Maybe Too Small"
"When President Biden rolled out his infrastructure plan last week, one number towered above the others: $174 billion for electric vehicles."
Source: E&E News, 04/09/2021Scientists Track Shrinking Sea Meadows, Storing More Carbon Than Forests
"SAYA DE MALHA BANK, Indian Ocean - Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents sweeping across an underwater mountain plateau the size of Switzerland."
Source: Reuters, 04/09/2021Republicans Mobilize For Showdown To Block Biden Infrastructure Plan
"A defining political clash took shape Sunday over Joe Biden's latest effort to reshape the US economy, with Republicans mobilizing against a massive infrastructure plan that could put the President in historic Democratic company."
Source: CNN, 04/08/2021Southwest Braces For Water Cutbacks As Drought Deepens Along The Colorado
"Unrelenting drought and years of rising temperatures due to climate change are pushing the long-overallocated Colorado River into new territory, setting the stage for the largest mandatory water cutbacks to date."
Source: Arizona Republic, 04/08/2021"In Europe, a Backlash Is Growing Over Incinerating Garbage"
"For years, European countries have built “waste-to-energy” incinerators, saying new technology minimized pollution and boosted energy production. But with increasing concern about the plants’ CO2 emissions, the EU is now withdrawing support for these trash-burning facilities."
Source: YaleE360, 04/08/2021"Law Students Denounce Chevron’s Law Firm Over Steven Donziger Case"
"Gibson Dunn’s extreme tactics against environmental attorney Steven Donziger spark a backlash."
Source: The Intercept, 04/08/2021"‘This Is Environmental Racism’"
"How a protest in a North Carolina farming town sparked a national movement".
Source: Washington Post, 04/08/2021Marine Species Increasingly Can’t Live At Equator Due To Global Heating
"Global heating has made the ocean around the equator less rich in wildlife, with conditions likely already too hot for some species to survive, according to a new study."
Source: Guardian, 04/08/2021Banks Pledge Climate Fight, But Their Boards Have Deep Fossil-Fuel Ties
"US banks are pledging to help fight the climate crisis alongside the Biden administration, but their boards are dominated by people with climate-related conflicts of interest, and they continue to invest deeply in fossil fuel projects."
Source: Guardian, 04/08/2021"Biden Tax Plan Targets Fossil Fuel Subsidies Worth $35 Billion"
"President Joe Biden’s plan to eliminate subsidies claimed by oil and gas companies and raise levies on corporate polluters would increase government receipts by $35 billion over the coming decade. "
Source: Bloomberg, 04/08/2021"Biden Nominates Interior Deputy As Department's Top Lawyer"
"President Biden has nominated Robert Anderson, the Interior Department’s principal deputy solicitor, to serve as the department’s solicitor, according to an announcement Wednesday."
Source: The Hill, 04/08/2021
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