"For First Time In 5 Years, US Gas Mileage Down, Emissions Up"
"A new government report says gas mileage for new vehicles dropped and pollution increased in model year 2019 for the first time in five years."
Source: Phys.org, 01/07/2021
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"Exxon Discloses Full Scope of Fuel Emissions for First Time"
"Exxon Mobil Corp. disclosed emissions data on customers’ use of its fuels and other products for the first time after coming under pressure from investors."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 01/07/2021"Biden To Tap Merrick Garland For Attorney General"
"Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, according to two people with knowledge of the decision."
Source: Politico, 01/07/2021"A New Study on Regenerative Grazing Complicates Climate Optimism"
"At White Oak Pastures, an eastern Georgia-based sixth-generation farm, Will Harris “went rogue” and began to transition away from industrial cattle ranching 25 years ago. Since then, Harris has been rotating organic cattle, chickens, and pigs on 3,000 acres of pasture in an effort to improve land degraded by years of conventional cotton and peanut production."
Source: Civil Eats, 01/07/2021FirstEnergy Faces Another Audit As Advocates Press For Investigations
"An upcoming audit could reveal whether FirstEnergy improperly used ratepayer money to funnel millions of dollars to an alleged unlawful conspiracy to pass and defend the state’s coal and nuclear bailout law."
Source: Eye on Ohio, 01/07/2021"Two Florida Panthers Dead In First Week Of 2021"
"Four days into the new year, two endangered Florida panthers have been found dead, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission."
Source: Orlando Sentinel, 01/07/2021"Warnock Makes History With Senate Win As Dems Near Majority"
With razor-thin margins and the last votes still being counted, Democrats appear to have taken control of the U.S. Senate. This would enable the incoming Biden administration to pass aggressive climate legislation and reverse many environmental deregulatory actions of the Trump administration.
Source: AP, 01/06/2021"U.S. Judge Denies Effort To Stop Drilling Auction In Arctic Refuge"
"A federal judge in Alaska ruled late on Tuesday that the Trump administration’s planned auction of oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could proceed as planned on Wednesday morning."
Source: Reuters, 01/06/2021Massachusetts To Require 100 Percent Of Car Sales To Be Electric By 2035
"Massachusetts plans on ending the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, following California’s lead in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: The Hill, 01/06/2021"Michigan Judge Nullifies Crucial Permit For Mining Project"
"A Michigan judge has overruled state regulators who approved a key permit for a proposed open-pit mine in the Upper Peninsula, another delay for a project that has been debated for nearly two decades."
Source: AP, 01/06/2021"Mexican Fisherman 'Dies After Attack On Sea Shepherd Conservationists'"
"A Mexican fisherman has died after his boat collided with a larger vessel used by US conservationist group Sea Shepherd, reports say."
Source: BBC News, 01/06/2021"Grasslands May Soon Produce More Greenhouse Gases Than They Sequester"
"The world’s grasslands are an essential carbon sink, and may even be more efficient at capturing atmospheric carbon than trees. But thanks to animal agriculture and fertilizer use, they’re now producing as much greenhouse gas pollution as they sequester, according to a new study published in Nature Communications on Tuesday."
Source: Earther, 01/06/2021"Harnessing Rice Fields to Resurrect California’s Endangered Salmon"
"California’s salmon populations have been dangerously close to extinction for decades. A new partnership may help tip the scales toward recovery."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/06/2021"Electric Vehicles: 4 Ways 2021 Could Be The Year Of The EV"
"Whether you look to the manufacturing floor or the Oval Office, 2021 is shaping up as pivotal year for the electric vehicle."
Source: E&E News, 01/06/2021"Trump Admin, in Parting Gift to Industry, Reverses Bird Protections"
"The Trump administration gutted protections for migratory birds on Tuesday, delivering the second of two parting gifts to the oil and gas industry, which has long sought to be shielded from liability for killing birds unintentionally in oil spills, toxic waste ponds and other environmental disasters."
Source: NYTimes, 01/06/2021
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