"Trump Vows Anti-Reg Blitz"
"Former President Donald Trump is promising a large-scale demolition of government regulations starting on Day One if he returns to the White House."
Source: E&E News, 11/05/2024
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Tropical Storm Rafael Spins Toward The Cayman Islands As Cuba Prepares
"A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica were issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen this week, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said."
Source: AP, 11/05/2024Police In Brazil Indict Colombian Fish Trader In Journalist Killing
"Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slaying of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon in 2022, they announced Monday."
Source: AP, 11/05/2024L.A. County Sues Pepsi And Coca-Cola Over Plastic Pollution
"Los Angeles County has filed suit against the world’s largest beverage companies — Coca-Cola and Pepsi — claiming the soda and drink makers lied to the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and, as a result, left county residents and ecosystems choking in discarded plastic."
Source: LA Times, 11/05/2024"EPA Paves The Way For Major Deepwater Oil Terminal"
"The Department of Transportation is nearing a decision on a major oil export terminal planned for the Gulf of Mexico — and EPA isn’t standing in the way."
Source: E&E News, 11/05/2024"Invasive Species Spell Trouble for New York’s Beloved Tap Water"
"Zebra mussels, hydrilla and now a waterflea have made their homes in New Croton Reservoir."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/05/2024Pesticide PAC Money Surges Into States As Firms Seek To Limit Damage Awards
"As pesticide companies struggle to cap legal payouts to plaintiffs who claim they were injured by Roundup and other products, money from two political committees affiliated with major pesticide manufacturers has surged into state-level politics."
Source: U.S. RTK, 11/05/2024"Proposed Factory Farm Ban Divides California County"
"When voters head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the next US president, residents of Sonoma County, California, will be asked to decide another contentious issue – they will be voting on a measure that would make their county the first in the nation to ban factory farms."
Source: The New Lede, 11/05/2024"New York City Tests A Solar-Powered Electric-School-Bus Microgrid"
"Utility Con Edison and school-bus operator First Student see bus-charging depots equipped with solar and batteries as a win-win that supports the power grid."
Source: Canary Media, 11/05/2024Threatened: Mexico City’s Floating Gardens Have Fed People For Centuries
"Cassandra Garduño squinted in the sunlight, her pink boots smudged by dirt as she gazed out over her family’s chinampa — one of the islands first built up by the Aztecs with fertile mud from the bottom of a lake that, later drained, would one day become Mexico City."
Source: AP, 11/05/2024"What Trump’s Environmental Record Says About a Second Term"
"Mr. Trump and his allies envision a second term that would try to permanently eliminate protections for air, water and climate."
Source: NYTimes, 11/04/2024"Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Mind’ If Someone Has To ‘Shoot Through’ The Media"
"Donald Trump said Sunday that he wouldn’t “mind” if someone had to “shoot through the fake news” to get to him, a further escalation of his violent rhetoric."
Source: Politico, 11/04/2024"Trump 2.0 Would Bring Whiplash To Interior Department"
"Former President Donald Trump has promised on the campaign trail to take a sledgehammer to the Biden administration’s energy and environmental policies. That means the Interior Department — a vast agency that oversees public lands, the national parks, Western water conservation and endangered species protections — is sure to witness drastic policy shifts if Trump reclaims the White House in January."
Source: E&E News, 11/04/2024Campaign Cash: Louisiana Regulators’ Ties To The Utilities They Oversee
"The state is tied for dead last in renewable energy adoption. Little surprise, with so much fossil fuel money flowing to its commissioners."
Source: Floodlight, 11/04/2024"Conservative Outfits Are Scouring Feds’ Emails"
"Right-leaning groups have filed tens of thousands of information requests as Donald Trump plans a scorched-earth reign over civil servants."
Source: E&E News, 11/04/2024
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