"‘Global Shield’: A Climate Fix Or A Distraction?"
"The Global Shield might be one answer to helping peril-prone nations defend themselves against the rising dangers of climate change."
Source: E&E News, 11/15/2022
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"Manchin FERC Shake-Up May Stymie Biden’s Clean Energy Plans"
"The prospect of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Richard Glick losing his job by year’s end could derail policies critical for President Joe Biden’s clean energy and climate agenda."
Source: E&E News, 11/15/2022US Talks Forest Protection at COP27 -- But Mulls Old-Growth Logging at Home
"The U.S. Center at the COP27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh hosted a panel Monday focused on ending global deforestation by 2030, but the reality on the ground in the nation’s forests looks quite different."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/15/2022"UN To Seek Out Methane Emitters With Data From Space"
"Big emitters of the heat-trapping gas methane can expect a call from the United Nations starting next year, when the global body launches a new platform to combine existing systems for tracking the potent greenhouse gas from space."
Source: AP, 11/15/2022"World Population Hits 8 Billion, Creating Many Challenges"
"The world’s population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa."
Source: AP, 11/15/2022Texas' National Butterfly Center Makes Comeback After Right-Wing Attacks
"The wildlife sanctuary’s conservation work has been overshadowed by political drama over its location on the border."
Source: Texas Observer, 11/15/2022"Biden Casts America as Climate Leader and Promises a ‘Low-Carbon Future’"
"President Biden appeared before an overflowing United Nations convention on Friday to reclaim America’s role as a leader on climate change and to stress a renewed U.S. commitment to stop the planet from catastrophic warming."
Source: NYTimes, 11/14/2022"Biden Tightens Planned Methane Curbs on Oil Wells, Flaring"
"The Biden administration is strengthening its plan for limiting methane emissions from oil and gas wells after environmentalists panned an earlier version as too weak."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/14/2022"The Biggest Election Wins And Losses For America’s Public Lands"
"America's support for conservation showed up at the polls in the 2022 midterm elections, even though some tight races bucked the trend."
Source: HuffPost, 11/14/2022"Study: Extreme Heat Responsible For Hundreds Of Deaths In Texas Prisons"
"Texas officials claimed that no prisoners have been killed by heat. A new report shows they're wrong." "In the dozens of Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning, new research shows that 13 percent of deaths during the six hottest months every year from 2001 through 2019 were likely due to extreme heat."
Source: Grist, 11/14/2022"How Oil & Gas Funding Distorts Energy Research"
"Prominent energy centers at MIT, Stanford, and Columbia may be biased toward natural gas because of funding, a new study says."
Source: Earther, 11/14/2022"Former Coal Plant Near Pittsburgh Is Poisoning Groundwater: Report"
"The site of a former coal-fired power plant northwest of Pittsburgh is leaking coal ash and poisoning surrounding groundwater, according to a new report."
Source: EHN, 11/14/2022"UN Probes Egypt Police Misconduct Claims At Climate Talks"
"The United Nations says it is investigating allegations of misconduct by Egyptian police officers providing security at this year’s international climate talks."
Source: AP, 11/14/2022"Court to Reconsider Trump-Era Decision That Favored Alaska Road Project"
"A federal appeals court has vacated a ruling that would have helped to clear the way for a project to build a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. The court said it would rehear the case, which involves a land swap that was approved by the Trump administration."
Source: NYTimes, 11/14/2022"The Bottom Line on Banks"
"Financial institutions have made big climate pledges. But they’ve also found reasons and ways to pass the buck, continuing to funnel money toward fossil fuels. Here’s why."
Source: NYTimes, 11/14/2022
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