"Night-Time Attack On Controversial Canadian Gas Pipeline Site"
"Police release video of attack on workers’ equipment at camp of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline opposed by First Nation groups".
Source: Guardian, 02/25/2022
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"E.U. Will Unveil A Strategy To Break Free From Russian Gas"
"For years, Europe’s dependence on Russian energy has held it back from taking powerful action against Kremlin mischief. But now, the Russia-Ukraine crisis is forcing a change unlike any before, driving the European Union to make plans for a permanent, far-reaching break from Russian oil and gas, European policymakers said."
Source: Washington Post, 02/24/2022"USPS Finalizes Plans To Buy Mostly Gasoline-Powered Delivery Trucks"
"The U.S. Postal Service finalized plans Wednesday to purchase up to 148,000 gasoline-powered mail delivery trucks, defying Biden administration officials’ objections that the multibillion-dollar contract would undercut the nation’s climate goals."
Source: Washington Post, 02/24/20223 White Supremacists Plead Guilty In Plan To Attack Power Grids
"Three men pleaded guilty Wednesday to being part of a plan to attack power grids in an effort to spark race conflict that would advance white supremacy."
Source: The Hill, 02/24/2022"Citing Drought, Feds Won’t Give Water To California Farmers"
"The federal government said Wednesday it won’t deliver any water to California farmers because of a severe drought, a decision that will force many to plant fewer crops in a region that supplies a quarter of the nation’s food."
Source: AP, 02/24/2022"What Lies Beneath: Vets Worry Polluted Base Made Them Ill"
"For nearly 80 years, recruits reporting to central California’s Fort Ord considered themselves the lucky ones, privileged to live and work amid sparkling seas, sandy dunes and sage-covered hills."
Source: AP, 02/24/2022Top Companies Undermine Climate Pledges With Political Donations: Report
"Some of the nation's best-known corporations are undermining their promises to slash emissions by donating significant sums to elect Republican attorneys general, who have emerged as frequent courtroom foes of climate policies and regulations, according to a report shared exclusively with The Climate 202."
Source: Washington Post, 02/24/2022"Global Wildfire Activity to Surge in Coming Years"
"As global warming heats the air and land, drying out trees and other plants, people around the world need to reset their expectations of where, when and how long wildfires will burn, warns a new global wildfire report released today."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/24/2022"Energy Sector Methane Emissions 70% Higher Than Official Figures -IEA"
"Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from the global energy sector are 70% higher than officially reported, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, with the coal sector identified as the biggest single source."
Source: Reuters, 02/24/2022"China Starts Building 33 GW of Coal Power In 2021, Most Since 2016"
"China started building 33 gigawatts of new coal-fired power generation capacity last year, the most since 2016, research published on Thursday showed, a sign the country is falling back on fossil fuels as economic worries mount."
Source: Reuters, 02/24/2022"Using Science and Celtic Wisdom to Save Trees (and Souls)"
"At a hale 77, Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a medical biochemist, botanist, organic chemist, poet, author and developer of artificial blood. But her main focus for decades now has been to telegraph to the world, in prose that is scientifically exacting yet startlingly affecting, the wondrous capabilities of trees."
Source: NYTimes, 02/24/2022"Germany Stops Nord Stream 2, A Key Russian Natural Gas Pipeline
"Germany halted certification of the pipeline linking the country to Russia in response to the Kremlin’s recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine."
Source: NYTimes, 02/23/2022"Supreme Court Rejects Dakota Access NEPA Battle"
"The Supreme Court today dealt a blow to a pipeline developer, deciding against hearing a dispute over environmental reviews for infrastructure projects."
Source: E&E News, 02/23/2022Biden DOI Suspends Alaska Mining Road Advanced By Trump Officials
"The Biden administration on Tuesday said it found “significant deficiencies” in a Trump-era environmental analysis of a mining road that would cut through wilderness and Indigenous territory in northwest Alaska."
Source: Washington Post, 02/23/2022SoCal Edison To Spend $1.7 Billion on Wildfire Prevention This Year
"Edison International’s Southern California Edison said it plans to spend about $1.7 billion this year on work to reduce the risk of its electrical equipment sparking wildfires during dry and windy conditions."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/23/2022
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