Was Megalodon Shark Extinction Linked To Great White Competition?
"A prehistoric food fight may have spelled the end for the megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived."
Source: BBC News, 06/01/2022
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"Brent Crude Breaks $120 A Barrel As Gas Prices Soar"
"Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, has surpassed $120 a barrel, reaching a two-month high as gasoline and diesel fuel prices continue to rise."
Source: The Hill, 05/31/2022"How an Organized Republican Effort Punishes Companies for Climate Action"
"In West Virginia, the state treasurer has pulled money from BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, because the Wall Street firm has flagged climate change as an economic risk."
Source: NYTimes, 05/31/2022"EU Leaders Agree To Ban 90% Of Russian Oil By The End Of 2022"
"In the most significant effort yet to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the European Union agreed to ban the overwhelming majority of Russian oil imports after tense negotiations that exposed the cracks in European unity."
Source: AP, 05/31/2022Tiny Pacific Island Nation Declares Plan To Protect 100% Of Its Ocean
"The Pacific island state of Niue has announced that it will protect 100% of the ocean in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which spans 317,500 sq km (122,000 sq miles), roughly the area of Vietnam."
Source: Guardian, 05/31/2022"Mini Nuclear Reactors Have an Outsized Waste Problem"
"A new generation of smaller atomic reactors, designed to tout nuclear power’s role as a clean-energy alternative, may also come with an outsized waste problem that could send costs surging."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/31/2022Wyoming Utilities Balk at Carbon Capture Pricetag
"Under a 2020 law, utilities must generate some of their power from coal plants fitted with technology that captures carbon, but in recent filings to regulators, two companies are warning about the cost and environmental impacts."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/31/2022"Watchdogs Tackle the Murky World of Greenwash"
"Financial watchdogs worldwide have been taking aim at so-called “greenwashing” as investing in line with environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles surges in popularity."
Source: Financial Times, 05/31/2022"EU Missed Climate Spending Target Despite Claiming It Was Met -Auditors"
"The European Union missed its target to spend 20% of its pre-2020 budget on fighting climate change and overstated its green spending to claim that the goal had been met, the European Court of Auditors said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 05/31/2022"Interior Approves Big Power Line For Renewables In U.S. West"
"The Interior Department yesterday announced the final approval to construct a 416-mile transmission line intended to move renewable energy across three Western states."
Source: E&E News, 05/31/2022"Advocates Cast Doubt On Qatar's Carbon Neutral World Cup Efforts"
"Climate advocates have cast doubt on Qatar's efforts to host soccer's first carbon-neutral FIFA World Cup by offsetting or eliminating emissions that contribute to global warming, according to a report released Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/31/2022"Memorial Day Weekend Could Kick Off Long, Hot Summer For Gas Prices"
"Soaring gas prices have Americans bracing for an expensive Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the summer when vacation-related travel typically spikes."
Source: The Hill, 05/30/2022"Ford Beats Tesla to the Punch With First Electric F-150 Delivery"
"In the rural Michigan community Nicholas Schmidt lives, pickup trucks are a way of life. On Thursday, Schmidt and the city he calls home — Standish, Michigan, population less than 1,500 — made history with the handover of a key fob. He became owner No. 1 of Ford Motor Co.’s first electric pickup, the F-150 Lightning."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 05/30/2022Odd Bedfellows: Farmers And Greens Square Off Against Biden And GOP
"Kathy Stockdale is no climate activist. The corn and soybean grower and conservative Christian says God controls the weather — “not the carbon dioxide.” Until now, Stockdale and her husband Ray couldn’t imagine linking arms with the Sierra Club, a critic of the corn ethanol industry and an environmental ally of President Joe Biden."
Source: E&E News, 05/30/2022"Biden’s Pipeline Rules Target Key Link of Carbon Capture Buildout"
"The Biden administration’s new rulemaking for carbon dioxide pipeline safety, and a nearly $4 million fine for a 2020 pipeline rupture, are seen as a step toward carbon capture goals that envision building out thousands of miles of pipelines, industry watchers said Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/30/2022
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