"Committee Adds More Riders To House Interior-EPA Bill"
"The legislation includes cuts to EPA and the Interior Department."
Source: E&E News, 07/11/2024
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"Supreme Court Rulings Boost Odds to Win Chemical Rule Challenges"
"Three recent Supreme Court decisions increase industries’ chances of winning regulatory challenges, but only after a period of divergent lower court rulings on what the nation’s primary commercial chemical law requires."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/11/2024
Azerbaijan Plans Climate Fund After Pushback On Fossil-Fuel Levy: Source
"Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. COP29 climate summit, has scrapped plans to propose a levy on fossil-fuel producers to raise climate-change funding, and instead aims to launch a new fund at the summit for green investments in poorer countries, a senior COP29 source said."
Source: Reuters, 07/11/2024
"These Biden Rules Could Be Trashed By Trump"
"Some priority regs — including climate standards for existing gas-fired power plants, curbs on lead and copper in drinking water, and heat protections for workers — could be doomed."
Source: E&E News, 07/11/2024
"Taking A Train During A Heat Wave? Watch Out For ‘Sun Kinks’"
"As tracks heat up, they expand and buckle. That's forcing rail operators to adapt as the climate warms."
Source: Grist, 07/10/2024
"Biden Signs Bill Bolstering Nuclear Power"
"President Biden signed a bipartisan bill Tuesday aimed at bolstering the nation’s nuclear power in what supporters describe as a historic win for the sector. The nuclear package is expected to speed up the timeline for licensing new nuclear reactors and cut fees that companies have to pay to do so."
Source: The Hill, 07/10/2024
"How To Create A ‘World Without Waste’? Here Are The Plastic Industry’s Ideas."
"A deep dive into the petrochemical industry's proposals for the global plastics treaty."
Source: Grist, 07/09/2024
"Trump’s Environmental Agenda: Embrace Big Oil, Ignore the Climate Crisis"
"Project 2025’s plan to gut climate policy and boost fossil fuels could set back global efforts for decades."
Source: Fast Company, 07/09/2024
GM Fined $146 Million Because 5.9 Million Older Vehicles Emit Excess CO2
"General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards."
Source: AP, 07/08/2024
"Fight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns Nasty"
"Allegations of possible payments to help secure votes. Claims of abuse of agency funds by top diplomats. A possible job offer to entice a candidate to withdraw from a race. These are not the shenanigans of a corrupt election in an unstable country. Rather, they are efforts in the seemingly genteel parlors of a United Nations-affiliated agency, meant to sway decisions related to the start of seabed mining of the metals used in electric vehicles."
Source: NYTimes, 07/08/2024
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