Top Louisiana University Lets Oil Firms Influence Research – For A Price
"Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms".
Source: Guardian/Lens, 04/23/2024
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Biden Marks Earth Day By Announcing $7 Billion In Solar Power Grants
"President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program."
Source: AP, 04/22/2024
"3 Offshore Wind Projects Nixed In New York"
"New York canceled power contracts for three offshore wind projects Friday, citing a turbine maker’s plans to scrap its biggest machines." "It’s a major blow to New York’s climate plan and to President Joe Biden’s energy ambitions."
Source: E&E News, 04/22/2024
"Pennsylvania’s First Proposed Chemical Recycling Plant Cancelled"
"Plans to build what would have been one of the largest chemical recycling plants in the country in Pennsylvania were canceled this week."
Source: EHN, 04/22/2024
Biden Shields Millions of Acres in Alaska From Drilling and Mining
"The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope."
Source: NYTimes, 04/22/2024
"What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in the World’s Largest Muslim Country?"
"The faithful gathered in an imposing modernist building, thousands of men in skullcaps and women in veils sitting shoulder to shoulder. Their leader took to his perch and delivered a stark warning. “Our fatal shortcomings as human beings have been that we treat the earth as just an object,” Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar said. “The greedier we are toward nature, the sooner doomsday will arrive.”"
Source: NYTimes, 04/19/2024
With More Transmission Lines, West Could Make Billions Selling Green Energy
"Building more regional infrastructure to distribute electricity in the West could help states more affordably meet their clean energy goals, a new study found. And they could turn hefty profits selling power out of state."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/19/2024
"How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers"
"For people living within three miles of a large solar farm, positive attitudes about the development outnumber negative ones by about a three-to-one margin, according to a new national survey released this week by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/19/2024
Plastics Industry Heats World 4 Times As Much As Air Travel, Report Finds
"Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet, according to a new report from the federal government."
Source: The Hill, 04/19/2024
"The U.S. Just Changed How It Manages A Tenth Of Its Land"
"For decades, the federal government has prioritized oil and gas drilling, hardrock mining and livestock grazing on public lands across the country. That could soon change under a far-reaching Interior Department rule that puts conservation, recreation and renewable energy development on equal footing with resource extraction."
Source: Washington Post, 04/19/2024
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