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Climate Change

"Greenpeace Must Pay At Least $660M Over Dakota Pipeline Protests, Says Jury"

"A jury in North Dakota has decided that the environmental group Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the pipeline company Energy Transfer and is liable for defamation and other claims over protests in the state nearly a decade ago."

Source: Guardian, 03/20/2025

Analysis: Destructive Dust, Trump Cuts Mark Latest US Storms And Tornadoes

"Over the weekend, more than 120 tornadoes rampaged across at least 11 states in a three-day severe weather outbreak that killed more than 40 people. In addition to the tornadoes, the storm system brought extremely strong winds to drought-stricken parts of the plains states, kicking up dust storms and wildfires from Texas to Kansas. The combined impact has now become one of the deadliest non-hurricane weather disasters in decades in the US."

Source: Guardian, 03/19/2025

"America’s Ports Have Labored To Clean Up Pollution. Will That Continue?"

"On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S., powerful electric top-handlers whir, beep and grind as they motor back and forth, grabbing trailers from truck beds and stacking them as they move on or off the mighty container ships that ferry goods across the Pacific. Some of the ships, rather than burning diesel to sustain operations as they sit in harbor, plug into electricity instead."

Source: AP, 03/19/2025

"Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm"

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, according to documents reviewed by Democrats on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology."

Source: NYTimes, 03/19/2025

COP30 Mulls Hiring PR Firm That Worked For Weaker Amazon Protections

"Edelman, the world’s largest public relations agency, is in talks to work with the Cop30 team organising the UN climate summit in the Amazon later this year despite its prior connections to a major trade group accused of lobbying to roll back measures to protect the area from deforestation, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal."

Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025

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