"Climate Deniers Try to 'Fact Check' Real Reporting"
"A prominent group of deniers with a history of dark money benefactors is now trying to claim media is biased, thanks to new funding."
Source: Earther, 01/11/2023
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"Critic Of Fossil Fuels To Lead Key Offshore Oil Agency For Biden"
"The Biden administration is using a new opening at a powerful offshore energy agency to elevate a critic of fossil fuels who previously was blocked from a top Interior Department job because of opposition from oil industry allies in the Senate."
Source: Washington Post, 01/11/2023The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: TV Stars
"For D.I.Y. enthusiasts, Matt Blashaw is a familiar face, judging bathroom remodels or planning surprise home makeovers on popular cable television shows. Mr. Blashaw also has an unusually strong opinion about how Americans should heat their homes: by burning propane, or liquid petroleum gas."
Source: NYTimes, 01/11/2023Grijalva Blasts House Rules Package For Making Public Land Transfers Easier
"The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee blasted a provision in the proposed House rules package that would make it easier to transfer public lands, calling it an indication the new GOP majority intends to pursue a broadly pro-industry agenda."
Source: The Hill, 01/10/2023"Brazil Authorities Seek To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters"
"Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power."
Source: AP, 01/09/2023"Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly Air Pollution"
"A new rule would, for the first time in a decade, reduce emissions of soot that disproportionately harm communities of color."
Source: NYTimes, 01/09/2023Buyers Of Electric Cars Can Get A $7,500 Tax Credit, But It Won't Be Easy
"Uncle Sam wants you to buy an electric vehicle. And he's willing to throw $7,500 your way to make it happen ... if you and the model you want both qualify."
Source: NPR, 01/09/2023"Republicans Target Oil Reserve Releases With Initial Energy Bills"
"House Republicans are honing in on releases from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the first set of bills that they’re expected to take up once they can start legislating."
Source: The Hill, 01/09/2023"Drilling Down on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change"
"The United States has pledged to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, but Russia’s war in Ukraine set off a bonanza for liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Today, we look at how energy companies and the Biden administration are backsliding on promises to move away from oil and gas."
Source: Reveal, 01/09/2023"Biden EPA Backs Off Plan to Crack Down on Smog From Permian Oil Drillers"
"The Biden administration is deferring a plan to crack down on smog in the drilling hotbed of the Permian Basin, handing a win to oil producers along with their allies in Texas and New Mexico."
Source: Bloomberg, 01/06/2023Lula’s First Pro-Environment Acts Protect Indigenous People And The Amazon
"In the first day of his third mandate as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued measures to protect the Amazon and Indigenous people, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists as a reversal of an anti-environment-and-Indigenous era from predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."
Source: Mongabay, 01/05/2023"Biden Taps Democrat On Interstate Energy Commission As Its Interim Chair"
"President Biden will name Willie Phillips as interim head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the White House confirmed Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 01/05/2023"Farewell To The Senate’s Biggest Climate Denier"
"Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) leaves behind a legacy of climate disinformation, and a small army of pro-industry contrarians."
Source: HuffPost, 01/05/2023"Protests Near German Village Vacated To Expand Coal Mine"
"Scuffles broke out on Monday outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan that is drawing resistance from climate activists."
Source: AP, 01/04/2023"Speaker Race In Limbo As GOP Readies Oversight, Energy Bills"
"Republicans will take control of the House this week vowing to hold the Biden administration accountable, but big questions remain over who, exactly, will be leading the chamber."
Source: E&E News, 01/03/2023
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