Study Touting Hydrogen Was Funded By Gas Interests, E-Mails Show
A study supporting the use of hydrogen as a fuel -- a position favored by the gas industry -- was funded by natural gas interests -- documents reveal.
Source: Boston Globe, 11/17/2022
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"US Offshore Wind Energy Industry Faces Blowback From Locals"
"It’s just one cable meant to bring electricity from an offshore wind farm to a former coal-burning power plant in southern New Jersey, but it symbolizes a big challenge facing the renewable energy industry."
Source: AP, 11/16/2022"U.S. and China Restart Climate Talks"
"President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China agreed on Monday to restart talks between their countries as part of international climate negotiations, a breakthrough in the effort to avert catastrophic global warming."
Source: NYTimes, 11/15/2022"COP27 Considers 'Loss And Damage' Fund, But Has Yet To Commit - Draft Text"
"The United Nations on Monday published a draft text setting out what the COP27 climate summit could agree on "loss and damage" financing for countries ravaged by climate impacts. The negotiating text will be debated and reworked by diplomats and ministers from nearly 200 countries before its hoped-for adoption at the end of the summit, negotiatiors said."
Source: Reuters, 11/15/2022Weak GOP Showing in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda
"Even if Republicans eke out a narrow majority in one or both chambers of Congress, the fossil fuel industry will need to win Democrats to advance their top agenda item—speeding permitting of pipelines, ports."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/15/2022"Manchin FERC Shake-Up May Stymie Biden’s Clean Energy Plans"
"The prospect of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Richard Glick losing his job by year’s end could derail policies critical for President Joe Biden’s clean energy and climate agenda."
Source: E&E News, 11/15/2022US Talks Forest Protection at COP27 -- But Mulls Old-Growth Logging at Home
"The U.S. Center at the COP27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh hosted a panel Monday focused on ending global deforestation by 2030, but the reality on the ground in the nation’s forests looks quite different."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/15/2022Texas' National Butterfly Center Makes Comeback After Right-Wing Attacks
"The wildlife sanctuary’s conservation work has been overshadowed by political drama over its location on the border."
Source: Texas Observer, 11/15/2022"Biden Casts America as Climate Leader and Promises a ‘Low-Carbon Future’"
"President Biden appeared before an overflowing United Nations convention on Friday to reclaim America’s role as a leader on climate change and to stress a renewed U.S. commitment to stop the planet from catastrophic warming."
Source: NYTimes, 11/14/2022"The Biggest Election Wins And Losses For America’s Public Lands"
"America's support for conservation showed up at the polls in the 2022 midterm elections, even though some tight races bucked the trend."
Source: HuffPost, 11/14/2022"How Oil & Gas Funding Distorts Energy Research"
"Prominent energy centers at MIT, Stanford, and Columbia may be biased toward natural gas because of funding, a new study says."
Source: Earther, 11/14/2022"UN Probes Egypt Police Misconduct Claims At Climate Talks"
"The United Nations says it is investigating allegations of misconduct by Egyptian police officers providing security at this year’s international climate talks."
Source: AP, 11/14/2022"Court to Reconsider Trump-Era Decision That Favored Alaska Road Project"
"A federal appeals court has vacated a ruling that would have helped to clear the way for a project to build a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. The court said it would rehear the case, which involves a land swap that was approved by the Trump administration."
Source: NYTimes, 11/14/2022"Biden’s Message on Climate Might Not Be the One the World Wants"
"The president is expected to hail the new U.S. climate law on Friday at the COP27 summit in Egypt. Other countries want to talk money."
"SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — When President Biden walks into the United Nations climate summit here on Friday, he could fairly boast of returning the United States to the global fight to keep the planet from dangerously overheating, and of turbocharging America’s move away from fossil fuels.
Source: NYTimes, 11/11/2022"With Lula Back, Can Brazil Turn the Tide on Amazon Destruction?"
"With his return as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to reverse the alarming rate of deforestation in the Amazon. But as he heads to key UN climate talks, his ambitious plans to achieve “zero deforestation” will need to find international support."
Source: YaleE360, 11/11/2022
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