"Biden Nominates Climate Champ As Fed’s Bank Cop"
"President Biden is expected to nominate Sarah Bloom Raskin, one of the United States’ most prominent climate finance hawks, to be the Federal Reserve’s top bank cop."
Source: E&E News, 01/17/2022
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Six in 10 Americans ‘Alarmed’ Or ‘Concerned’ About Climate Change: Study
"A new report has revealed that a record number of Americans are now alarmed about the climate crisis."
Source: Guardian, 01/14/2022"On the Defensive a Year Ago, the American Petroleum Institute Is Back"
"The oil and gas lobby, looking at resurgent production, has more than held its own in dealings with the Biden administration."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/13/2022"White House Plan Aims To Protect Science From Politics"
"The White House today [Tuesday] released a wide-ranging plan to strengthen the work of government scientists and protect them from political meddling."
Source: E&E News, 01/12/2022DOE Blew $1.1B on Carbon Capture Projects That Were Mostly Failures: GAO
"The idea of trapping a dirty coal plant’s carbon emissions at the source and storing it underground may sound like the solution to our climate problems. In practice, it’s proven all but completely unfeasible, but that hasn’t stopped the government from plunging money into it."
Source: Earther, 01/12/2022"Biden Spending Bill Ignites Debate Over Dairy Methane Pollution"
"As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming."
Source: Reuters, 01/12/2022"Manchin's Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew"
"The senator from West Virginia is bought and paid for by Big Coal. With his help the dying industry is pulling one final heist — and the entire planet may pay the price".
Source: Rolling Stone, 01/11/2022"Biden Consoles Residents in Fire-Ravaged Colorado"
"President Biden flew to Colorado on Friday to console residents suffering from swift wildfires that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, while pointing to the devastation as evidence of the urgent need to address natural disasters rooted in the global climate crisis."
Source: NYTimes, 01/10/2022"Canada’s New Environment Minister Talks Climate — And Compromise"
"From overseeing 2030 targets to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, Steven Guilbeault has been tasked with one of the largest to-do lists of the entire federal cabinet. The environment minister says he'll act quickly, even if it means not getting exactly what he wants".
Source: The Narwhal, 01/10/2022"Senate Plans Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Vote This Week"
"The Senate plans to vote this week on Republican legislation to enact new, crippling sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project from Russia to Germany."
Source: E&E News, 01/10/2022"Cryptocurrency Plan Fails For Manchin-Connected Coal Plant"
"The power plant that buys coal from Sen. Joe Manchin’s family business won’t have a second life powering cryptocurrency mining."
Source: E&E News, 01/10/2022"Biden To Tour Damage From Colorado's Most Destructive Wildfire"
"U.S. President Joe Biden was due to visit Colorado on Friday to view the devastation left by a rare, winter wildfire that ravaged two Denver-area towns last week, displacing thousands of residents."
Source: Reuters, 01/07/2022"Virginia Democrats Aim to Block Trump’s EPA Chief From State Agency"
"A rare confirmation battle is brewing around the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald J. Trump, to take a similar role in an incoming Republican state administration in Virginia."
Source: NYTimes, 01/07/2022"Va. Governor-Elect Taps Trump EPA Chief For Key Post"
"Andrew Wheeler, who served as head of EPA during the Trump administration, is returning to government service. Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) announced today he chose Wheeler as his secretary of natural resources. Wheeler will be the state’s top environmental official and oversee five agencies focusing on the environment, natural resources and recreation."
Source: E&E News, 01/06/2022"EPA's Failure To Disclose Chemical Health Risk Draws Ire"
"EPA is failing in its obligation to share critical information about the hazards of more than 1,200 chemicals on the market, according to a watchdog group."
Source: E&E News, 01/06/2022
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