"No Offense, Norway"
"General Motors is kicking off its big push for electric vehicles with a goofy, star-studded Super Bowl advertisement released ahead of Sunday’s championship game."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/08/2021
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"Judge Orders US Officials To Weigh Coal Mine’s Climate Costs"
"A judge says U.S officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border, in a case that could test how far the Biden administration is willing to go to unwind its predecessors’ decisions."
Source: AP, 02/05/2021"Justice Department Tosses Trump-Era Environmental Directives"
"The Justice Department has withdrawn a series of Trump-era policies that constrain the agency’s environmental enforcement tools."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/05/2021"Tribes Expect A Voice On Land And Waters Under Haaland"
"With Democratic New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland poised to become the first Native American Interior secretary, tribal governments historically marginalized by the agency expect not only a greater respect for their autonomy, but also a more significant role in the nation's land and water management decisions."
Source: E&E News, 02/05/2021"Biden Admin Delays Trump Rule Slashing Migratory Bird Protections"
"The Biden administration on Thursday delayed the implementation of a Trump-era rule that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds."
Source: HuffPost, 02/05/2021"China Brings Back Climate Envoy With Record of Deals With U.S."
"China’s re-appointment of veteran climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua -- a key architect of the Paris Agreement and the country’s plan to end carbon emissions by 2060 -- signaled that Beijing is looking to engage the Biden administration on the issue."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/05/2021Rich Countries Must Update Financial Vows To Tackle Climate Crisis: UN
"Rich countries must step up with fresh financial commitments to help the developing world tackle the climate crisis, the UN’s climate chief has said."
Source: Guardian, 02/05/2021"California Rains Starting Later, Extending Fire Season: Study"
"California’s rainy season now starts a month later than it did decades ago, prolonging the state’s destructive wildfire season into November, the American Geophysical Union said on Thursday, citing new research."
Source: Reuters, 02/05/2021S Korea Unveils $43 Billion Plan For World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm
"South Korea unveiled a 48.5 trillion won ($43.2 billion) plan to build the world’s largest wind power plant by 2030 as part of efforts to foster an environmentally-friendly recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic."
Source: Reuters, 02/05/2021Climate Melting of Glacier Threatens To Flood Peruvian City
"A lawsuit is leaning on the new research that found a global warming fingerprint on the melting glacier threatening to send an outburst flood into Huaraz, Peru."
"Not all of the water from the planet’s melting glaciers is pouring into rivers and oceans. A surprising amount is building up behind unstable piles of rubble left behind by the retreating ice. As the Earth continues to warm, the swelling lakes threaten to burst through the glacial moraines holding them back and wash away the forests, towns and farms below.
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/05/2021"Under The Sea, Humans Have Changed Ocean Sounds"
"Not only are humans changing the surface and temperature of the planet, but also its sounds – and those shifts are detectable even in the open ocean, according to research published Thursday."
Source: AP, 02/05/2021"Biden’s EPA Nominee Vows ‘Urgency’ On Climate Change"
"Michael Regan, President Biden’s choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, told lawmakers Wednesday that he would “restore” science and transparency at the agency, focus on marginalized communities and move “with a sense of urgency” to combat climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 02/04/2021"U.S. Cities Are Vastly Undercounting Emissions, Researchers Find"
"When cities try to figure out the amount of greenhouse gases they emit, they tend to undercount — and not just by a little."
Source: NYTimes, 02/04/2021"Obama Alum Returns As EPA Spox; Other Appointees Join Agency"
"Nick Conger is EPA's new press secretary. He served at the agency during the Obama administration as a strategic communications adviser to then-Administrator Gina McCarthy and as communications director for the enforcement office."
Source: E&E News, 02/04/2021"Senate Committee Advances Granholm Nomination To Lead Energy"
"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 13-4 on Wednesday to advance to the full Senate the nomination of former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) to be secretary of Energy."
Source: The Hill, 02/04/2021
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