"Gunfire On N.C. Substations Causes Widespread Power Outages"
"Tens of thousands of residents in rural North Carolina could be without electricity for days after gunfire seriously damaged two power substations."
Source: E&E News, 12/05/2022
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"With Federal Aid on the Table, Utilities Shift to Embrace Climate Goals"
"As billions in government subsidies were at stake, the electric utility industry shed its opposition to clean-air regulation and put its lobbying muscle behind passing President Biden’s climate bill."
Source: NYTimes, 12/02/2022
"Feds List Dixie Valley Toad, Found Only In Nevada, As Endangered"
"A rare Nevada toad at the center of a lawsuit over a geothermal energy project will be listed under the Endangered Species Act, federal wildlife managers said Thursday."
Source: States Newsroom, 12/02/2022
"EPA Seeks To Mandate More Use Of Ethanol And Other Biofuels"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed increasing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation’s fuel supplies over the next three years, a move welcomed by renewable fuel and farm groups but condemned by environmentalists and oil industry groups."
Source: AP, 12/02/2022
"Coastal Job: Underwater Cave Ecologist"
"Fernando Calderón-Gutiérrez is a Mexican underwater cave ecologist who dives in the coastal caves of Mexico, Belize, and the United States to document organisms and learn how they interact with their hostile environment."
Source: Hakai, 12/01/2022
Puerto Rican Towns Sue Oil Companies Over Suppression Of Climate Science
"Sixteen Puerto Rico municipalities filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against major oil companies, alleging companies like ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron colluded to suppress evidence of climate change that has devastated the island, including 2017’s Hurricane Maria."
Source: The Hill, 12/01/2022
"Gas Driller Pleads No Contest To Polluting Town’s Water"
"Pennsylvania’s most active gas driller pleaded no contest Tuesday to criminal charges, capping a landmark environmental case against a company that prosecutors say polluted a rural community’s drinking water 14 years ago and then tried to evade responsibility."
Source: AP, 12/01/2022
Petition Circulators Lie To Calif. Voters about New Well Ballot Measure
"The canvassers are backed by the oil industry in its quest to stop a new law that bans wells near residential areas and imposes new environmental controls. If petition circulators succeed in gathering enough signatures, the law would be blocked until the 2024 election."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/30/2022
Treaty On Plastics Must Cut Production To Ease Pollution, Some States Say
"Countries have begun to discuss a future global plastics treaty which would cut pollution, some hope entirely by 2040, at U.N. talks in Uruguay this week, with many states calling for curbs on plastic production as a way to reach that goal."
Source: Reuters, 11/30/2022
"Biden To Honor Tribes With Nevada National Monument, His Biggest Yet"
"Tribes, environmentalists and many local officials support protecting nearly 450,000 acres around Spirit Mountain, but some developers warn it could hamper renewable energy projects".
Source: Washington Post, 11/30/2022
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