"How Fossil Fuel Firms Use Black Leaders To ‘Deceive’ Their Communities"
"Black community members have been asked to rubber-stamp harmful projects for decades, activists say".
Source: Guardian, 10/11/2022
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Newsom Calls Special Session To Consider Windfall Tax On Oil Companies
"Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he would call a special session of the Legislature to consider a windfall profit tax on oil companies in response to the “outrageous and unconscionable” price of gas in California."
Source: Politico, 10/10/2022
"Flush With Cash, EPA Could Toughen Methane Rules"
"Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, EPA is slated to receive a windfall of more than $40 billion over the next 10 years. Americans could get a hint next week whether the extra money is going to translate into tougher regulations for air quality and climate change."
Source: E&E News, 10/10/2022
"EPA Is 'Falling Behind' On Power Plant Rules, Report Says"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is “falling behind” on finalizing eight key rules to slash air pollution, water pollution and planet-warming emissions from the nation's power plants, according to a report shared first with The Climate 202 before its broader release Wednesday."
Source: Washington Post, 10/10/2022
"Next on the Supreme Court Docket: Farm Animal Welfare"
"Oral arguments begin next week in a case targeting California’s Proposition 12, a law that bans the sale of pork from farm systems that cage pigs. The ruling has implications for a wide range of other environmental and public health laws."
Source: Civil Eats, 10/10/2022
"Nations Agree to Curb Emissions From Flying by 2050"
"After almost a decade of talks, the nations of the world committed Friday to drastically lower emissions of planet-warming gases from the world’s airplanes by 2050, a milestone in efforts to ease the climate effects of a fast-growing sector."
Source: NYTimes, 10/10/2022
"Mexico's Pemex Has No Record Of Reporting Methane Leak From Oilfield"
"Pemex did not inform Mexico's environmental regulator of a methane leak from at a key offshore oilfield in December, according to the state oil company's response to a freedom of information request, which confirmed an earlier Reuters report that the regulator had no record of the incident."
Source: Reuters, 10/07/2022
"Disputed Gas Pipeline Seen Surviving Without Congress or Manchin"
"Efforts to speed a long-delayed, overbudget natural gas project in Sen. Joe Manchin’s home state by revamping federal permitting rules will play out in agencies and courts for now, after Congress balked last month."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/07/2022
"Biden Says the U.S. Is Eyeing ‘Alternatives’ to OPEC Oil"
"President Biden on Thursday defended his visit to Saudi Arabia this summer, in the wake of Wednesday’s decision by the Saudi-led cartel of oil-producing nations to cut production, which will likely raise gasoline prices in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 10/07/2022
"U.S. Acknowledges Child Labor in Electric Vehicle Supply Chain"
"The federal government has, for the first time, included crucial raw materials needed for the clean energy transition under a list of goods that have child or forced labor in their supply chains."
Source: Earther, 10/06/2022
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