"Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy"
"Across Central Europe, companies are clear-cutting forests and grinding up centuries-old trees in the name of renewable energy."
Source: NYTimes, 09/07/2022
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Billion-Dollar Plant: Plastics Recycling - Or 'Sustainability Fraud'?
"Gov. Wolf touted jobs and less plastic pollution when the plans were announced in April, but a professor from Carnegie Mellon who’s studied the technology says it can lead to “sustainability fraud.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/07/2022
"U.N. Inspectors Call for Security Zone Around Nuclear Plant"
"Shelling at a nuclear plant in Ukraine has “gravely concerned” international monitors who believe a security protection zone should be established immediately, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency said in a report on Tuesday after inspectors visited the embattled Zaporizhzhia facility."
Source: NYTimes, 09/07/2022
"Historic, Unforgiving Western Heat Wave Is Peaking And Crushing Records"
"A historically severe September heat wave is baking the West, breaking hundreds of records, posing a danger to public health and pushing California’s power grid to the limit. Some records have been shattered by wide margins as the scorching air mass exacerbates the fire danger in the drought-stricken region."
Source: Washington Post, 09/07/2022
What Will New UK PM Liz Truss Do On Climate, Environment?
"Liz Truss faces a daunting array of environmental crises, from energy supply to sewage spills on British beaches, with little to show that she has the inclination to take them on."
Source: Guardian, 09/06/2022
"Biden, Remaking Climate Team, Picks John Podesta to Guide Spending"
"President Biden on Friday appointed John Podesta, a veteran Washington insider who spearheaded the Obama administration’s climate strategy, to oversee the federal investment of $370 billion in clean energy under a landmark new climate law."
Source: NYTimes, 09/06/2022
"Newsom Scores Climate Agenda Wins as Legislature Wraps"
"Bills requiring California to boost renewable energy production and further reduce greenhouse gas emissions were among a flurry of environmental measures state lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom at Wednesday night’s deadline."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/02/2022
"States Ride Shotgun With California to Rev Up Clean Cars Rules"
"Nearly one-third of states are poised to adopt California’s new clean cars rule to fully phase out new gas-powered vehicle sales by 2035. The change could have a sweeping impact on the 17 states signed onto California’s vehicle standards and the car market across the country. In total, those states make up roughly 40% of nationwide auto sales."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/02/2022
"Europe Plan For Floating Gas Terminals Raises Climate Fears"
"As winter nears, European nations, desperate to replace the natural gas they once bought from Russia, have embraced a short-term fix: A series of roughly 20 floating terminals that would receive liquefied natural gas from other countries and convert it into heating fuel."
Source: AP, 09/01/2022
"Nuclear Fuel for Advanced Reactors Spurred by Climate Bill Funds"
"The Biden administration’s efforts to develop a more energy-dense nuclear fuel got a sudden $700 million windfall in the climate-and-tax bill signed into law this month, a boost for the agency’s plans to demonstrate two next-generation reactors before the end of the decade, energy officials and nuclear supporters said."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/01/2022
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