Dems’ Infrastructure Bill Has A Special Delivery: Electric Mail Trucks
"Cleaner, quieter, cheaper Postal Service vehicles — if Mitch McConnell allows them"
Source: Vox, 06/29/2020
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"Ernst Sinks Vote on Trump EPA Nominee"
"The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will not take up Douglas Benevento’s nomination for the No. 2 position at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced her opposition."
Source: The Hill, 06/29/2020
"Satellites Reveal Major New Gas Industry Methane Leaks"
"Last fall, European Space Agency satellites detected huge plumes of the invisible planet-warming gas methane leaking from the Yamal pipeline that carries natural gas from Siberia to Europe."
Source: Reuters, 06/29/2020
"Chesapeake Energy, Fracking Pioneer, Files For Bankruptcy Owing $9bn"
"Chesapeake Energy, the shale gas drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection." "The Oklahoma City-based company helped turn the US into a global energy powerhouse but ran up huge debts in the process".
Source: Guardian, 06/29/2020
Trump BLM Would Open Vast Acreage For Oil Leasing In Alaska Reserve
"A federal agency on Thursday released a final management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, proposing to make 7 million additional acres of land on the North Slope open to potential oil and gas development."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 06/26/2020
How A Box Full Of Plastic Got Two La. Women Arrested For "Terrorizing"
"Anne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh, environmental activists with the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, turned themselves into the Baton Rouge Police Department Thursday to be booked on counts stemming from a plastic pollution awareness event that took place more than seven months ago."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/26/2020
DC Sues Oil And Gas Companies, Alleging Deception About Climate Change
"The D.C. attorney general sued four of the world’s largest oil and gas companies Thursday, asserting that they have engaged in a multimillion-dollar campaign over decades to deceive District consumers about the effects of fossil fuels on climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 06/26/2020
"Judge Shuts Down Energy Pipeline In Michigan’s Great Lakes"
"A judge shut down an energy pipeline in Michigan’s Great Lakes on Thursday, granting a request from the state after the owner reported problems with a support piece far below the surface."
Source: AP, 06/26/2020
"New Rule in California Will Require Zero-Emissions Trucks"
"Rebuffing strong opposition from industry, California on Thursday adopted a landmark rule requiring more than half of all trucks sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035, a move that is expected to improve local air quality, rein in greenhouse gas emissions and sharply curtail the state’s dependence on oil."
Source: NYTimes, 06/26/2020
DOJ Whistleblower: California Emissions Probe Was 'Abuse Of Authority'
"A Department of Justice (DOJ) decision to investigate a California effort to reduce vehicle emissions was highly criticized on Wednesday by House Democrats, who called it an effort to strong-arm the state and automakers."
Source: The Hill, 06/25/2020
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