"Lawmakers Release Environment, Energy Spending Bills"
"Appropriators on Sunday afternoon released text of six fiscal 2024 spending bills, including some of the most important on energy and the environment."
Source: E&E News, 03/05/2024
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High Court Social Media Case Could Help Climate Disinformation, Experts Warn
"The Supreme Court is once again weighing legal challenges with potential ramifications for the global fight against climate change." "Justices heard first arguments last week on legal challenges to laws passed by Florida and Texas that could make it harder for social media companies to curb misinformation."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/05/2024"This Will Be A Big Year In Shaping The Future Of Chemical Recycling"
"With a presidential election looming, a wave of state-level legislation circulating, an international plastics treaty taking form and fights brewing over proposed facilities, 2024 is set to shape the regulatory future of chemical recycling in the U.S."
Source: EHN, 03/05/2024"After Decades Of Environmental Issues, Pomona Is Updating Its Zoning Code"
"Residents in Pomona’s industrial zone have dealt with pollution from waste facilities, warehouses, and other polluting industries for decades."
Source: L.A. Public Press, 03/05/2024FERC: "Biden Names 3 Nominees To Independent Energy Regulator"
"President Biden announced three new nominations to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Thursday, which, if confirmed, would make the independent commission majority Biden appointees."
Source: The Hill, 03/04/2024"Court Rulings Give States New Power to Protect Groundwater"
"In the space of a few weeks, judges in Idaho, Nevada and Montana have altered the landscape for conserving dwindling aquifers."
Source: NYTimes, 03/04/2024"E.P.A. to Exempt Existing Gas Plants From Tough New Rules, for Now"
"Facing intense opposition from major industries and some Democrats, the Biden administration on Thursday said it would delay the most contentious element of its plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions from power plants."
Source: NYTimes, 03/01/2024Parties Near Settlement Over Tribal Rights To Colorado River Water
"A Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it."
Source: AP, 03/01/2024"Congressional Leaders Reach Spending Agreement"
"Congressional leaders struck a government funding deal Wednesday on half a dozen annual spending bills alongside a stopgap that pushes two shutdown deadlines later into March, according to a senior leadership aide."
Source: E&E News, 02/29/2024"N.Y. State Sues JBS, the Brazilian Beef Giant, Over Its Climate Claims"
"The New York attorney general, Letitia James, on Wednesday sued JBS USA, the American arm of the world’s largest meatpacker, accusing the company of making misleading statements about its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit is a major setback for JBS, which is based in Brazil, as it pursues a listing on the New York Stock Exchange."
Source: NYTimes, 02/29/2024"Dems Slam Ads Depicting National Parks Overrun By Migrants"
"The National Republican Congressional Committee says the ads show parks under “extreme House Democrats.” Critics call the ads misleading and deceptive."
Source: E&E News, 02/29/2024Greens To Petition Biden For Cleanup Rules For Offshore Oil Infrastructure
"A coalition of environmental advocacy groups will petition the Biden administration to propose rules that require stricter enforcement for cleaning up leftover infrastructure for offshore drilling."
Source: The Hill, 02/29/2024EU Approves Landmark Bill To Restore 20% Of Its Land And Seas By 2030
"EU lawmakers on Tuesday gave the final green light to a milestone bill aimed at protecting nature in the bloc, overriding conservative attempts to torpedo a law that has angered European farmers."
Source: AFP, 02/29/2024"‘No Means No’: Conservation Spat May Still Sink Farm Bill"
"After more than a year of hearings, listening sessions and heavy lobbying by policy groups, the five-year bill that funds agriculture and nutrition programs doesn’t look much closer to becoming law than it did when the discussions began."
Source: E&E News, 02/28/2024Cities Warn of Funding Struggle as EPA Preps PFAS Drinking Water Rule
"Cash-strapped city water systems are struggling to envision how they’ll pay to filter “forever chemicals” out of drinking water in light of an EPA rule that could be finalized as soon as March."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/28/2024
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