"As Climate Shocks Grow, Lawmakers Investigate Insurers Fleeing Risky Areas"
"Insurers are already pulling back from California, Florida and Louisiana. Senate Democrats are trying to find out which states could be next."
Source: NYTimes, 11/02/2023
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"Schumer Leads 23 Senators In Demanding FTC Probe Of Oil Industry Mergers"
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 22 other Democratic senators sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan on Wednesday demanding an investigation of two major proposed oil industry mergers and warning that the consolidations could hurt consumers."
Source: The Hill, 11/02/2023Pittsburgh In ‘Extreme Embrace’ With Fossil Fuel Lobbyists, Research Finds
"Dozens of governmental, educational, cultural and environmental organizations across the city of Pittsburgh have hired lobbying firms who work with planet-heating fossil fuel companies, new research shows."
Source: Guardian, 11/01/2023"Labor Scores EV Wins In Automaker Battle"
"The United Auto Workers has notched a lot of wins in the last few days in standoffs with the Detroit automakers over electric vehicles and their batteries — but with an asterisk."
Source: E&E News, 11/01/2023"Global Discord Threatens COP28 Climate Talks, EU Commissioner Says"
"The need for agreement to tackle global warming is "higher than ever", but it has never been harder as the geopolitical backdrop complicates international cooperation, the European Union's climate chief said on Monday ahead of next month's COP28 summit."
Source: Reuters, 10/31/2023"White House Warns Biden Would Veto House Appropriations Measures"
"The White House on Monday issued veto threats against two GOP-led House appropriations bills expected to come up for a vote this week as lawmakers seek to avoid a government shutdown in November."
Source: The Hill, 10/31/2023"Court Indefinitely Blocks Gulf Oil Leasing Deadline Set For Nov. 8"
"A federal appeals court on Thursday indefinitely stayed an earlier order requiring the Biden administration to hold a November oil lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, though it’s unclear whether the administration will immediately proceed with the sale."
Source: The Hill, 10/30/2023Industry Figures Behind ‘Declaration Of Scientists’ Backing Meat Eating
"A public statement signed by more than 1,000 scientists in support of meat production and consumption has numerous links to the livestock industry, the Guardian can reveal. The statement has been used to target top EU officials against environmental and health policies and has been endorsed by the EU agriculture commissioner."
Source: Guardian, 10/30/2023Buffalo National River Redesignation Draws Huge Crowd To Small Arkansas Town
"JASPER — A sign on the way into this Newton County town states its population is 547. On Thursday evening, more than twice that number, upwards of 1,185 people, squeezed into the cafeteria at the local high school."
Source: States Newsroom, 10/30/2023"Johnson Maps Out Ambitious Agenda"
"House Republicans are diving right back into their legislative agenda and promising results after finally settling on a House speaker. But after three weeks of chaos and infighting, it’s unclear whether Mike Johnson (R-La.) will have more luck than deposed speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)."
Source: E&E News, 10/27/2023"New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns"
"Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana, the newly elected House speaker, has questioned climate science, opposed clean energy and received more campaign contributions from oil and gas companies than from any other industry last year."
Source: NYTimes, 10/26/2023"Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit"
"Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of the UAE’s national oil company, secured the COP28 presidency despite questions over his green credentials."
Source: The Intercept, 10/26/2023Fossil Firms Spent Millions On Lawmakers Who Sponsored Anti-Protest Bills
"Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations to state lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest laws – which now shield about 60% of US gas and oil operations from protest and civil disobedience, according to a new report from Greenpeace USA."
Source: Guardian, 10/25/2023"Inside Poland Spring’s Hidden Attack on Water Rules It Didn’t Like"
"When Maine lawmakers tried to tighten regulations on large-scale access to water, the brand’s little-known parent company set out to rewrite the rules."
Source: NYTimes, 10/25/2023"Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California’s Climate Laws to the World"
"The Democratic governor is supercharging climate policy and eyeing a future White House run. But critics say some of his constituents could be left behind."
"Gavin Newsom, the California governor, packed his bags and his ambition Monday and flew to Chinese provinces on a weeklong mission to negotiate climate agreements.
Last month, he was the only American invited to address the United Nations about climate change, where he excoriated the fossil fuel industry for what he called its decades of “deceit and denial.”
Source: NYTimes, 10/24/2023
