Not Waiting for Public Comment, Trump DOI Schedules Lease Sale for ANWR
"The Bureau of Land Management announced on Thursday that the administration plans to hold an oil leasing sale for the refuge on Jan. 6."
Source: InsideClimate News, 12/04/2020
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"Meet Biden’s Energy and Climate Cabinet Contenders"
"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s environment and energy team — facing a narrowly divided Congress and a hostile Republican leadership — will need creativity and perseverance if Mr. Biden is to follow through on his ambitious promises to address climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 12/04/2020"Britain To Set More Ambitious Target To Cut Emissions"
"Britain will set a more ambitious target to cut emissions to help meet international climate goals, aiming for at least an 68% reduction from 1990 levels by 2030 compared with 57% currently, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said."
Source: Reuters, 12/04/2020"Congress Passes Bill Authorizing Fallen Journalist Memorial in D.C."
"An effort to honor slain journalists with a national memorial took a significant step forward Wednesday as Congress passed a bipartisan bill authorizing its planning and construction in Washington, D.C."
Source: Capital Gazette, 12/04/2020Feuds Flare Along Trump’s Border Wall Amid Final Construction Push
"President Trump’s quest to build as much of his border wall as possible before leaving office is newly angering landowners and authorities in the American southwest."
Source: Washington Post, 12/04/2020Despite Signing Outdoors Act, Trump's Enforcement Has Been Sporadic
"President Trump signed a big public lands conservation bill this summer. But so far the White House’s implementation of the new law has been scattershot and controversial."
Source: NPR, 12/04/2020'We Lost Everything:' Central Americans Flee North After 2 Hurricanes
"It took Luis Salgado years of manual labor to save enough money to open a small fresh produce store, so when torrential floods swept away $1,500 worth of apples, bananas and other fruits, he decided there was no longer a future for him in Honduras."
Source: Reuters, 12/04/2020Fire Crews Battle To Tame S. Calif. Wildfire After Thousands Flee
"Firefighters battled to tame a wildfire on hillsides southeast of Los Angeles late on Thursday, some 24 hours after it broke out in a wooded canyon, apparently triggered by a faulty domestic generator."
Source: Reuters, 12/04/2020"DOE Rolls Back NEPA Reviews For Gas Export Projects"
"The Department of Energy has issued a final rule rolling back liquefied natural gas project reviews under a landmark environmental law, the latest in a string of Trump administration actions aimed at overhauling the federal approach to the National Environmental Policy Act.
The rule would exempt liquefied natural gas facilities from NEPA review at DOE through so-called categorical exclusions and is aimed at boosting an industry that has faced headwinds amid a slump in global energy demand brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: E&E News, 12/04/2020"How Scientists Tracked Down a Mass Killer (of Salmon)"
"Something was decimating the salmon that had been restored to creeks around Puget Sound."
Source: NYTimes, 12/04/2020"U.N. Chief Says U.S. Leadership Key To Fight Climate Emergency"
"United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that humanity is waging a suicidal war on nature and that there is no way to address the climate emergency without global leadership from the United States."
Source: , 12/03/2020"A Hotter Planet Is Already Killing Americans, Health Experts Warn"
"Rising temperatures and environmental pollutants are already endangering the health and well-being of Americans, with fatal consequences for thousands of older men and women, a team of public health experts warned Wednesday. Their report, published in The Lancet, called on lawmakers to stem the rise of planet-warming gases in the next five years."
Source: NYTimes, 12/03/2020UNEP: Despite Falling Energy Demand, Govts Hike Fossil Fuel Production
"The coronavirus pandemic has sent global energy demand plummeting, and led many analysts and oil executives to conclude that a transition away from fossil fuels is marching nearer. But a new United Nations report says the world's leading fossil fuel producers still appear set on expanding their output to levels that would send temperatures soaring past global climate goals."
Source: InsideClimate News, 12/03/2020"Transition: Biden Narrows List For Top Climate Adviser"
"President-elect Joe Biden's short list of candidates to serve as his domestic climate adviser is beginning to narrow, with three names coming up the most, according to multiple sources."
Source: E&E News, 12/03/2020N. American Farmers Profit As Consumers Push Food Business To Go Green
"Beer made from rice grown with less water, rye planted in the off-season and the sale of carbon credits to tech firms are just a few of the changes North American farmers are making as the food industry strives to go green. The changes are enabling some farmers to earn extra money from industry giants like Cargill, Nutrien and Anheuser-Busch."
Source: Reuters, 12/03/2020
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