"White House Unveils $1.7B To Convert Factories For EV Production"
"Almost a dozen U.S. auto factories will collectively receive $1.7 billion from the Biden administration to retool themselves to make electric vehicles."
Source: E&E News, 07/15/2024
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"‘An Extremely Aggressive Inferno’: Fire Menaces Eastern Canadian Community"
"A fairly controlled fire grew to a 10,000-hectare inferno over the course of a day, causing 9,600 residents of an eastern Canadian community to flee and putting a nearby community on evacuation alert."
Source: Reuters, 07/15/2024"New Washington State Ballot Initiative Would Prevent Fossil Gas Bans"
"The industry-backed measure to protect fossil gas looks to have received enough signatures to appear on the ballot in November."
Source: Canary Media, 07/15/2024The Most Expensive Farm Bill Ever Is Stalled, Blocking Climate Funds
"Lawmakers approved spending bills for agriculture this week, but bickered over environmental regulations and the lack of progress on the bill."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/15/2024"Baltimore Judge Tosses Climate Case, Hands Win to Big Oil"
"In a first of its kind decision, a Maryland judge on Wednesday tossed Baltimore City’s climate suit against major oil giants on the grounds that it is not the role of the state courts to address a global issue like climate change."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/15/2024Vermont Floods Raise Concerns About State’s Hundreds Of Aging Dams
"The latest flooding in Vermont has added fresh urgency to concerns about the hundreds of dams in the state, a third of which are more than a century old."
Source: AP, 07/15/2024Suddenly Gray Whales Are Visiting San Francisco Bay; Nobody Quite Knows Why
"When Bill Keener started working at the Marine Mammal Center as a field biologist in the 1970s, there were no whales or dolphins in San Francisco Bay. ... Starting in the late 2000s, things began to change."
Source: LA Times, 07/15/2024Will 1st US Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers?
"The long overdue federal heat standard proposal gets many things right but will take years to enact, and enforcement will be key, says climate health expert Juanita Constible."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/12/2024"Trump Return Could See Climate Progress ‘Unraveled,’ Sally Jewell Says"
"Sally Jewell, who served as US Interior secretary from 2013 to 2017, said the climate stakes of the election in November “could not be higher” and that she’s “really afraid for the future of our planet” should former President Donald Trump return to the White House."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/12/2024Marathon Oil Reaches $241 Million Settlement With EPA For N.D. Violations
"The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the company’s oil and gas operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota."
Source: AP, 07/12/2024Greens Sue Interior, Claim It Ignores Harms Of Idle Offshore Rigs
"An environmental group is suing the federal government to force the U.S. Department of Interior to reassess the long-term environmental effects of delays in shutting down inactive oil and gas infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: AP, 07/12/2024Feds Launch New Attempt to Gather Data on Energy Usage of Bitcoin Mining
"The Energy Information Agency is starting the process to require cryptocurrency miners to submit energy consumption data after a previous attempt faced legal challenges."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/12/2024Nike Pledged To Shrink Carbon Footprint. It Just Slashed The Staff To Do That
"Since December, Nike has lost about 30% of employees who worked primarily on sustainability initiatives, due to layoffs, voluntary departures or transfers to other duties. Already, the company was missing its targets for reducing emissions."
Source: ProPublica/Oregonian, 07/12/2024BP-Owned Firm Selling Carbon Credits On Trees That Aren’t In Danger: Study
"Some forest carbon offsets sold by the biggest offsetting company in the United States offer little or no benefit to the climate, a satellite analysis has found."
Source: Floodlight/SourceMaterial, 07/12/2024"Research Shows Heat Exposure Disproportionately Affects Black Richmonders"
"Michael, a resident of Richmond’s Southside who declined to share his last name, sat on Forest Hill Avenue waiting for a bus Tuesday just before 2 p.m., when a car thermometer recorded the temperature at 94 degrees."
Source: Virginia Mercury, 07/12/2024
