Big Oil Privately Acknowledged Efforts To Downplay Climate Crisis: Docs
"Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support."
Source: Guardian, 05/01/2024
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"U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing"
"New details of the Biden administration’s signature conservation effort, made public this month amid a burst of other environmental announcements, have alarmed some scientists who study marine protected areas because the plan would count certain commercial fishing zones as conserved."
Source: NYTimes, 05/01/2024"How Trump 2.0 Could Transform DOE"
"Veterans of the first Trump administration predicted in interviews what their former boss might do with energy policy if he returns to the White House." "More oil and gas permitting. Aggressive deregulation. Federal career staff relegated to the sidelines."
Source: E&E News, 05/01/2024"EU, Watchdogs Start Action Against Airlines Over Greenwashing"
"The European Commission and national consumer protection authorities have started action against 20 airlines for misleading greenwashing practices, the EU said in a statement on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/01/2024"Extreme Heat Is Closing Schools, Widening Learning Gaps Worldwide"
"Hena Khan, a grade nine student in Dhaka, has struggled to focus on her studies this week as temperatures surpassed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the capital city." "There is no real education in schools in this punishing heat," she said. "Teachers can't teach, students can't concentrate. Rather, our lives are at risk."
Source: Reuters, 05/01/2024"New EPA Rule Could Accelerate Cleanup of Coal Ash Dumps"
"For nearly a decade, a gap in federal regulation has allowed old coal ash dumps to avoid regulation. A new rule aims to close that loophole."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/01/2024"EPA Bans Most Uses Of Toxic Paint Stripper Tied To Dozens Of Deaths"
"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday a ban on most uses of methylene chloride, a toxic solvent used in paint stripping that has been linked to at least 88 accidental deaths since 1980."
Source: Washington Post, 05/01/2024"US House Votes To Remove Wolves From Endangered List In 48 States"
"The U.S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states."
Source: AP, 05/01/2024"US Experts Predict One Of Most Active Hurricane Seasons On Record"
"Last week, the US National Hurricane Center issued its first advisory of the year, more than a month before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from 1 June to 30 November."
Source: Guardian, 04/30/2024Trump Will Dismantle Key US Weather And Science Agency, Climate Experts Fear
"Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies to gut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), disbanding its work on climate science and tailoring its operations to business interests."
Source: Guardian, 04/30/2024"Countries Consider Pact To Reduce Plastic Production By 40% In 15 Years"
"Countries are for the first time considering restrictions on the global production of plastic – to reduce it by 40% in 15 years – in an attempt to protect human health and the environment."
Source: Guardian, 04/30/2024US Military Bases Teem With PFAS. Still No Firm Plan To Clean Them Up
"Excessive levels of PFAS have been detected at 80 percent of active and decommissioned military bases."
Source: Grist, 04/30/2024"The Drowning South: Where Seas Are Rising At Alarming Speed"
"One of the most rapid sea level surges on Earth is besieging the American South, forcing a reckoning for coastal communities across eight U.S. states, a Washington Post analysis has found."
Source: Washington Post, 04/30/2024"Meet the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners"
"Seven grassroots environmental activists were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 29. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six continental regions."
Source: Mongabay, 04/30/2024"What Is Mexico Doing About Climate Change?"
"The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential candidates expressing support for renewable energy."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 04/30/2024
