Private Equity Buying Aging Oil, Gas and Coal Assets As Fossil Firms Divest
"Environmentalists fear the sell-offs could keep those facilities operating for years into the future, worsening climate change."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/26/2022
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"Oil Companies Helping Fund Republican Takeover Plans"
"If Republicans take the House or Senate majority in next month’s midterm elections, they’ll have the oil and natural gas industry to thank — at least to an extent."
Source: E&E News, 10/26/2022
"EPA Details Plan to Improve Long-Criticized New Chemical Reviews"
"The EPA outlined new tools and technology it plans to use to review the risks of new chemicals, part of an effort to address criticism about slow assessments, lack of transparency, and deficient consideration of potential hazards."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/25/2022
Emissions From China-Funded Overseas Coal Plants Equal To Whole Of Spain
"Carbon dioxide emissions from China-invested power plants overseas now stand at an estimated 245 million tonnes per year, about the same as the annual energy-related CO2 emissions from Spain or Thailand, new research showed on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 10/25/2022
"Interior, NOAA Ink Right Whale And Offshore Wind Strategy"
"NOAA Fisheries and the Interior Department released a draft strategy Friday to protect the endangered right whale amid an imminent boom of offshore wind development."
Source: E&E News, 10/24/2022
"Can Floating Turbines Harvest The World's Wind?"
"Ten miles off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland, five turbines tower over the North Sea. Each is as tall as the giant towers of Canary Wharf in London's docklands. Kincardine is the world's largest floating wind farm."
Source: BBC News, 10/24/2022
"There’s Something in the Water in Virginia. Before You Say ‘Yuck,’ Wait."
"A crucial aquifer is running low, so officials are pumping in treated sewage. It’s an increasingly common strategy as heavy demand and climate change strain water supplies."
Source: NYTimes, 10/24/2022
"U.S. EPA Begins Work To Set Up $27 Billion Green Bank"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday began the process of designing a $27 billion green bank that will offer grants to disadvantaged communities around the United States to deploy low- or zero-emissions projects."
Source: Reuters, 10/24/2022
"A New Cold War Is Heating Up the Arctic"
"The North Pole is melting faster than ever, but the chill in the air at this year’s global gathering of Arctic experts had more to do with the widening repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 10/21/2022
"How A Transformer Shortage Threatens The Grid"
"ROANOKE, Va. — A high-voltage grid transformer as big as a railroad boxcar sits on the loading dock of a factory here, ready to push power across transmission lines as an indispensable part of the nation’s electric grid."
Source: E&E News, 10/21/2022
