U.S. To Release 50 Million Barrels Of Oil From Reserve - White House
"The White House on Tuesday said it would make 50 million barrels of oil available from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves to help cool oil prices."
Source: Reuters, 11/23/2021
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"Northeast States Abandon Cap-And-Trade Plan For Cars"
"The Transportation and Climate Initiative — a cap-and-trade program covering cars in three Northeastern states and the District of Columbia — was abandoned last week after Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) pulled the plug on the program."
Source: E&E News, 11/23/2021
"The Real Reason Gas Prices Are So High Right Now"
"It's not the Biden administration's energy policies nor Big Oil illegally manipulating prices."
"On Wednesday, amid a fresh surge in gas prices, the Biden administration announced that it had asked the FTC to investigate whether oil and gas companies were doing anything illegal to manipulate prices. Republicans have countered that it’s a cheap political stunt and blamed President Joe Biden’s energy policies.
Source: Earther, 11/22/2021
Company Cancels Plans For $2.5 Billion Oil Terminal In Plaquemines Parish
"A Midwest energy company on Friday canceled controversial plans for a $2.5 billion oil export terminal and pipeline in Plaquemines Parish after facing numerous obstacles to development. Instead, Tallgrass Energy Partners said it will consider other uses for the site."
Source: Nola.com, 11/22/2021
"A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution"
"The quest for Congo’s cobalt, which is vital for electric vehicles and the worldwide push against climate change, is caught in an international cycle of exploitation, greed and gamesmanship."
Source: NYTimes, 11/22/2021
Canada’s Tar Sands Destruction Challenges Existence of Land and People
"Oil companies have replaced Indigenous people’s traditional lands with mines that cover an area bigger than New York City, stripping away boreal forest and wetlands and rerouting waterways."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/22/2021
"How The House Spending Bill Addresses Climate Change"
"The budget reconciliation proposal passed by the House would mark the biggest climate investment in U.S. history at half a trillion dollars. It would also move President Biden closer to his administration’s ambition goals of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050."
Source: Washington Post, 11/22/2021
"Protesters Disrupt The World’s Largest Coal Port" (Video)
"Two young women scaled a huge coal handling machine shortly before dawn on Wednesday, disrupting operations at the world’s largest coal port for several hours to protest what they say is Australia’s lack of action on climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 11/19/2021
"During COP26, Facebook Served Ads With Climate Falsehoods, Skepticism"
"Facebook advertisers promoted false and misleading claims about climate change on the platform in recent weeks, just as the COP26 conference was getting under way."
Source: Reuters, 11/19/2021
"The Forgotten Oil Ads That Told Us Climate Change Was Nothing"
"The fossil fuel industry has perpetrated a multi-decade, multibillion dollar disinformation, propaganda and lobbying campaign to delay climate action by confusing the public and policymakers about the climate crisis and its solutions. This has involved a remarkable array of advertisements – with headlines ranging from “Lies they tell our children” to “Oil pumps life” – seeking to convince the public that the climate crisis is not real, not human-made, not serious and not solvable. The campaign continues to this day."
Source: Guardian, 11/19/2021
