"The Green Revolution Sweeping Sweden"
"A boom of renewable-powered industries has found a home in northern Sweden, fueling the country’s ambitions of a fossil-free economy".
Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2022
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Enviros Sue Biden Administration For Resuming Oil And Gas Lease Sales
"A coalition of environmental groups on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over its approval of oil and gas lease sales in four Western states. The lease sales in Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Utah mark the first since the administration temporarily froze new lease sales on federal lands in January 2021."
Source: The Hill, 06/30/2022
"Supreme Court Limits Historic McGirt Ruling"
"The United States Supreme Court has limited the scope of its historic McGirt decision. In a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta that the state of Oklahoma has concurrent jurisdiction and the ability to prosecute non-Natives when the victim is Native and the crime is committed on tribal land."
Source: ICT, 06/30/2022
"Supreme Court Restricts The EPA's Authority To Mandate Carbon Emissions"
"The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environment Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants."
Source: NPR, 06/30/2022
"To Catch a Snake: Largest Python Found in Everglades Signals a Threat"
"The Burmese python caught by a team of trackers breaks a record and shows the invasive species surviving in Florida’s ecosystem despite efforts to remove those snakes."
Source: NYTimes, 06/29/2022
"Government Policies Will Not Get UK To Net Zero, Warns Damning Report"
"The government is failing to enact the policies needed to reach the UK’s net zero targets, its statutory advisers have said, in a damning progress report to parliament."
Source: Guardian, 06/29/2022
"Data Shortfalls Vex Biden Bid to Green Government, Officials Say"
"The Biden administration needs more data in its quest to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its buildings, vehicles, and operations, various White House officials said."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/29/2022
"DOE: Here’s What’s Happened To EV, Renewable, Fossil Jobs"
"Much of the fossil fuel industry continued to hemorrhage jobs last year, even as employment in the electric car sector increased dramatically, according to a report today from the Department of Energy."
Source: E&E News, 06/29/2022
"Blaming Russia’s War, G7 Leaders Rescind Another Global Climate Pledge"
"Leaders of some of the world’s most wealthy nations say Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the strain it’s causing to the global energy market, is forcing them to walk back a recent promise to stop funding overseas fossil fuel projects. It’s the latest climate pledge to fall victim to the war, which has upended global geopolitics and threatens to derail an already fragile international effort to tackle the climate crisis."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/29/2022
WH Announces New Monkeypox Vaccine Strategy Prioritizing Outbreak Areas
"The White House unveiled an updated monkeypox vaccination strategy Tuesday afternoon, with plans to send hundreds of thousands of doses to areas with confirmed outbreaks."
Source: McClatchy, 06/29/2022
