"Senate Approves Two Energy Regulators, Completing Panel"
"Two nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) were confirmed to the panel by voice votes on Monday."
Source: The Hill, 12/02/2020
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"US: Mountain Pine Tree That Feeds Grizzlies Is Threatened"
"Climate change, voracious beetles and disease are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key source of food for some grizzly bears and found across the West, U.S. officials said Tuesday."
Source: AP, 12/02/2020
Trump’s Border Wall Construction Threatens Survival Of Jaguars in US
"Wall is going up in four sections in Arizona’s mountain ranges spanning the US-Mexico border where the cats had reappeared".
Source: Guardian, 12/02/2020
"Canada Gives BP Okay to Explore in Marine Conservation Area"
"Earlier this month, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board accepted a bid from oil company BP to explore for oil and gas in an area that includes part of Atlantic Canada’s largest marine conservation area."
Source: Hakai, 12/02/2020
"Contaminants in New Jersey Soil and Water Are Toxic, Documents Reveal"
"Solvay had previously withheld information about the PFAS chemicals on the grounds that it was “confidential business information.”"
Source: The Intercept, 12/02/2020
Once-Ignored Promises to Tribes Could Change Environmental Landscape
"If Native treaty rights had been honored, the natural landscape of the U.S. might look very different today."
Source: Stateline, 12/02/2020
"How Climate Change Could Spark The Next Home Mortgage Disaster"
"Taxpayers are backing more than a trillion dollars in home mortgages, but the agencies buying them are neglecting to consider climate risks."
Source: Politico, 12/02/2020
"More Forests Die As Warming Cranks Up Fires, Slows Regrowth"
"Wildfires in the western United States are increasingly destroying forests by turning them into grasslands and shrublands that exacerbate soil erosion and minimize carbon capture, according to new research."
Source: E&E News, 12/02/2020
"Automakers Pledge To Work With Biden To Reduce Emissions"
"A group representing major automakers on Tuesday vowed to work with President-elect Joe Biden on efforts to reduce vehicle emissions even as the industry remains split over whether to let California set its own emission rules."
Source: Reuters, 12/02/2020
"Air Monitors Routinely Miss Pollution - Even Refinery Explosions"
Standard methods of monitoring air pollution are missing major pollution incidents.
Source: Reuters, 12/02/2020
