Butterfly Sanctuary To Be Bulldozed For Trump's Border Wall
"MISSION, Texas -- More than 200 species make their homes at America’s most diverse sanctuary, but construction through the reserve could begin in February".
Source: Guardian, 12/13/2018
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"Trump Wants to Speed Up Drilling in National Forests"
"Already in the midst of a massive push to extract more oil and gas from the nation’s waters and wide-open spaces, the Trump administration has set its sights on a new goal: to ramp up drilling in national forests."
Source: Outside, 12/13/2018
"Extreme Weather: Massive Texas Coastal Protection Plan Taking Shape"
"GALVESTON, Texas — The Army Corps of Engineers is urging public input on a sprawling proposal that could help protect Texas' coastal areas but whose details are far from certain."
Source: EnergyWire, 12/13/2018
"House Climate Change Panel Won't Likely Pass Bills"
"A growing number of House Democrats are backing the idea to create a special committee to fight climate change next year, but it likely won’t have the authority to pass any bills."
Source: The Hill, 12/13/2018
"Climate Talks At Risk Of Failure As U.S. Leaves A Leadership Void"
"KATOWICE, Poland — Global talks to combat climate change risked breaking up with little to show for them, participants here said Wednesday, with the hostile U.S. stance on aggressive action leaving a leadership void that other countries have been reluctant or unable to fill."
Source: Washington Post, 12/13/2018
"Congress Just Passed An $867 Billion Farm Bill. Here’s What’s In It."
"Congress has voted for an $867 billion farm bill with strong bipartisan support, spurred in part by pressure from farmers battered by President Trump’s trade war with China."
Source: Washington Post, 12/13/2018
"Tackle Climate Or Face Financial Crash, Say World's Biggest Investors"
"Global investors managing $32 trillion issued a stark warning to governments at the UN climate summit on Monday, demanding urgent cuts in carbon emissions and the phasing out of all coal burning. Without these, the world faces a financial crash several times worse than the 2008 crisis, they said."
Source: Guardian, 12/12/2018
"Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax Push Finds Critics on All Sides"
"Crews are hard at work these days on the oil rigs that rise above the horizon in southeastern Saskatchewan. At least for now."
Source: NY Times, 12/12/2018
"Alaska: Fight Brews As Interior Eyes Drilling In Wetlands"
"The Interior Department tomorrow is due to auction off the last available oil and gas leases at the eastern edge of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a 22.1-million-acre block of federal property on Alaska's North Slope."
Source: EnergyWire, 12/12/2018
"West Virginia’s Manchin Gains Key Role On Energy Panel"
"West Virginia’s Joe Manchin will become the Democrats’ top member on the Senate energy committee, giving the coal-state lawmaker a prominent position to shape policy."
Source: AP, 12/12/2018
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