"GAO: Government Must Boost Climate Resilience"
"The federal government faces increasing fiscal exposure from climate change, according to a new watchdog report released Monday."
Source: E&E News, 09/20/2022
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"GOP’s Bad Blood Threatens Manchin Side Deal"
"Senate Republicans are threatening to sink Sen. Joe Manchin’s side deal on permitting reform, partly because they are still angry over the West Virginia Democrat’s flip-flop on the sweeping climate, health and tax bill that Congress passed last month."
Source: The Hill, 09/20/2022
"Climate Law Spurs CCS At New West Virginia Gas Plant"
"Competitive Power Ventures Inc. announced plans Friday to build a multibillion-dollar natural gas power plant in West Virginia with carbon capture technology, saying the project would not be possible without the new climate and energy law."
Source: E&E News, 09/20/2022
Vulnerable Nations Demand Global Tax To Pay For Climate Loss And Damage
"The world’s most vulnerable countries are preparing to take on the richest economies with a demand for urgent finance – potentially including new taxes on fossil fuels or flying – for the irrecoverable losses they are suffering from the climate crisis, leaked documents show."
Source: Guardian, 09/20/2022
"Fiona Barrels Toward Turks And Caicos As Cat. 3 Hurricane"
"Hurricane Fiona barreled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew."
Source: AP, 09/20/2022
Author Shares Unorthodox Look at the Ways of Water
How water moves through the global ecosystem and shapes our landscapes is the subject of a must-read new book by writer Erica Gies, according to BookShelf editor Tom Henry. A significant part of water’s story is how humanity invariably fails when trying to manipulate it. But hope may reside with Gies’ various “water detectives,” who explore how to “let water go where it wants to go.”
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Methane, a Key Global Warming Source, Is Targeted by Nations
Carbon dioxide may get more attention, but the second-most damaging greenhouse gas, methane, is now the focus of a global pledge to cut emissions 30% by 2030. As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists publishing project focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at methane with energy reporter Nushin Huq. A primer on the climate-related problems of methane and the promise of methane-based solutions. Plus, watch a recent SEJ methane solutions webinar and see our Methane and Climate Change Toolbox.
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"Iraq's Political Stalemate Pushes Climate Action To Backseat"
"A political crisis has left Iraq without a functional government and unable to act on worsening climate change impacts".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 09/19/2022
Fossil Firms Seek To Expand Own Free Speech - Limit It For Citizens
"As oil companies push to criminalize dissent, they’re also making the case that climate denialism is protected speech, not fraudulent advertising."
Source: The Intercept, 09/19/2022
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