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Environmental Justice

"Four Things To Know About Trump’s Interior Secretary Pick"

"North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is expected to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” ethos on public lands and waters if confirmed to helm the massive Interior Department. But the self-styled CEO of North Dakota, who Trump revealed Thursday night he would nominate as Interior secretary, would have a role much broader than advancing drilling for oil."

Source: E&E News, 11/18/2024

Air Force Backpedals Claim It Is Not Responsible For PFAS Cleanup In Ariz.

"The US air force has backpedaled on a claim that the supreme court’s recent reversal of the Chevron doctrine shields it against regulators’ orders to clean drinking water the military polluted in Tucson, Arizona."

Source: Guardian, 11/15/2024

"COP29 Climate Talks Urged To Find $1 Trillion A Year For Poorer Countries"

"Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday as experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme weather."

Source: Reuters, 11/15/2024

‘Mass Deportations Would Disrupt The Food Chain’: Calif. Warns Of Threat

"Take a drive through the Salinas or Central valleys in California and you’ll pass from town to town advertising its specialty fruit or vegetable: strawberries in Watsonville, garlic in Gilroy, pistachios in Avenal and almonds in Ripon. More than 400 types of commodities are grown in the Golden state – including a third of the vegetables and three-quarters of the fruits and nuts produced in the United States. Much of that food is grown by immigrant farm workers – many of whom are undocumented."

Source: Guardian, 11/12/2024

"Climate Talks Open With Calls For A Path Away From The ‘Road To Ruin’"

"United Nations annual climate talks stuttered to a start Monday with more than nine hours of backroom bickering over what should be on the agenda for the next two weeks. It then turned to the main issue: money."

Source: AP, 11/12/2024

"With Ready Orders and an Energy Czar, Trump Plots Pivot to Fossil Fuels"

"As President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team plans his energy and environment agenda, it is relying on two seasoned former cabinet leaders and fossil fuel lobbyists to dramatically reshape the agencies charged with protecting the nation’s air, water, climate and public lands, according to six people familiar with the matter."

Source: NYTimes, 11/12/2024

"Trump Taps Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin As EPA Chief"

"President-elect Donald Trump on Monday tapped former representative Lee Zeldin of New York to serve as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a crucial role that will oversee the rollbacks of dozens of President Joe Biden’s environmental policies."

Source: Washington Post, 11/12/2024

Threats of Media Censorship Cloud COP29

Again this year, a petrostate hosts the COP climate gathering. Azerbaijan as host not only raises questions of how an oil-rich nation can help foster the fossil fuel cuts needed to stem climate change. But WatchDog Opinion also worries what Azerbaijan’s poor press freedom record will mean for journalists covering the gathering and for the civil society that normally enlivens the meeting.

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