"How Elon Musk Could End Fossil Fuel Subsidies"
"If the Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut $2 trillion in spending, handouts to the fossil fuel industry may be "a truth test to all of their messaging.""
Source: Grist, 01/07/2025
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"Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems"
"On the U.S.-Mexico border, the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes. Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner has earned allies in long-standing border conflicts, a job that won’t get any easier under Trump."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/07/2025"Biden Signs Bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Bill Into Law"
"President Biden on Monday signed a bipartisan bill aimed at boosting outdoor recreation weeks after it cleared the Senate."
Source: The Hill, 01/07/2025"What Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On."
"The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates."
Source: NYTimes, 01/07/2025Biden Admin Adds Exemptions Into New Climate Rules For Hydrogen Energy
"The Biden administration on Friday finalized fairly strict climate rules for the nascent hydrogen energy industry — but the rules contain new flexibilities that are expected to make them less stringent than the administration’s original proposal."
Source: The Hill, 01/06/2025Climate Misinformation Exploding As Canadian Politicians Are Spreading It
"Like climate change itself, conspiracy theories and misinformation are growing crises. And where they intersect with the environment, the problem seems to spread like wildfire — one that might be caused by laser beams, eco-terrorists or the Canadian government, depending who you ask."
Source: The Narwhal, 01/06/2025Fossil Fuel Industry Spent $219 Million To Elect The New U.S. Government
"The oil and gas industry gave about $24 million in campaign contributions to the members of the U.S. House and Senate expected to be sworn in January 3, 2025, according to a Yale Climate Connections review of campaign donations."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 01/06/2025EPA Warns Toxic Formaldehyde Presents An Unreasonable Risk Of Injury
"The agency’s final risk assessment for formaldehyde jump-starts the process to address the risk posed by the cancer-causing chemical"
Source: Independent, 01/03/2025"Trump Readies Day One Energy Offensive"
"The incoming president has detailed plans to quickly reverse Biden’s policies, expand fossil fuel production and declare a national energy emergency."
Source: E&E News, 01/03/2025"Biden To Create Two National Monuments In California Honoring Tribes"
"President Joe Biden plans to create two new national monuments in California in the coming days, according to two people briefed on the announcement, aiming to cement his environmental legacy before President-elect Donald Trump takes office."
Source: Washington Post, 01/03/2025"Biden to Ban More Offshore Oil Drilling Before Trump Arrives"
"President Joe Biden is preparing to issue a decree permanently banning new offshore oil and gas development in some US coastal waters, locking in difficult-to-revoke protections during his final weeks in the White House."
Source: Bloomberg, 01/03/2025Florida Debates Where To Build The Nation’s Largest Trash Incinerator
"Residents argue the project will disproportionately impact majority-Black and -Hispanic communities in the Miami-Dade area."
Source: KFF Health News, 01/02/2025"Chemtrail Conspiracy Theories: Why RFK Jr Is Watching The Skies"
"Belief in a supposed US government plot linked to aircraft condensation trails has been boosted by confusion over proposals to geoengineer a response to the climate crisis"
Source: Guardian, 01/02/2025Senator Urges EPA to Release Report on Formaldehyde Health Risks
"Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., urged the Environmental Protection Agency in a letter this week to issue a final report on the health risks of formaldehyde that is “science-based” and “as strong as possible,” adding that “the agency has an obligation to protect the public from the chemical.”"
Source: ProPublica, 12/23/2024"Trump Vows To Rename Denali As Mount Mckinley"
"U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was assassinated in 1901."
Source: Reuters, 12/23/2024
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