"Here's What Happens When Big Data Takes Over a Small Town"
"In Virginia, the planet's largest proposed data center threatens local ecosystems"
Source: Sierra, 09/13/2024
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"Toronto Politician Moves to Ban Misleading Fossil Fuel Ads on Transit"
"A Toronto city councillor today published a motion proposing to restrict false and misleading advertising from oil and gas lobby groups on public transit, DeSmog can report."
Source: DeSmog, 09/13/2024"Climate at the Debate: Trump Ignored the Question and Harris Hedged"
"At the tail end of the hottest summer in recorded history, as wildfires tear through California and a hurricane heads toward Louisiana, both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump failed to say how they would fight climate change during their debate Tuesday night."
Source: NYTimes, 09/12/2024Extremists Keep Trying To Sabotage Electrical Grid. What If They Succeed?
"Political extremists have attempted a number of attacks on electrical infrastructure and substations in recent years, with a goal of sowing chaos and civil conflict."
Source: The Hill, 09/12/2024"The California Towns Where Clean Drinking Water Is Out Of Reach"
"Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years."
Source: CalMatters, 09/12/2024What Happens To The Environment, Health Regs Biden Will Leave Unfinished?"
"From heat protections for workers to restrictions on toxic chemicals, the Biden administration is set to leave several of the significant environmental and health protections it has floated unfinished. The fate of many of these regulations likely depends on the outcome of November’s election, as a Harris administration would probably continue them, while a Trump administration likely would not."
Source: The Hill, 09/12/2024Trillions Of Dollars Of Fossil Fuel Finance Routed Via Tax Havens: Study
"Trillions of dollars of bank finance to fossil fuel companies is being routed via opaque financial centres in several countries, including the Netherlands, research published on Wednesday showed."
Source: Reuters, 09/12/2024"The Huge US Toxic Fire Shrouded In Secrecy: ‘I Taste Oil In My Mouth’"
"Louisianans say a major accident at a sprawling Marathon refinery caused health issues. The company insists there were ‘no offsite impacts’"
Source: Guardian, 09/11/2024"Top Lawmaker Wants COP Host Country To Free Prisoners"
"Senate Foreign Relations Chair Ben Cardin of Maryland is calling on Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and his government to release multiple political prisoners before COP29 gets underway this November in the city of Baku."
Source: E&E News, 09/11/2024Most US Voters Want Plastics Industry Held Responsible For Recycling Claims
"Concern about the fossil fuel and plastics industries’ alleged deception about recycling is growing, with new polling showing a majority of American voters, including 54% of Republicans, support legal efforts to hold the sectors accountable."
Source: Guardian, 09/11/2024Brazilian President Flies Into Amazon Amid Alarm Over Droughts And Wildfires
"Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the Amazon amid growing alarm over the droughts and wildfires sweeping the rainforest region and others parts of Brazil."
Source: Guardian, 09/11/2024"TVA Helped Electrify The South — But Now Its Plans Are Sparking Backlash"
"The Tennessee Valley Authority is coming under fire from energy experts and environmentalists for building gas plants instead of renewables."
Source: Washington Post, 09/10/2024"Trump Vows To Pull Back Climate Law’s Unspent Dollars"
"Donald Trump pledged Thursday to rescind any “unspent” funds under the Inflation Reduction Act should he be elected in November — potentially upending key parts of the Democrats’ climate law and its benefits to Republican-led communities."
Source: Politico, 09/09/2024"How Oil Companies Could Tap The Climate Law To Pump More Crude"
"President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law could help the fossil fuel industry pump more oil out of existing wells."
Source: E&E News, 09/09/2024"Biden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel"
"Jane Williams read the announcement with dismay. A Pennsylvania company was getting tens of millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to turn plastic waste into a fuel for steelmaking, claiming the climate would benefit."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/09/2024
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