"Supreme Court Watchlist: Agency Power, Air Rules, Water Rights"
"The Supreme Court is halfway through another term that will have transformative consequences for environmental law."
Source: E&E News, 02/13/2024
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"Certified Natural Gas Is ‘Dangerous Greenwashing Scheme’, US Senators Say"
"Certified natural gas – or methane gas that is purportedly produced in a low-emissions manner – is a “dangerous greenwashing scheme”, a group of progressive senators wrote in a letter to federal regulators on Monday."
Source: Guardian, 02/13/2024Climate Scientist Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict Against Right-Wing Bloggers
"Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, won his long-standing legal battle against two right-wing bloggers who claimed that he manipulated data in his research and compared him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, a major victory for the outspoken researcher."
Source: Washington Post, 02/09/2024"Misplaced Trust"
"Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy."
Source: Grist, 02/08/202413 Blue States Say EPA Should Strengthen Proposal To Remove Lead Pipes
"Attorneys general from 13 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen a proposal that seeks to limit Americans’ exposure to lead service lines."
Source: The Hill, 02/08/2024"EU Lays Out Plan To Cut Greenhouse Emissions By 90% By 2040"
"The EU aims to slash its net greenhouse gas pollution by 90% by 2040 as part of its push to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent, the European Commission has announced before elections in June."
Source: Guardian, 02/08/2024The Industry ‘Scandal’ That Might Upend How America Builds Houses
"Fossil fuel companies are trying to strip a series of climate-friendly measures out of the latest round of model building codes used to regulate construction virtually everywhere in the United States."
Source: HuffPost, 02/07/2024"‘In A Word, Horrific’: Trump’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint"
"The United States’s first major climate legislation dismantled, a crackdown on government scientists, a frenzy of oil and gas drilling, the Paris climate deal not only dead but buried. A blueprint is emerging for a second Donald Trump term that is even more extreme for the environment than his first, according to interviews with multiple Trump allies and advisers."
Source: Guardian, 02/07/2024"Green Amendments Gain Traction in More States Ahead of Elections"
"A new wave of state legislators are pursuing the constitutional right to a safe environment, which attorneys say could strengthen climate lawsuits and policy if interpreted correctly. But the effectiveness of those amendments hinges on their legal language and other details."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/07/2024"The Changing Focus of Climate Denial: From Science to Scientists"
"The scientist Michael Mann is challenging attacks on his work in a defamation suit that’s taken 12 years to come to trial."
Source: NYTimes, 02/07/2024"Biden Confronts Unfinished Business With Ohio Train Wreck"
"Stalled efforts to reform the nation’s rail safety and chemical oversight as well as lingering toxic exposure concerns will loom over President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to the Ohio town devastated by last year’s train wreck."
Source: E&E News, 02/06/2024"The Dawn Of The Clean Hydrogen Economy"
"Clean electricity alone won’t get us to a fossil-fuel-free society — we’ll need other tools to fully decarbonize. “Clean” hydrogen, for all of its hype and baggage, might be the most promising way to cut carbon from difficult sectors like aviation and steelmaking. It could also be a boondoggle or a bust — it all depends on how the gas is made and how it’s used."
Source: Canary Media, 02/06/2024"Two Climate Advisers Quit U.S. Export-Import Bank Over Fossil Fuel Plans"
"A federal bank that finances projects overseas is set to vote on Thursday on whether to use taxpayer dollars to help drill oil and gas wells in Bahrain, a contentious decision that prompted two of the bank’s climate advisers to resign, according to people with knowledge of their decisions."
Source: NYTimes, 02/06/2024"Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves Won’t Get Endangered Species Protections"
"Gray wolves that inhabit the Northern Rocky Mountains will not receive protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced Friday."
Source: The Hill, 02/06/2024"Border Package Contains $2 Billion For Uranium Enrichment"
"The Senate’s border and Ukraine spending package contains more than $2 billion in funds for uranium processing, as the U.S. works to reduce global reliance on Russian energy exports."
Source: The Hill, 02/06/2024
