"Trump-ERA EPA Chemicals Chief To Lead Pesticides Group"
"Alexandra Dunn, who led the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention for two years, has been named CropLife America’s new president and CEO."
Source: E&E News, 02/21/2024
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"Does LNG Really Fight Climate Change? 5 Common LNG claims, Examined"
"American liquefied natural gas exports surged from basically nothing just eight years ago to a formidable force reshaping domestic and global politics. Now, thanks to the Biden administration’s recent pause on approvals of new LNG projects, it’s become the hottest topic in U.S. energy news. It’s also one of the most confusing."
Source: Canary Media, 02/21/2024Ross Gelbspan, Author Who Probed Roots Of Climate Change Denial, Dies At 84
"Ross Gelbspan, a journalist and author who followed the money trail of climate change denial, exposing how the energy industry and lobbyists pushed narratives to counter overwhelming evidence that use of fossil fuels was driving global warming, died Jan. 27 at his home in Boston. He was 84."
Source: Washington Post, 02/20/2024"Judge Revokes Florida Wetlands Permitting Authority"
"The Trump administration failed to account for risks to endangered species when it allowed Florida to take over a federal permitting program for wetlands, a federal judge ruled Thursday."
Source: E&E News, 02/20/2024"Biden Visits Site Of The Train Derailment That Became A Culture Battle"
"EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — President Biden arrived here Friday, more than a year after a train derailment that caused an environmental disaster and a political furor, attempting to focus on the steps his administration has taken and to lay the blame on the train company."
Source: Washington Post, 02/19/2024"No, Wind Farms Aren’t ‘Driving Whales Crazy’"
"Donald Trump has attacked President Biden’s climate and energy policies with gusto, but many of his criticisms are simply untrue."
Source: NYTimes, 02/19/2024Feds Deny Permits for Hydro Projects on Navajo Land, Cite Lack of Consent
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced a new policy requiring that any energy project seeking to build on tribal land must get the tribe’s approval before it will permit the project."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/19/2024"HEATED: Challenging Objectivity In Climate Journalism"
"Climate change and environmental issues overlap both human rights and science, yet they’re sometimes debated in the mainstream as if they’re purely factual topics that must be devoid of human investment. For instance, to “call out the polluters for polluting” is sometimes deemed advocacy by both readers and editors, says Atkin, in explaining why she started her independent newsletter, HEATED."
Source: Mongabay, 02/19/2024"House OKs Bill Targeting Natural Gas Export Permit Pause"
"The House passed legislation Thursday to limit President Joe Biden’s authority over liquefied natural gas export permits."
Source: E&E News, 02/16/2024"Report Blasts ‘Campaign Of Fraud’ On Plastic Recycling"
"A new report aims to lay the foundation for future legal action against oil and plastics companies for deceiving the public about the efficacy of plastics recycling."
Source: E&E News, 02/16/2024When a Climate Denier Becomes Louisiana Governor: Landry’s First Month
"In his first four weeks in office, Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has filled the ranks of state environmental posts with fossil fuel industry executives."
Source: Floodlight, 02/16/2024"Farmers, Tribes Reach ‘Historic’ Klamath River Deal"
"The Interior Department on Wednesday announced an armistice in the battle over the Klamath River, unveiling an agreement between farmers reliant on the waterway for irrigation and tribal nations seeking to restore the region’s fisheries."
Source: E&E News, 02/15/2024Giant Baytown Refinery Complex Wants To Expand Amid Community Backlash
"Exxon’s Baytown complex in the Houston-area has the third largest oil refinery in the U.S. and is requesting permit renewal for its olefins plant despite repeated violations to the Clean Air Act."
Source: EHN, 02/15/2024"Anxiety Builds As Deadline For Biden Rules Nears"
"The administration is facing a deadline this spring to finalize rules to ensure that they’re shielded from procedural rollbacks in the event that Republicans take hold of Congress and the White House next year."
Source: E&E News, 02/15/2024"The Plastics Industry Would Like A Word With Your Kids"
"Wearing a lab coat, Eve Vitale asked a chemistry class at Warren Mott High School if anyone had heard anything bad about plastics. Hands shot up. It doesn’t degrade, said one student. It hurts the environment, said another. But “that’s not really the plastic’s fault,” said Vitale, chief executive of the Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation, a group of industry professionals. “That’s the fault of humanity.”"
Source: Washington Post, 02/15/2024
