"Is LNG By Rail Safe?"
"The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, is renewing concerns about the safety of moving natural gas by rail and whether existing federal rules governing the industry should be changed."
Source: E&E News, 03/01/2023
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Sapsucker Housing Crisis: Endangered Woodpecker ‘Condos’ Being Clear Cut
"Almost two decades after the Williamson’s sapsucker was listed as endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act, the B.C. government continues to sanction logging in the bird’s old-growth forest critical habitat".
Source: The Narwhal, 03/01/2023"House Republicans Accelerate March Toward Big Energy Package"
"House Republicans are taking action on numerous bills that will make for part of their sweeping energy and permitting reform package, which they hope to put on the floor for a vote by the end of March."
Source: E&E News, 02/28/2023Biden Adm Global Plastics Plan Dubbed ‘Low Ambition’ and ‘Underwhelming’
"Critics are describing the Biden administration’s opening position in a United Nations effort to reach a global treaty or agreement to end plastic waste as vague and weak, despite its recognition of a need to end plastic pollution by 2040."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/28/2023"Biden Nominates Ajay Banga To Lead World Bank"
"The White House is touting Banga’s experience with financial inclusion and climate change".
"The Biden administration on Thursday nominated Ajay Banga, a former Mastercard executive who is now vice chairman at the private equity firm General Atlantic, to be the next president of the World Bank.
Banga is still subject to a months-long confirmation process before the bank’s board reaches a final decision. As the bank’s largest shareholder, the United States has typically chosen its leader, although other countries could still put forward nominations of their own.
Source: Washington Post, 02/24/2023He Ran The NAACP. Now He’s Leading Sierra Club’s Fight On Climate
"Leading one of America’s largest and most influential environmental advocacy groups has never been an easy task."
Source: LA Times, 02/24/2023"Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks In Focus On Visit To Ohio Toxic Train Site"
"Donald Trump’s record of rolling back environmental protections was highlighted by critics on Wednesday as the ex-president visited the town of East Palestine, Ohio, and called the federal response to the toxic train derailment there earlier this month a “betrayal”.
Source: Guardian, 02/23/2023"Railroads Fought to Crush Rules That Biden Aims to Revive After Ohio Derailment"
"Long before this month’s fiery derailment, railroad industry leaders battled regulations meant to boost freight train safety, including plans to bolster some of the very same tank cars that ruptured and released chemicals in eastern Ohio."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 02/23/2023Feds Slash Gulf Wind Farm Areas To Make Room For Drilling, Shipping, Fishing
"A new wind energy lease sale plan released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management slashes the Gulf’s offshore wind energy development areas by two-thirds, potentially reducing the amount of jobs and clean energy the region’s leaders had hoped wind farms would generate in the coming years."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 02/23/2023"EPA Enforcement Budget Even Lower Than Under Trump, Group Says"
"Adjusting for inflation, the budget for the EPA’s main enforcement and compliance programs hit an 11-year low in fiscal 2022, sinking below levels set during the Trump era, according to a new independent analysis."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/23/2023"EPA To Take Control Of Ohio Derailment Response"
"The Environmental Protection Agency will take control of the response to the Ohio train derailment and order rail company Norfolk Southern to clean up the contamination, the agency said Tuesday, the Biden administration’s strongest response yet to the disaster."
Source: Washington Post, 02/22/2023"Trump Heads To Ohio As Biden Critics Assail Wreck Response"
"Former President Donald Trump is slated to visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday as the 2024 presidential candidate and others intensify their criticism of the Biden administration’s response to the environmental disaster caused by a derailed train."
Source: E&E News, 02/22/2023"These Natural Gas Ads Are Full Of Hot Air"
"Gas companies say their clean energy claims are backed by science. They fail to mention the science is fossil fuel funded."
Source: HEATED, 02/22/2023"With Two Key Picks, Biden Weaves Climate Into Economy and Regulations"
"The president adds climate champions Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser and Richard Revesz as his regulations chief."
Source: NYTimes, 02/22/2023"Jimmy Carter, The President Who Tried To Save The Planet"
"He installed solar panels on the White House. He urged Americans to turn down their thermostats while sporting a sweater. And he pressured Congress into putting tens of millions of acres in Alaska off limits to development."
Source: Washington Post, 02/22/2023
