Who Has Trump Picked For Cabinet? Bessent, Chavez-DeRemer Join Nominees
"Donald Trump is closing out the week with another batch of Cabinet nominations Friday."
Source: USA TODAY, 11/25/2024
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"Trump Is Already Helping Revive the College Climate Movement"
"While President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, his promise to roll back climate legislation is helping inspire a new generation of green-minded progressives."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/25/2024"Bird Flu Virus Detected In California Raw Milk"
"State health officials said Sunday that bird flu virus was detected in a retail sample of raw milk from the Fresno-based Raw Farm dairy."
Source: LA Times, 11/25/2024NOx: "E.P.A. Proposes Limits on Harmful Pollutant From Power Plants"
"A rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday could better protect communities against pollution from natural gas plants. For the first time in almost two decades, the rule would update emission limits of nitrogen oxides, a group of gases that are harmful air pollutants produced from burning fossil fuels."
Source: NYTimes, 11/25/2024Asheville Restores Drinking Water After 53 Days – But Not All Want To Sip
"Until earlier this week, most residents of this town east of Asheville had no drinkable tap water for 52 days. After the storm damaged infrastructure around the region, water had been partly restored in mid-October. It was good for flushing toilets but not safe for consumption. In some places, sediment left the water inky like black tea."
Source: Guardian, 11/25/2024"Congress Poised For Another Farm Bill Punt After Senate Nonstarter"
"House Republicans rejected a farm bill proposal by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) this week, increasing the likelihood that lawmakers will pass another one-year extension of the massive legislation by the end of the year rather than a new, longer-term measure."
Source: The Hill, 11/25/2024"Court Deals Setback To Efforts To Regulate Pesticide-Coated Seeds"
"A federal court this week dealt a blow to calls for new regulations on pesticide-coated seeds used in farming, ruling that US regulators were not acting improperly in exempting the seeds from registration review."
Source: The New Lede, 11/25/2024The Peach That Traveled The Trail Of Tears And The Elders Working To Save It
"The "Indian peach" survived genocide. Can it withstand climate change?"
Source: Grist, 11/25/2024Trump Demands GOP ‘Kill’ Bill That Would Protect Journalists' Sources
"In between his posts on Truth Social announcing nominees for his incoming administration, President-elect Donald Trump urged Republicans Wednesday to nix a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections under federal law."
Source: CNN, 11/22/2024"Trump Has A Plan To Cripple Government Transparency"
"Federal agencies set a record for censoring and withholding documents sought through freedom-of-information requests in Trump's first term. Now it's likely to be much worse."
Source: HuffPost, 11/22/2024"Cop29 Climate Finance Deal Hits Fresh Setback As Deadline Looms"
"Hopes of a breakthrough at the deadlocked UN climate talks have been dashed after a new draft of a possible deal was condemned by rich and poor countries."
Source: Guardian, 11/22/2024It’s Not Just Oil Giants. Their Favourite PR Firms Are in Baku, Too.
"Fossil-friendly communications companies are represented on some national delegations to the climate talks, DeSmog analysis finds."
Source: DeSmog, 11/22/2024"Climate Change Drives Up Insurance Costs — And Missed Mortgage Payments"
"New study finds a $500 insurance hike boosts mortgage delinquencies by 20%, stressing housing impact of changing climate."
Source: Floodlight, 11/22/2024"Subways, Buses and Bike Lanes Scored Billions in Local Ballot Wins"
"Voters overwhelmingly supported local measures to improve mass transit from Arizona to Tennessee."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/22/2024Phillips 66 Faces Federal Charges Of Wastewater Dumping At Calif. Refinery
"The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles has filed felony criminal charges against Phillips 66, accusing the company’s Carson refinery of illicitly dumping oil and grease into the county sewer system."
Source: LA Times, 11/22/2024
