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"Five Lawsuits Aim To Get Texas To Enforce Air Quality Laws" [1]

"Green groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to force Texas to toughen its stance on air pollution by using stricter language in permits it issues to oil refineries and power plants."

Source: Reuters [2], 07/21/2017

"A Cheap Fix for Climate Change? Pay People Not to Chop Down Trees" [3]

"The tropical forests in western Uganda, home to a dwindling population of endangered chimpanzees, are disappearing at some of the fastest rates on Earth as local people chop down trees for charcoal and to clear space for subsistence farming."

Source: NY Times [4], 07/21/2017

"Exxon Sues U.S. Over Fine Levied For Russia Deal Under Tillerson" [5]

"Exxon Mobil Corp sued the U.S. government on Thursday, blasting as 'unlawful' and 'capricious' a $2 million fine levied against it for a three-year-old oil joint venture with Russia's Rosneft."

Source: Reuters [6], 07/21/2017

"This Could Be The Next Big Strategy For Suing Over Climate Change" [7]

"Two California coastal counties and one beach-side city touched off a possible new legal front in the climate change battle this week, suing dozens of major oil, coal, and other fossil fuel companies for the damages they say they will incur due to rising seas."

Source: Washington Post [8], 07/21/2017

Senate Panel Rejects Trump Funding Cuts On Energy Department Programs [9]

"The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $38.4 billion spending bill for the Department of Energy and water programs. The 30-1 vote rejected numerous proposals by President Trump that would have slashed programs that have bipartisan support. The $38.4 billion total passed by the committee is $4 billion more than Trump’s budget proposal."

Source: The Hill [10], 07/21/2017

"Public Lands: House OKs Land Swap For Road Through Alaska Refuge" [11]

"The House [Thursday] approved a land exchange that paves the way for a long-contested road through Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, rejecting arguments by Democrats that the road will harm sensitive wildlife and open other refuges to development."

Source: Greenwire [12], 07/21/2017

"NC Gov. Cooper: No Offshore Oil Drilling In The Atlantic Ocean" [13]

"North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that his administration will oppose opening up Atlantic Ocean waters to offshore oil-and-gas drilling. Cooper’s decision reverses the state’s policy under former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, who urged federal officials to promote energy exploration in ocean waters to help the nation achieve energy independence."

Source: Raleigh News & Observer [14], 07/21/2017

"The Immense, Eternal Footprint Humanity Leaves on Earth: Plastics" [15]

"If human civilization were to be destroyed and its cities wiped off the map, there would be an easy way for future intelligent life-forms to know when the mid-20th century began: plastic."

Source: NY Times [16], 07/20/2017

Methane Seeps Out as Arctic Permafrost Starts to Resemble Swiss Cheese [17]

"Global warming may be unleashing new sources of heat-trapping methane from layers of oil and gas that have been buried deep beneath Arctic permafrost for millennia. As the Earth's frozen crust thaws, some of that gas appears to be finding new paths to the surface through permafrost that's starting to resemble Swiss cheese in some areas, scientists said."

Source: InsideClimate News [18], 07/20/2017

"Interior Official Says He Was Reassigned Because Of Climate Work" [19]

"A senior Interior Department official has filed a whistleblower complaint against Trump administration political appointees, claiming he was reassigned within Interior because of his work on climate change."

Source: The Hill [20], 07/20/2017

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