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Phillips 66 Refinery Closure A Welcome Surprise To Activists [1]

"For more than a century, the sprawling Phillips 66 oil refinery complex has dominated a vast tract of southern Los Angeles County."

Source: LA Times [2], 10/18/2024

"DOE Makes $3B Commitment To Two Sustainable Aviation Fuel Projects" [3]

"On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a nearly $3 billion effort that it said could significantly boost America’s output of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, over the next few years, Canary Media has exclusively learned."

Source: Canary Media [4], 10/18/2024

"U.S. Approves Mega Geothermal Energy Project In Utah" [5]

"The Biden administration just approved a massive geothermal energy project in Utah, marking a significant advance for a climate-friendly technology that is gaining momentum in the United States, the White House confirmed to The Washington Post on Thursday."

Source: Washington Post [6], 10/18/2024

IEA Expects Lower Oil And Gas Prices, Higher Electric Demand In Next 5 Years [7]

"Natural gas and oil prices are likely to decline in the second half of the decade, but unexpectedly high worldwide demand for electricity will complicate efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday in its yearly World Energy Outlook."

Source: The Hill [8], 10/18/2024

Editorial: "A Reporter’s Shield Law Is Vital to Prevent Abuses of Power" [9]

"Governments often chafe at the presence of a free press. The reason is simple: A robust and independent news media keeps a sharp eye on government and, when necessary, exposes abuse of power, corruption, incompetence and waste. Exposing such things depends, of course, not just on journalists but also on brave officials willing to sound the alarm about government misconduct."

Source: NYTimes [10], 10/18/2024

"Trump Has Vowed To Gut Climate Rules. Oil Lobbyists Have A Plan Ready." [11]

"An influential oil and gas industry group whose members were aggressively pursued for campaign cash by Donald Trump has drafted detailed plans for dismantling landmark Biden administration climate rules after the presidential election, according to internal documents obtained by The Washington Post."

Source: Washington Post [12], 10/18/2024

Sewage Sludge Can Spread the Harm of Many Toxic Chemicals [13]

What was once benignly dubbed biosolids is more accurately tagged toxic sludge. And some of it may be finding its way into our food. The latest TipSheet reports how that came to be despite (or perhaps because of) Clean Water Act regulation, and how hard it is to calculate the potential harms. Plus, more than a dozen reporting ideas and resources for this highly localizable story.

Esri LinkedIn Livestream: Mapping the Future of Biodiversity [14]

Join renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe for a fireside chat discussion about the natural connection between climate change and biodiversity. This Esri LinkedIn Livestream will focus on Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), a new initiative in England that aligns planning with the global biodiversity targets laid out by COP16. 11:00 a.m. ET.

"Brazil's Kalunga People At Frontline Of Nation's Climate Fight" [15]

"The Kalunga people have mastered wildfires in the Cerrado for generations. Now they fight blazes from the Amazon to the Pantanal"

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [16], 10/17/2024

"These Scientists Tested Dolphin Breath. They Found Plastic." [17]

"Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been detected in the breath of dolphins."

Source: NYTimes [18], 10/17/2024

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