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"Massive CP2 LNG Export Facility Faces New Legal Hurdle Over FERC Approval" [1]

"Environmental advocates, landowners, and fishers filed two petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday, challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) recent authorization for the construction of a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. FERC approved the Calcasieu Pass (CP2) LNG terminal proposed by Venture Global in a 2-1 vote in late June."

Source: DeSmog [2], 09/09/2024

"The MAGA Plan To Stop Forest Fires: Remove The Forest" [3]

"Project 2025 plans to increase commercial logging to fight wildfires. Ecologists and fire experts say this will make fires worse."

Source: HEATED [4], 09/09/2024

"Why Have Salmon Deserted Norway’s Rivers – And Will They Ever Return?" [5]

"North Atlantic populations are at a historic low, and this year 33 of the country’s rivers were closed during the fishing season as salmon farming and the climate crisis threaten the fish’s future"

Source: Guardian [6], 09/09/2024

"Pipeline Won’t Capture All Carbon Emitted By Ethanol Plants" [7]

"A company proposing an $8 billion carbon dioxide pipeline through eastern South Dakota says the project would be good for the environment. ... While that’s true, participating ethanol plants could still emit about 7 million metric tons of additional carbon dioxide annually. That’s because the pipeline would only capture some — not all — of the CO2 emitted by the plants."

Source: States Newsroom [8], 09/09/2024

At Least 19 People Contract Fungal Infection After California Music Festival [9]

"At least 19 people contracted valley fever, a fungal infection that in rare cases can be fatal, after attending an outdoor music festival in southern California in May, public health officials have reported."

Source: Guardian [10], 09/09/2024

"Biden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel" [11]

"Jane Williams read the announcement with dismay. A Pennsylvania company was getting tens of millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to turn plastic waste into a fuel for steelmaking, claiming the climate would benefit."

Source: Inside Climate News [12], 09/09/2024

"How Oil Companies Could Tap The Climate Law To Pump More Crude" [13]

"President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law could help the fossil fuel industry pump more oil out of existing wells."

Source: E&E News [14], 09/09/2024

"Trump Vows To Pull Back Climate Law’s Unspent Dollars" [15]

"Donald Trump pledged Thursday to rescind any “unspent” funds under the Inflation Reduction Act should he be elected in November — potentially upending key parts of the Democrats’ climate law and its benefits to Republican-led communities."

Source: Politico [16], 09/09/2024

"Hottest Summer On Record Could Lead To The Warmest Year Ever Measured" [17]

"Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday."

Source: AP [18], 09/09/2024

Grant Brings Documentary Team to Chesapeake Bay’s Vastness [19]

New York-based documentarians Sebastian Tuinder and Duy Linh Tu took their multimedia skills on the road to explore the environmental problems plaguing the Chesapeake Bay. The resulting project, “Trouble in the Chesapeake,” was nominated for a local Emmy award and was credited with helping efforts to curb over-the-limit discharges from Maryland’s wastewater plants. Lessons learned from the grant-funded effort, in the latest FEJ StoryLog.

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