"He Monitors Solar Flares. Here’s What Keeps Him Up at Night." [1]
"Mike Bettwy, a government meteorologist who focuses on potential threats from space weather, says that we are more prepared than ever — and that forecasting is only getting better."

"Mike Bettwy, a government meteorologist who focuses on potential threats from space weather, says that we are more prepared than ever — and that forecasting is only getting better."
"A pair of moderate Utah Republicans won primary elections Tuesday for U.S. Senate and governor over far-right candidates who are loyalists to former President Donald Trump, the latest example of how Utah is a rare Republican state that doesn’t fully embrace Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP."
"President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in a Trump administration. Economists said that would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments."
"As the Supreme Court gets ready to issue the final rulings of the term, the justices are still sitting on a handful of cases that could deal a blow to environmental protections and agency powers."
"We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis."
"The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a criminal bribery complaint urging the Justice Department to investigate former President Trump’s solicitation of campaign donations from fossil fuel executives."
"More frequent and destructive fires are combining with booming oil production to put towns across the American West at risk, a new study has found."
"A growing effort by the fossil fuel industry to sell natural gas as a low-carbon fuel is little more than greenwashing, according to a new report by climate advocacy organizations."
"Last spring, the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), a trade organization representing offshore oil and gas producers, made a startling claim: Producing more oil in the Gulf of Mexico can help “[drive] climate progress forward.”
"The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to setting new limits for how agencies account for climate and environmental risks for new projects." "The case follows the court’s recent trend of picking up controversial environmental issues."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/he-monitors-solar-flares-here-s-what-keeps-him-night
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
[6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[9] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/science/mike-bettwy-solar-flares-storms.html
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-rep-john-curtis-wins-utah-gop-primary-romney-s-open-seat
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west
[14] https://apnews.com/article/utah-republican-primary-election-romney-senate-4928a24b86d9d3d2c8fbf6dbc597bdf6
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-says-clean-energy-scam-could-benefit-china-experts-say
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[20] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/climate/trump-clean-energy-china.html?unlocked_article_code=1.200.7fHD.cZWfQTgIhPva&smid=url-share
[21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-rulings-watch-supreme-court
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[23] https://www.eenews.net/articles/environmental-rulings-to-watch-at-the-supreme-court/
[24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/summer-reads-lost-birds-pummeled-pumas-and-climate-anxiety
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[26] https://therevelator.org/environmental-books-june2024/
[27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/crew-files-bribery-complaint-against-trump-over-oil-industry-donations
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[29] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4737278-trump-bribery-complaint-fossil-fuel/
[30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/texas-california-cities-threatened-worsening-fires-amid-oil-wells
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[32] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4733419-risky-oil-production-wildfires/
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/gas-certification-greenwashing-greens-charge-contested-new-report
[34] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25062024/low-emission-gas-certification-is-greenwashing-climate-advocates-conclude-in-a-contested-new-report/
[35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-top-climate-consultancy-greenwashing-fossil-fuels
[36] https://drilled.media/news/Multinational consultancy ICF is well known for its government climate work, but the fossil fuel industry also pays the firm to produce reports it uses to promote oil and gas.
[37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/supreme-court-could-curb-nepa-reviews-next-term
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[40] https://www.eenews.net/articles/supreme-court-could-curb-nepa-reviews-next-term/
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=313
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=310
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=311
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=312
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=315
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=316
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=317
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=318
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=2593