"Trump Dismantles Environmental Protections Under Cover Of Coronavirus" [1]
"The Trump administration is diligently weakening US environment protections even amid a global pandemic, continuing its rollback as the November election approaches."
"The Trump administration is diligently weakening US environment protections even amid a global pandemic, continuing its rollback as the November election approaches."
A long-standing law designed to protect public information about environmental impacts is facing an unfavorable overhaul, while a proposal dictating how EPA uses scientific findings in its rulings is nearing finalization. WatchDog has those items, plus how states are using the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict press and more.
"Five years ago, members of the Rockefeller family walked away from the fossil fuels that made them rich, alarmed that burning oil and gas was causing climate change. Now it also seems like a smart financial move. The $1.1 billion Rockefeller Brothers Fund — largely free of oil and gas — has outpaced financial benchmarks, defying predictions of money managers."
"Bucking GOP elders, they’ve drafted the American Climate Contract as the right’s response to the Green New Deal."
"Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Now, as major economies prepare green investments to kickstart growth, advocates spy a golden chance to drag the niche energy into the mainstream of a post-pandemic world."
"In some ways, the dire lockdowns undertaken to stop Covid-19 have fast-forwarded us into an unlikely future—one with almost impossibly bold climate action taken all at once, no matter the cost."
"The Trump administration on Thursday agreed to change rules governing key renewable energy tax credits, a win for wind farm owners seeking more time to claim the subsidies because new projects have been stalled by the global coronavirus pandemic."
"Reports of bugs nicknamed "murder hornets" in the United States generated a lot of buzz as well as new legislation this week — and climate change could make the problem worse."
"North Dakota's Coal Creek Station, a workhorse of the Upper Midwest power fleet, will burn its final ton of lignite in a couple of years following a decision announced yesterday that underscores the industry's struggle to survive."
"When a wildfire explodes out of control and threatens property and lives, thousands of firefighters and support crews rush to the scene from around the country and even the world. Almost overnight a small city sprouts up, with firefighters camped in dense rows of tents in fields and eating in crowded mess halls."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[9] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/10/trump-environmental-blitzkrieg-coronavirus
[10] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog/nepa-rollback-epa-science-rules-threaten-transparency-plus-pandemic-press
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/watchdog
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/rockefeller-oil-heirs-find-dumping-fossil-fuels-improved-bottom-line
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
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[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
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[27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
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[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
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[32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-administration-agrees-help-wind-farms-subsidy-tweak
[33] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-renewable-energy-tax-credits/trump-administration-agrees-to-help-wind-farms-with-subsidy-tweak-idUSKBN22K05T
[34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-warming-could-open-us-more-murder-hornets
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
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[39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/electricity-midwest-coal-giant-announces-plant-closure
[40] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063077759
[41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wildland-fire-camps-need-dramatic-change-amid-covid-19-pandemic
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[43] https://www.npr.org/2020/05/06/850400344/wildland-fire-camps-need-dramatic-change-amid-covid-19-pandemic
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