"Reluctant Middle East Forced To Open Eyes To Climate Crisis"
"With the region warming twice as fast as the rest of the world but oil spoils keeping regimes in power, leaders are in a bind".
Source: Guardian, 11/01/2021
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"Biden Admin To Require New Climate Analysis Before Oil Leasing"
"The Biden administration today [Friday] said it will consider the contribution to greenhouse gas emissions made by oil and gas produced on public lands before selling federal drilling rights."
Source: E&E News, 11/01/2021
"G20 Nations Agree to New Limits on Coal-Burning Power Plants"
"The world’s largest economies will stop financing coal plants abroad, though that falls far short of what’s needed to fight climate change, raising fears of half-steps at this week’s U.N. summit."
Source: NYTimes, 11/01/2021
"Supreme Court to Hear Case on EPA’s Power to Limit Carbon Emissions"
"The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear appeals from Republican-led states and coal companies asking it to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act."
Source: NYTimes, 11/01/2021
"‘Last, Best Hope:’ Leaders Launch Crucial UN Climate Summit"
"GLASGOW, Scotland — A crucial U.N. climate summit opened Sunday amid papal appeals for prayers and activists’ demands for action, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries aimed at slowing intensifying global warming and adapting to the climate damage already underway."
Source: AP, 11/01/2021
‘We Can’t Live Like This’: Climate Shocks Rain On Honduras’s Poorest
"Rural communities like Chapagua that have done least to stoke the climate crisis barely have time to recover from one disaster before another hits".
Source: Guardian, 10/29/2021
"What Is COP26 and Why Is It Important?"
"Answers to all your questions about COP26 Glasgow, the world's most important and confusing climate conference."
Source: Earther, 10/29/2021
"What a $2B Texas Project Says About U.S. Quest For CO2-Free Grid"
"After a dozen years, multiple energy crises, regulatory delays and political turnover, construction of a novel 400-mile power line connecting Texas to the Southeast is finally within sight."
Source: E&E News, 10/29/2021
"EPA Unveils Strategy For Reducing Lead Exposure"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced a revised strategy for reducing lead exposure, with a focus on communities that have had a disproportionate amount.
The draft plan would focus on identifying communities with especially high levels of both lead exposure and blood lead levels. The agency would next develop national standards and guidance to address those exposures and enforce existing regulations.
Source: The Hill, 10/29/2021
Enviros Petition EPA To Rescind Factory Farms’ “Free Pass To Pollute”
"A coalition of environmental and animal rights groups petitioned the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday to abandon a "sweetheart" deal with factory farm owners—and start enforcing air pollution regulations."
Source: EHN, 10/29/2021
