Scott Prioritizes Racial Justice, Food Security, and Climate for House Ag
"The first Black chairman of the powerful Agriculture Committee says his team is already lining up several spring hearings on key issues."
Source: Civil Eats, 12/28/2020
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Greens Eye Biden Superfund Reboot For Environmental Justice and Climate
"The EPA’s program for cleaning up the nation’s hazardous waste dumps has a backlog of sites that lack funding—the largest in 15 years."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/28/2020
The Resistance: In Trump’s War on Climate Science, They Fought Back
"The scientists' efforts were often unseen and sometimes unsuccessful. But over four years, they mounted a guerilla defense that kept pressure on the Trump Administration."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/28/2020
"EPA to Rule on Texas Fracking Wastewater Plan Before Trump Exit"
"The EPA plans to decide the fate of a Texas oil and gas wastewater discharge plan the same day it closes public comment on the proposal, sparking concern from environmentalists that the agency is rushing to finalize the move in the waning days of the Trump administration."
Source: Bloomberg, 12/28/2020
"Japan Adopts Green Growth Plan To Go Carbon Free By 2050"
"Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in about 15 years, the government said Friday in a plan to achieve Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s ambitious pledge to go carbon free by 2050 and generate nearly $2 trillion growth in green business and investment."
Source: AP, 12/28/2020
"Escape Plan For Rising Seas: Floating Cities (Or A Barge)"
"By century's end, tens of millions of U.S. coastal property owners will face a decision embodied in the popular exhortation, 'Move it or lose it.' But there's an option for people who can't imagine a home without an ocean view. It's called "seasteading," and it could be a 21st-century antidote to the nation's disappearing shorelines."
Source: E&E News, 12/24/2020
"Trump Pardons Lawmaker Who Led Protest Ride on BLM Tract"
"President Trump last night issued a full pardon to Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman (R), who served a brief jail stint for leading an illegal all-terrain vehicle protest ride through a closed Utah canyon in 2015."
Source: E&E News, 12/24/2020
"Court Orders EPA To Step Up Asbestos Data Collection"
"In a court ruling hailed by health advocates, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will now have to collect data on asbestos imports into the U.S., a federal judge ruled on Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 12/24/2020
Warming Ocean Fueled More Storms in 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season
"Of 2020's Atlantic storms, 13 were hurricanes, six of them Category 3 or higher. Warmer ocean waters are fueling an increasing number of storms."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/24/2020
Scientists Discover Worrying Message In Greenland’s Perilous Ice Caverns
"Vertical ice caves in Greenland, called ‘moulins,’ drain water from the ice to the sea — and they’re even bigger than we thought"
Source: Washington Post, 12/24/2020
