"The Deepwater Horizon’s Very Unhappy Anniversary"
"A recent scientific expedition to the Gulf of Mexico seafloor shows just how little things have improved near the broken well."
Source: Hakai, 04/23/2024
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Huge Green Energy Transmission Project Will Cut Through SW Indigenous Lands
"After a federal court rejected their lawsuit, tribes are turning to the U.N. for help."
Source: Grist, 04/23/2024
Calif. Communities Fight The Last Toxic Battery Recycling Plant In The West
"Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back."
Source: Grist, 04/23/2024
"Ohio Gov. DeWine Campaign Got Secret $2.5 Million Boost From Power Company"
"A dark money group funded by FirstEnergy spent $2.5 million to support the GOP hopeful as the utility pushed bailout of struggling nuclear plants."
Source: USA TODAY/Floodlight, 04/23/2024
Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, But It Won’t Be Enough
"For the first time in more than 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management will force oil and gas companies to set aside more money to guarantee they plug old wells, preventing them from leaking oil, brine and toxic or climate-warming gasses." "The new Bureau of Land Management regulation, which applies to nearly 90,000 wells on federal public land, is hampered by math errors and overly optimistic cost projections."
Source: ProPublica/Capital & Main, 04/23/2024
Top Louisiana University Lets Oil Firms Influence Research – For A Price
"Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms".
Source: Guardian/Lens, 04/23/2024
Biden Marks Earth Day By Announcing $7 Billion In Solar Power Grants
"President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program."
Source: AP, 04/22/2024
"3 Offshore Wind Projects Nixed In New York"
"New York canceled power contracts for three offshore wind projects Friday, citing a turbine maker’s plans to scrap its biggest machines." "It’s a major blow to New York’s climate plan and to President Joe Biden’s energy ambitions."
Source: E&E News, 04/22/2024
"Pennsylvania’s First Proposed Chemical Recycling Plant Cancelled"
"Plans to build what would have been one of the largest chemical recycling plants in the country in Pennsylvania were canceled this week."
Source: EHN, 04/22/2024
Biden Shields Millions of Acres in Alaska From Drilling and Mining
"The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope."
Source: NYTimes, 04/22/2024
