"Madam Secretary"
"Deb Haaland was confirmed as the nation’s 54th Secretary of the Interior in a 51-40 vote Monday, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency."
Source: Indian Country Today, 03/16/2021
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Texas GOP Lawmakers Push Bill To Punish Fossil Fuel Disinvestments
"The bill would direct state investment funds to divest from companies that cut ties with fossil fuel companies, pitting Texas against some increasingly carbon-conscious Wall Street investors."
Source: Texas Tribune, 03/15/2021
Environmental Justice Plays Key Role in Biden Covid-19 Stimulus Package
"President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package includes a downpayment on his ambitious climate plan, including $100 million to address harmful air quality and environmental health risks in minority and low-income communities."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/15/2021
US Must Cut Emissions By Over 57% To Meet Paris Climate Target: Report
"The United States needs to set a target to slash its greenhouse gas emissions between 57% and 63% below 2005 levels by 2030 in order to achieve the Biden administration’s longer-term goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, according to a new analysis released on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 03/12/2021
Community, Enviros Sue CA County on Vote To Allow 1000s Of New Oil Wells
"Community and environmental groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Kern County’s adoption of an ordinance that would allow tens of thousands of new oil wells over the next 15 years."
Source: KGET, 03/12/2021
Can DOE Store 50 Tons Of Weapons-Grade Plutonium For 10,000 Years?
"The nuclear age is undergoing a paradigm shift. During much of the latter half of the past century, the nuclear enterprise was ascendant; now, it has entered a period of decline and uncertain long-term custodianship. This reversal of fortune is especially apparent in the United States’ efforts to rid itself of its unwanted reserves of plutonium."
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 03/11/2021
"Solar Storms Can Wreak Havoc. We Need Better Space Weather Forecasts"
"Since December 2019, the sun has been moving into a busier part of its cycle, when increasingly intense pulses of energy can shoot out in all directions. Some of these large bursts of charged particles head right toward Earth. Without a good way to anticipate these solar storms, we’re vulnerable. A big one could take out a swath of our communication systems and power grids before we even knew what hit us."
Source: Science News, 03/11/2021
Oil’s Fight to Roll Back Tribal Sovereignty After Supreme Court Decision
"Gov. Kevin Stitt’s commission to sort out Oklahoma’s future is stacked with oil and gas insiders — and has no Indigenous voices."
Source: The Intercept, 03/11/2021
"In New Oversight Role, Katie Porter Targets Oil Industry"
"Rep. Katie Porter spent the last two years drawing out some of the most revealing, and damning, admissions from executives of major banks and pharmaceutical companies. She could now be poised to do the same with leaders of the oil and gas industry."
Source: E&E News, 03/11/2021
"Biden DOJ Backs PennEast Gas Pipeline in Supreme Court Fight"
"The Biden administration is throwing its legal weight behind the PennEast pipeline in a high-stakes Supreme Court case that could affect natural gas projects across the U.S."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/10/2021
