"With John Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a ‘Climate Envoy’ With Stature"
"Mr. Biden said he would name Mr. Kerry to a cabinet-level climate post, a role laden with political and diplomatic challenges in the post-Trump era."
Source: NYTimes, 11/24/2020
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"Air Pollution: EPA Finally Ditches Toxics Rule, Industry Shrugs"
"After years of work, the Trump administration has succeeded in formally unraveling a venerable industrial air toxics policy. Does industry much care?"
Source: E&E News, 11/23/2020
Lawmakers Condemn Trump's 'Politicizing' Moves On Climate Assessment
"Nearly 90 Democratic lawmakers wrote to the White House to protest a recent shakeup at the agency charged with organizing a key assessment that helps the government consider how to respond to climate change."
Source: The Hill, 11/20/2020
"Biden Vowed To Ban New Drilling On Public Lands. It Won’t Be Easy."
"One of Joe Biden’s boldest campaign pledges was to ban “new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters,” part of a sweeping agenda aimed at curbing greenhouse gases that are warming the planet and threatening life on Earth. Transforming that promise into reality, however, will be tough."
Source: Washington Post, 11/20/2020
Wall Street Bets Climate-Related Financial Regulation Coming Under Biden
"The White House may not be preparing to transition to a Biden administration, but Wall Street is." "The president-elect has said he would require publicly traded companies to disclose emissions and financial risks associated with global warming."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/20/2020
"U.S. Moves To Loosen Safety Rules For Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling"
"The Trump administration on Thursday proposed to loosen Obama-era safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska to ease the way for petroleum extraction in the region, an effort that President-elect Joe Biden will likely throw out once in office."
Source: Reuters, 11/20/2020
"Trump’s E.P.A. Chief Plans 2 Foreign Trips Before Leaving Office"
"Andrew Wheeler, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, plans to squeeze in two taxpayer-funded trips abroad — to Taiwan next month and to four Latin American countries in January — before President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. takes over and moves to overturn most of his policies."
Source: NYTimes, 11/20/2020
Loeffler-Warnock Ga. Senate Runoff Offers Extreme Contrasts on Climate
"Loeffler, the GOP incumbent, supports Trump’s fossil fuel agenda, while Warnock, a pastor, views climate change as a critical environmental justice concern."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/19/2020
New Trump Rules Could Allow More Logging And Roadbuilding In US Forests
"In a last minute change before leaving office, the Trump administration finalized a rule Wednesday that will allow the U.S. Forest Service to log and otherwise manage 2,800 acres of forest in the West without an environmental review."
Source: Washington Post, 11/19/2020
"Trump Pushes New Environmental Rollbacks On Way Out The Door"
"Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats."
Source: AP, 11/19/2020
