"Attack of the Superweeds"
"Herbicides are losing the war — and agriculture might never be the same again."
Source: NYTimes Magazine, 08/20/2021
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Energy Dept. Proposes Reversal Of Trump-Era Furnace Efficiency Rollback
"The Energy Department on Wednesday proposed reversing a Trump-era rule that was expected to undermine its ability to regulate efficiency of both residential furnaces and commercial water heaters."
Source: The Hill, 08/19/2021
"Court Blocks a Vast Alaskan Drilling Project, Citing Climate Dangers"
"A federal judge in Alaska on Wednesday blocked construction permits for an expansive oil drilling project on the state’s North Slope that was designed to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day for the next 30 years."
Source: NYTimes, 08/19/2021
E.P.A. to Block Pesticide Tied to Neurological Harm in Children
"The Environmental Protection Agency will ban the use of a pesticide widely applied on food crops but linked to neurological damage in children, reversing one of the Trump administration’s most fraught public health decisions."
Source: Washington Post, 08/19/2021
"Lawsuit: US Withholding Wildfire Fuel Break Information"
"Conservationists are accusing federal land managers of illegally withholding information about environmental assessments used to justify plans to create fuel breaks to slow wildfires by clearing forests and shrubs across six western states with little if any public oversight."
Source: AP, 08/13/2021
"Biden Officials Push To Hike Lightbulb Efficiency After Trump Reversal"
"The Biden administration is proposing the restoration of Obama-era rules aimed at increasing efficiency of consumer lightbulbs by including more types of bulbs in regulations."
Source: The Hill, 08/11/2021
"Carmakers’ EV Pledge Gives Burned Environmentalists Deja Vu"
"The chief executives of the world’s biggest automakers gathered with President Barack Obama at the Washington Convention Center in 2011 to announce they had agreed to double the average fuel economy of their vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon -- the largest increase in history."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 08/10/2021
"Senate Poised to Pass Infrastructure Deal, Then Turn to Dem Budget"
"The Senate is expected on Tuesday to pass a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, capping off weeks of intense negotiations and debate over the largest federal investment in the nation’s aging public works system in more than a decade."
Source: NYTimes, 08/10/2021
"Senate Dems Unveil $3.5 Trillion Budget For Social, Climate Efforts"
"Senate Democrats unwrapped a budget resolution Monday envisioning a massive $3.5 trillion, 10-year cascade of federal resources, aiming historic sums at family support, health and education programs and an aggressive drive to heal the climate."
Source: AP, 08/10/2021
Biden Calls For Half Of New Cars To Be Electric Or Plug-In Hybrids By 2030
"President Biden on Thursday unveiled a far-reaching, multipronged plan to make U.S. cars and light trucks more fuel-efficient and to begin a shift to electric vehicles over the coming decade. The move marks one of the administration’s most consequential pushes so far to combat climate change and tackle the nation’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: Washington Post, 08/06/2021
