Trump Reshaped Climate Program To Extract More Oil. Occidental Could Profit
"Occidental Petroleum could benefit from bigger subsidies for using carbon dioxide to squeeze more crude from sputtering wells."
Source: E&E News, 08/06/2025
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Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site and Protected Forest
"To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts on the hallowed ground of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a rare old-growth mesquite forest. But it already approved exploratory drilling for another mine nearby."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/06/2025
"Another Burgum Order Coldcocks Solar And Wind"
"An order issued late Friday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that targets wind and solar development has left renewable energy developers and industry observers scrambling to determine whether green energy has any future in the Trump administration."
Source: E&E News, 08/06/2025
"E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy"
"The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter."
Source: NYTimes, 08/06/2025
Nations Gather In Geneva To Again Confront The World’s Plastic Crisis
"Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet."
Source: AP, 08/06/2025
Trump May Destroy NASA Climate Satellites That Scientists And Farmers Rely On
"The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. If the plans are carried out, one of the missions would be permanently terminated, because the satellite would burn up in the atmosphere."
Source: NPR, 08/05/2025
"Trump Officials Aim To Divert Money Meant For Buying Wilderness Land"
"After a plan to sell public land faced bipartisan backlash, the Interior Department appears to be making a bid to halt the expansion of federal public lands."
Source: Washington Post, 08/05/2025
"NOAA Officials Who Led ‘Sharpiegate’ Investigation Placed On Leave"
"Two top officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who led the investigation into the so-called “Sharpiegate” scandal, were placed on leave amid clashes with the Trump administration, according to a report." "The move comes days before a Senate committee votes on the nomination of Neil Jacobs, who was found to have violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy"
Source: Independent, 08/05/2025
Report Calls Plastics “Grave” Danger To Health As Nations Negotiate Treaty
"Plastics are a “grave” danger to humans and the planet, responsible for an estimated $1.5 trillion annually in health-related costs, and nations need to center human health as they finalize the global plastics treaty, scientists said in a new report released Monday."
Source: The New Lede, 08/05/2025
"Trump’s EPA Puts California In Its Crosshairs With Its Proposed Car Rules"
"Documents supporting the EPA’s plan to roll back vehicle emission standards reference California by name nearly 30 times. For more than 50 years, California has had special authority from the EPA to set strict tailpipe emission standards. The agency’s own analysis indicates that without California’s leadership and tax credits created under President Biden, national adoption of electric vehicles will decline and gasoline prices will increase."
Source: LA Times, 08/04/2025
