"Tax Policy: Democrats Escalate Pressure For Clean Energy Incentives"
"Democrats on both sides of the Capitol are stepping up pressure to see clean energy assistance included in future COVID-19 relief efforts."
Source: E&E News, 06/17/2020
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Red Cross Fears Coronavirus Spreading In Somalia's Displaced Camps
"The new coronavirus could be spreading undetected through camps across Somalia hosting some 2.6 million displaced people, the Red Cross warned on Tuesday, as floods and conflict swelled the numbers fleeing into overcrowded settlements."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/17/2020
"Millions of Abandoned Oil Wells Are Leaking Methane, A Climate Menace"
"In May 2012, Hanson and Michael Rowe noticed an overpowering smell, like rotten eggs, seeping from an abandoned gas well on their land in Kentucky. The fumes made the retired couple feel nauseous, dizzy, and short of breath."
Source: Reuters, 06/17/2020
Mississippi Set To Be 13th State To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests
"A bill intended to have a chilling effect threatens seven years in prison for protesters and up to $100,000 in fines for groups supporting them."
Source: HuffPost, 06/17/2020
Climate Change Is Killing Americans. Health Depts Not Equipped To Respond
"How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC’s fight against climate change"
Source: Columbia Journalism Investigations, 06/17/2020
"PG&E Confesses To Killing 84 People In 2018 California Fire"
"Pacific Gas & Electric confessed Tuesday to killing 84 people in one of the most devastating wildfires in recent U.S. history during a dramatic court hearing punctuated by a promise from the company’s outgoing CEO that the nation’s largest utility will never again put profits ahead of safety."
Source: AP, 06/17/2020
Canada Rescuers Pin Hopes On Fish Ladder And Salmon Cannon To Save Fish
"Already threatened with extinction, Wild Pacific salmon about to spawn in British Columbia are facing an uphill battle in the aftermath of a landslide".
Source: Guardian, 06/16/2020
As Summer Season Heats Up, Migrant Workers Confront Coronavirus Risks
"From Florida to New Jersey, workers and doctors are worried about more outbreaks during the summer harvest."
Source: HuffPost, 06/16/2020
"BP Prepares for a Future That Needs Less Oil"
"BP sent a signal to investors on Monday that the economic shock of the pandemic would reverberate for years, and that less gas and oil would probably be needed in the future."
Source: NYTimes, 06/16/2020
"Mississippi R.: White House Plots Next Step In Battle Over Yazoo Pumps"
"A controversial flood control and drainage project in Mississippi that EPA vetoed more than a decade ago is aggravating old tensions among environmental groups, lawmakers and agricultural groups in the Magnolia State as the Trump administration plans its next move."
Source: E&E News, 06/16/2020
