Elizabeth Warren Zeroes In On Climate Change Ahead Of Debate
"The Massachusetts senator picked up an endorsement from a key figure in the Green New Deal movement just before the debate in Los Angeles."
Source: HuffPost, 12/23/2019
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"Court Says EPA Must Regulate River Temperatures For Fish"
"Federal judges today [Friday] sided with environmental groups pressing EPA to set temperature limits in the Pacific Northwest's Columbia and Snake rivers to help endangered salmon and steelhead."
Source: Greenwire, 12/23/2019
"Clean Energy Loses Out in Congress’s Last-Minute Budget Deal"
"In the massive federal spending package that Congress passed this week, just in time to head off a government shutdown, lawmakers showed they are in no hurry for the clean energy future."
Source: InsideClimate News, 12/23/2019
"New York, Others Challenge Trump Rollback of Waters Rule"
"A coalition of states is heading to court to challenge the Trump administration’s repeal of the Obama-era Clean Water Rule, a landmark regulation aimed at clarifying federal water protections."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/23/2019
Green Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Chemical Disaster Rule Rollback
"A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Trump administration over its easing of chemical plant safety regulations following a recent plant explosion in Texas that injured several people."
Source: The Hill, 12/23/2019
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"Changing Seas Bring ‘Turtle Stranding Season’ to Cape Cod"
"The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, among the rarest and most endangered of the seven species of sea turtles, was found motionless shortly after high tide on Cape Cod’s Skaket Beach. It was in dire straits."
Source: NY Times, 12/20/2019
FERC Orders Grid to Restrict State-Backed Renewables in Its Market
"After more than a year of delay, the two-Republican majority at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has told mid-Atlantic grid operator PJM how it must revamp its $10-billion-per-year capacity market. And at first glance, it could be even more harmful to state-subsidized renewable energy than previously imagined."
Source: Greentech Media, 12/20/2019
Surging Supersized Bushfires Create Their Own Violent Thunderstorms
"Scientists fear climate change will drive a surge in the number of supersized and dangerous bushfires that become coupled with the atmosphere and create their own violent thunderstorms."
Source: Guardian, 12/20/2019
“Cancer Alley” Toxic Polluters Face Little Oversight From Regulators
"Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality has been accused of protecting the chemical industry it regulates. The agency is facing cutbacks as new plants are slated for communities that already have some of the country’s most toxic air."
Source: Baton Rouge Advocate, 12/20/2019
