The Secretive Dark Money Groups Behind The Natural Gas Bans
Last Tuesday, Rewiring America announced that it has hired Georgia politician Stacey Abrams to help the group “launch and scale a national awareness campaign and a network of large and small communities working to help Americans go electric.” In a press…
Give mature trees same protection as heritage buildings, say campaigners
Mature and veteran trees should have the same protections as heritage buildings to stop destruction on the scale carried out in Plymouth this week, campaigners have said. The Woodland Trust is calling for an English Heritage-style body to enforce greater…
Opinion | Clean Energy Is Suddenly Less Polarizing Than You Think – The New York Times
My whole adult life, the work of fighting climate change was understood as the job of the blue team in America. The red team, we knew, just wasn’t going to play ball. President George W. Bush abandoned the Kyoto Protocol,…
The Biggest Barriers To More US Drilling Are Biden’s Climate Toadies
President Biden says the only barrier to more U.S. oil production is recalcitrant drillers. Ok, Mr. President, then are you going to approve Alaska’s Willow project? ConocoPhillips acquired its first Willow leases in 1999 in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), an…
Blocking sun rays finds support in the Senate – E&E News
Senators on both sides of the aisle are open to funding research on solar geoengineering, a little understood and potentially dangerous method of blocking the sun’s rays to quickly reduce global warming. Their receptiveness comes after years of Senate apprehension…
Ayisha Siddiqa on Climate Change, Human Rights, and Activism – TIME
When Ayisha Siddiqa talks about poetry, her face lights up. For the 24-year-old Pakistani human rights and climate defender, poetry represents hope—a way to bring humanity back into the staid, high-level conversations that increasingly occupy her time. At the annual…
Iowa Ethanol Lobby Wants CO2 Pipelines To Stay Competitive With EVs
Iowa’s biofuel lobby is staking its future on carbon capture and sequestration. That’s why it’s issuing dire warnings this week to lawmakers in Des Moines who are considering putting new strictures on the construction of CO2 pipelines. [emphasis, links added]…
Phys.org Claims Atmospheric Rivers And Hurricanes Getting Worse. Data Says No
A recent article at Phys.org, originally published by the Chicago Tribune, says that climate change is behind the recent atmospheric river events in California, as well as an alleged increase in Category 4 and 5 hurricanes. This is false. Atmospheric…
The Climate Apocalypse Will Be Google Mapped – The New Republic
A weird paradox of modern life is that, although humans struggle to address big problems like climate change, we’re great at making our lives easier. While the planet has warmed steadily every year since 2000, it’s become exponentially simpler, in…
Sen. Manchin ‘Livid’ With Biden Admin Over EV Subsidies, Politico Reports
Alternate headline: Manchin tries distancing himself from the stench of his own bad bargain with Chuck Schumer as 2024 looms. You can decide for yourself which is the more accurate take. Consider, though, just how timely this development is for…
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