Tag: Environment

House GOP Target Gas Stove Regulations, Power of Administrative State

June 5, 2023
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After repeatedly failing to overturn Biden administration regulations in legislation, House Republicans are taking the next steps in their attempt to exert authority over the administrative state. Lawmakers discussed a series of bills intended to reach those ends during a June 5 Rules Committee hearing. “The Constitution articulates where the laws are made. It’s here…

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House Republicans Target Gas Stove Regulations, Power of Administrative State

June 5, 2023
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After repeatedly failing to overturn Biden administration regulations in existing legislation, House Republicans are taking the next steps in their attempt to exert authority over the administrative state. Lawmakers discussed a series of bills intended to reach those ends during a June 5 Rules Committee hearing. “The Constitution articulates where the laws are made. It’s…

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Environmentalist Group Calls on Banks to Set ‘Deforestation’ Targets

June 4, 2023
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The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) says banks should consider attaching “deforestation” conditions on loans in a proposal most likely to impact farmers. The ACF claimed that over 200,000 hectares of koala-inhabited habitat in Queensland, Australia, were destroyed in the past 10 years and that over 364,000 hectares of native vegetation were cleared from 2018 to…

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Companies Reach $1.18 Billion Deal to Resolve Claims From ‘Forever Chemicals’ Water Contamination

June 3, 2023
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—Three chemical companies said Friday they had reached a $1.18 billion deal to resolve complaints of polluting many U.S. drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS. DuPont de Nemours Inc., The Chemours Co., and Corteva Inc. said they would establish a fund to compensate water providers for contamination with the…

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Tribes Divided Over 20-Year Halt to Oil and Gas Drilling in Chaco Canyon

June 2, 2023
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on June 2 revealed her department is withdrawing more than 336,000 acres of public land around Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico from oil and gas drilling for 20 years, building on an announcement from President Joe Biden in November 2021. “Today marks an important step in fulfilling President…

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Amazon Workers Walk Out Over Return to Office Policy and Climate Impact

June 1, 2023
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Amazon employees walked out at the company’s Seattle headquarters, to highlight their concerns over recent layoffs, a return to office policy, and the company’s environmental impact. More than 2,000 Amazon employees worldwide walked off the job after 1 p.m., Pacific Time, on May 31, of which 1,000 of them gathered next to the Spheres, the landmark entrance…

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Australia Eyeing Mammoth 1.6 Million Tonnes of EV Battery Waste by 2050

June 1, 2023
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Australians will need to find a way to dispose of 1.6 million tonnes of disused EV batteries by 2050 as part of its push towards net-zero. The Battery Stewardship Council, along with its research partners, estimates that based on current trends, the volume of EV waste will expand exponentially to 30,000 tonnes by 2030 before…

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NOAA Releases Hurricane Forecasts for 2023

May 31, 2023
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on May 25 released its forecasts for this year’s Atlantic, Central, and Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons. NOAA has two hurricane centers to cover different parts of the world. The National Hurricane Center (NHC), which is based in Miami, Florida, is responsible for tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean…

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ESG Advocates Say Anti-ESG Movement Creating ‘Concerns and Challenges’

May 30, 2023
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It’s counterstrike time: the Republican-led movement against environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investing came under fire at a major environmental conference on May 30. “I don’t think there’s any chance that the anti-ESG movement will win,” said Witold Henisz, a vice dean and faculty director of the ESG Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania’s…

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ANALYSIS: China Hoodwinking the World via Technologically Advanced Coal Mines

May 30, 2023
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News Analysis China has persisted in pursuing a policy of modernizing its vast number of coal mines using the latest technologies in a bid to make them more productive, while Western nations are cutting down on traditional energy sources in order to meet climate change goals set by global entities. In the 2015 United Nations’…

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