"How Fossil Fuel Firms Use Black Leaders To ‘Deceive’ Their Communities"
"Black community members have been asked to rubber-stamp harmful projects for decades, activists say".
Source: Guardian, 10/11/2022
Energy & Fuel
Fossil Fuels Registry Promises Global Warming Data. Does It Deliver?
A new global fossil fuels registry sounds like a breakthrough for covering climate change and energy stories. But Reporter’s Toolbox inspected it and found potentially problematic data sourcing and accuracy. That doesn’t mean that it won’t be useful as one of several tools to help report the beat. Here’s how to make the most of fossil fuel data sources.
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COP 27 Egypt — From Afar, How UN Meeting Will Affect Climate Change Reporting
How will the UN’s yearly climate treaty talks in Egypt next month touch domestic U.S. reporting? The latest Backgrounder has an outlook, with close attention to the question of compensation for nations suffering the worst impacts of global warming, plus the politics of war and energy, methane and HFCs. The prospects for action in and after Egypt.
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Newsom Calls Special Session To Consider Windfall Tax On Oil Companies
"Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he would call a special session of the Legislature to consider a windfall profit tax on oil companies in response to the “outrageous and unconscionable” price of gas in California."
Source: Politico, 10/10/2022
"EPA Is 'Falling Behind' On Power Plant Rules, Report Says"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is “falling behind” on finalizing eight key rules to slash air pollution, water pollution and planet-warming emissions from the nation's power plants, according to a report shared first with The Climate 202 before its broader release Wednesday."
Source: Washington Post, 10/10/2022
"Nations Agree to Curb Emissions From Flying by 2050"
"After almost a decade of talks, the nations of the world committed Friday to drastically lower emissions of planet-warming gases from the world’s airplanes by 2050, a milestone in efforts to ease the climate effects of a fast-growing sector."
Source: NYTimes, 10/10/2022
"Mexico's Pemex Has No Record Of Reporting Methane Leak From Oilfield"
"Pemex did not inform Mexico's environmental regulator of a methane leak from at a key offshore oilfield in December, according to the state oil company's response to a freedom of information request, which confirmed an earlier Reuters report that the regulator had no record of the incident."
Source: Reuters, 10/07/2022
"Disputed Gas Pipeline Seen Surviving Without Congress or Manchin"
"Efforts to speed a long-delayed, overbudget natural gas project in Sen. Joe Manchin’s home state by revamping federal permitting rules will play out in agencies and courts for now, after Congress balked last month."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/07/2022
"Biden Says the U.S. Is Eyeing ‘Alternatives’ to OPEC Oil"
"President Biden on Thursday defended his visit to Saudi Arabia this summer, in the wake of Wednesday’s decision by the Saudi-led cartel of oil-producing nations to cut production, which will likely raise gasoline prices in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 10/07/2022
"U.S. Acknowledges Child Labor in Electric Vehicle Supply Chain"
"The federal government has, for the first time, included crucial raw materials needed for the clean energy transition under a list of goods that have child or forced labor in their supply chains."
Source: Earther, 10/06/2022
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