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Trump brushes aside environmental concerns, signs 2 executive orders to speed up gas, oil projects
This article discusses Trump ignoring environmental concerns by signing 2 executive orders to speed up gas, oil projects.
Aiming to streamline oil and gas pipeline projects, President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two executive orders making it harder for states to block construction because of environmental concerns.
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‘What science demanded’: Duke Energy ordered to excavate all coal ash in North Carolina
This article discusses Duke Energy being ordered to excavate all coal ash in North Carolina.
State environmental officials ruled Monday that Duke Energy must dig up all of the coal ash near the Belews Creek Steam Station for disposal in a lined landfill or for possible recycling.
They rejected the “cap-in-place” […]
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Another DeSmogBlog
This week, the following are discusses:
On Health of the Great Barrier Reef and Case of Sacked Scientist Peter Ridd, Sky News Creates Alternate Reality
NAACP Reveals Tactics Fossil Fuel Industry Uses to Manipulate Communities of Color
America’s Missed Climate Targets Cost Global Economy $1 Trillion, Dublin-based Think Tank Finds
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Federal Judge Finds that Trump’s order to open Arctic waters to oil drilling was unlawful
This New York Times article discusses a court case where that determined that Trump’s Order to Open Arctic Waters to Oil Drilling Was Unlawful, Federal Judge Finds.
The decision, by Judge Sharon L. Gleason of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, concluded […]
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A Baffling Week for Climate Policy on the Hill
This New Yorker article discusses a baffling week for climate policy on the Hill.
There were five bills on the agenda for Tuesday afternoon’s meeting of the House Financial Services Committee: the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act, the Consumers First Act, the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019, […]
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Climate Change Emergency: Would It Be Legal? Would It Be Useful?
The Revelator article discusses what would be the effect of the next President declaring a climate change emergency. Environmental and constitutional law scholar Dan Farber explains what a climate change emergency declaration could achieve.
The possibility of declaring a national emergency to address climate change will probably remain under discussion […]
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Spotsylvania and Page Counties – Solar Farm Articles
The proposed solar farm in Spotsylvania, VA, is coming under close scrutiny, and the two proposed for Page County are under fire. Here are a slew of articles on them:
Welcome To Spotsylvania: The East Coast Battleground For Big Solar. The solar panels would be spread across 10 square miles, […]
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Delegate pushes for an explanation from DEQ on Mountain Valley Pipeline
This article discusses a politician’s request to Virginia’s DEQ to provide information on the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Del. Chris Hurst, D-Montgomery, has asked the Department of Environmental Quality to issue a stop work order on the Mountain Valley Pipeline until a lawsuit filed by the state over hundreds of construction […]
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Report: How ambitious cities are cutting carbon pollution
This Yale Climate Connections article discusses how ambitious cities are cutting carbon pollution. Cities around the world are taking climate action, but some are making especially ambitious commitments.
Partin: “When you look at what it takes to get to an 80 to 100 percent greenhouse gas reduction target, it’s a radical […]
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Northam vetoes two bills he says would restrict his options on climate change
This article discusses two bills that were vetoed by Virginia Governor Northam because they would restrict his options on curbing carbon emissions from power plants and vehicles.
The proposals, both introduced by Del. Charles Poindexter, R-Franklin County, would have barred the state from entering two regional programs aimed at reducing carbon […]
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