a generation of young Republican staff members appears to be developing terminal white nationalist brain. And they will staff the next Republican administration.
I don’t much care whether they believe something or what their inner motivation is, so long as they follow through with actual laws and spending to do the right thing.
It’s a serious policy failure that this is happening; the people paying to cap wells should be the ones who became wealthy by extracting the oil, not a bunch of random teenagers.
But a potent combination of the California Chamber of Commerce, the Western States Petroleum Association, the California Independent Petroleum Association and the State Building and Construction Trades Council helped ensure it didn’t come up for a floor vote.
It was at a political fundraiser; people there are supposed to be US citizens are have a green card (or be working as staff). So it was probably mainly the US oil companies, but they actively cooperate with overseas ones to push up prices.
Now, imagine the conditions that might prevail for hundreds of thousands of people crammed into hastily constructed camps, the targets of a vicious campaign of demonization meant to build support for their detention and deportation. If undocumented immigrants really are, as Trump says, “poisoning the blood of our country,”...
Do You Want a ‘Unified Reich’ Mind-Set in the White House? (www.nytimes.com)
a generation of young Republican staff members appears to be developing terminal white nationalist brain. And they will staff the next Republican administration.
‘We’re up for this fight’: UK Labour plans to make climate key focus of election | Leadership now sees environment as core issue for voters and strong dividing line against the Tories (www.theguardian.com)
These Teens Adopted an Orphaned Oil Well. Their Goal: Shut It Down. Students, nonprofit groups and others are fund-raising to cap highly polluting oil and gas wells abandoned by industry. (www.nytimes.com)
It’s a serious policy failure that this is happening; the people paying to cap wells should be the ones who became wealthy by extracting the oil, not a bunch of random teenagers.
Too hot for learning: American schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions. (wapo.st)
As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.
A Test of Cloud-Brightening Machines Poses No Health Risk, Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)
Solar peaks at 123% of grid, supplies 31% of California’s April electricity (pv-magazine-usa.com)
Norway’s oil fund to vote against ExxonMobil in clash over shareholder rights (www.ft.com)
This is about Exxon’s decision to sue some shareholders for proposing that all shareholders vote on faster decarbonization....
Big Oil’s still got some juice | WSPA blocks California Polluters Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act of 2024 for now (www.politico.com)
But a potent combination of the California Chamber of Commerce, the Western States Petroleum Association, the California Independent Petroleum Association and the State Building and Construction Trades Council helped ensure it didn’t come up for a floor vote.
Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic (www.nytimes.com)
‘Not alone, but with others.’ Pastor helps faith leaders speak up on climate change | Pastor Neddy Astudillo says many faith leaders feel called to do something about the crisis. (yaleclimateconnections.org)
Senate Democrats Open Inquiry Into Trump’s $1 Billion Request of Oil Industry: Committees are seeking information from oil executives about a dinner where the former president proposed a quid pro quo (www.nytimes.com)
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Why cancer-causing pollution from oil refineries is falling: In an environmental success story, refineries have reduced their emissions of benzene due to federal regulations and oversight. (wapo.st)
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Insurers Are Working to Shore Up the $2 Billion Carbon Offset Market (www.bloomberg.com)
Scanning the Dark Universe, Euclid Finds Scenes of Cosmic Light (www.nytimes.com)
Tackling climate change in one of Colombia’s largest wetlands (news.mongabay.com)
UK Vote Means Sunak’s Offshore Oil and Gas Bill to Be Dropped | The legislation, a key part of a Tory push to be ‘pragmatic’ on climate targets, hasn’t finished all its parliamentary stages (www.bloomberg.com)
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US to Outline Vision for Carbon Offsets Dogged by Controversy (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
Trump’s Taste for Tyranny Finds a Target (www.nytimes.com)
Now, imagine the conditions that might prevail for hundreds of thousands of people crammed into hastily constructed camps, the targets of a vicious campaign of demonization meant to build support for their detention and deportation. If undocumented immigrants really are, as Trump says, “poisoning the blood of our country,”...
Alaskan rivers are turning orange. Climate change could be to blame. Climate change is likely causing dozens of rivers in Alaska to flow orange, and it could be disastrous for the state (wapo.st)