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The Major Supreme Court Cases of 2024No Supreme Court term in recent memory has featured so many cases with the potential to transform American society. In 2015, the Supreme Court limited the sweep of the statute at issue in the case, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In 2023, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked efforts to severely curb access to the pill, mifepristone, as an appeal moved forward. A series of Supreme Court decisions say that making race the predominant factor in drawing voting districts violates the Constitution. The difference matters because the Supreme Court has said that only racial gerrymandering may be challenged in federal court under the Constitution.

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☆ Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Brad Plumer | Nadja Popovich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Uses Electricity They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. Peak demand average daily generation, by fuel type Peak demand 25k 25k megawatts megawatts Imports 20k 20k 15k 15k Gas Solar power Batteries Solar power 10k 10k Wind 5k 5k Hydro Nuclear 0 0 12a.m. Peak demand average daily generation, by fuel type Peak demand 25k 25k megawatts megawatts Imports 20k 20k 15k 15k Gas Solar power Batteries Solar power 10k 10k Wind 5k 5k Hydro Nuclear 0 0 12a.m. Ga. Ga. Texas Texas La. By The New York TimesMost grid batteries use lithium-ion technology, similar to batteries in smartphones or electric cars.

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☆ Climate change could cost Americans born in 2024 nearly $500,000 in their lifetime
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The October report found that around 13% of Americans reported economic hardship over the prior year due to climate change. Climate change could cost Americans born in 2024 nearly $500,000, due to higher taxes and pricier housing and food, among many other factors, ICF, a consulting firm, recently found in a report commissioned by Consumer Reports. Stan Honda | AFP | Getty ImagesOther health effects of climate change reflect more widespread shifts in global conditions. "There are clear interactions between heat waves and health conditions," said Charles Driscoll, a professor at Syracuse University who studies climate change. Climate change leads to droughts, which lead to crop failures, which cause food price spikes.

Persons: Chandan Khanna, Andrew Rumbach, Eva Marie Uzcategui, Wagner, Rumbach, Stan Honda, Charles Driscoll, Driscoll, Ringo H.W, Chiu, Mark Kantrowitz, Gernot Wagner Organizations: AFP, Getty, U.S . Department of, Treasury, Consumer Reports, Urban Institute, Bloomberg, U.S . Census, Insurance, Swiss Re Institute, Health, Natural Resources Defense, Syracuse University, International Labour Organization, Kaiser Family Foundation, of Labor Statistics, Columbia Business Locations: Fort Lauderdale , Florida, U.S, Fort Myers Beach , Florida, Florida , Louisiana, California, Hurricane, Queens, New York, Malibu, Malibu , Calif

☆ R.F.K. Jr.’s Environmental Colleagues Urge Him to Drop Presidential Bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Lisa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As an independent candidate for the White House, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claims he would be the “best environment president in American history,” drawing on his past as a crusading lawyer who went after polluters in New York. But dozens of Mr. Kennedy’s former colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council are calling on him to withdraw from the race, in full-page advertisements sponsored by the group’s political arm that are expected to appear in newspapers in six swing states on Sunday. Separately, a dozen other national environmental organizations have issued an open letter calling Mr. Kennedy “ a “dangerous conspiracy theorist and a science denier” who promotes “toxic beliefs” on vaccines and on climate change. People involved in both efforts maintain that Mr. Kennedy cannot win the presidency but could siphon votes away from President Biden and help elect former President Donald J. Trump, who has called climate change a hoax and promised to unravel environmental laws and policies.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy’s, Kennedy “, ”, Kennedy, Biden, Donald J, Trump Organizations: White, Natural Resources Defense Locations: New York

☆ Eco-friendly startups are turning to treeless toilet paper
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Toilet paper wipes out thousands of acres of Canadian forest each year, and demand for it is growing. Toilet paper is most often made of wood pulp, which, in the U.S., is generally sourced from Canada. One of the biggest competitors to the sustainable toilet paper market is the growing market for bidets. But toilet paper is also made with water, far more than is used in a bidet. If you live in a drought-stricken area, a sustainable toilet tissue is a better option.

Persons: we've, David VanHimbergen, Kimberly Clark, Andrew Bluestein, they'll Organizations: National Resources Defense, Foods, Bluestein Ventures, Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Trousdale Ventures, Mandell Ventures, bidets Locations: U.S, Canada, Green, China, Central America

☆ EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThe Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The rules come as sales of electric vehicles, which are needed to meet the standards, have begun to slow. The agency is finalizing the rule as sales of clean vehicles, including plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles, hit record highs last year. At the same time, the Democratic president needs cooperation from the auto industry and political support from auto workers, a key political voting bloc. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday that White House officials "don't have any concerns" about the final EPA rule.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque, Michael Regan, Regan, Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, ″, we're, Manish Bapna, Amanda Leland, Dan Becker, Donald Trump, Becker, Trump, Biden's Organizations: Detroit Auto, Reuters, Biden, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Democratic, United Auto Workers union, White, Natural Resources Defense, Environmental Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity Locations: America, Detroit , Michigan, EVs, Detroit, China

☆ Biden administration softens EV mileage rule in a win for automakers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The original Biden administration proposal would have lowered such "petroleum-equivalent fuel economy" ratings for EVs by 72% in 2027. The industry cheered the Energy Department announcement. Automakers, auto dealers and the UAW called the original EPA plan unrealistic. The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Sierra Club had urged EV mileage rating reductions after the Energy Department left them unchanged for two decades. "The automakers' free ride is over," he said, adding that changes "will curtail automakers' use of phantom credits they used to keep selling gas-guzzlers."

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, John Bozella, Tesla, Pete Huffman Organizations: Detroit, Biden, Department of Energy, Reuters, U.S, Republican, Energy Department, Ford, Alliance, Automotive, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Chrysler, Traffic, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, GM, Volkswagen, UAW, National Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Energy Locations: New York City, United States, Michigan, fleetwide, U.S, NRDC

☆ A California man charged with smuggling greenhouse gases hints at the revival of a decades-long black market
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

But there's also a blooming black market in greenhouse gases. HFCs are commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners, but they're also potent greenhouse gases. There's been a thriving black market for climate-altering refrigerant chemicals since the 1990s, at times as lucrative as selling cocaine. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesThe black market "comes with the territory" of regulation, Doniger said. At the height of the CFC black market, many cars still used those refrigerants for their air conditioners.

Persons: there's, hydrofluorocarbons, they're, Adrees Latif, Michael Hart, Tara McGrath, There's, Hart, Carlo Allegri, David Doniger, HFCs, Avipsa, Victor Molina, KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI, Mahapatra, Doniger Organizations: Service, Department of, Business, Facebook, Department of Justice, Reuters, Natural Resources Defense Council, NASA, Environmental Investigation Agency, Getty, EPA, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, DOJ, US Attorney's, Southern, of, New York Times, CFC Locations: San Diego, Mexico, Port of Miami, Montreal, Elk Grove Village , Illinois, AFP, United States, of California, HFCs, Europe

☆ What the SEC vote on climate disclosures means for investors
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images'A sensible rule to protect investors'"Climate risk is financial risk," Elizabeth Derbes, director of financial regulation and climate risk for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a written statement. "This is a sensible rule to protect investors: it gives them access to clear, comparable, relevant information on the measures companies are taking to manage climate risks and opportunities," Derbes said. Overall, transparency around climate risk may be essential for investors to gauge if a company's stock is worth holding or if its stock price is reasonable, experts said — for example, is it too expensive given high exposure to climate risk, or perhaps fairly priced considering it's well positioned? For many businesses, Scope 3 emissions account for more than 70% of their carbon footprint, Deloitte estimates. Instead, the final rule will require companies require Scope 1 and 2 emissions if they're deemed material to investors.

Persons: Gary Gensler, Win Mcnamee, Elizabeth Derbes, Derbes, Rachel Curley Organizations: Securities, Exchange, Getty, Natural Resources Defense, U.S . Sustainable Investment Forum, CNBC, Deloitte Locations: U.S

☆ Nanoplastics linked to heart attack, stroke and early death, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Should exposure to microplastics and nanoplastics be considered a cardiovascular risk factor? Nanoplastics have been found in human blood, lung and liver tissues, urine and feces, mother’s milk, and the placenta. The examination found “visible, jagged-edged foreign particles” scattered in the plaque and external debris from the surgery, the study said. Presence of microplastics and nanoplastics, and subsequent inflammation, may act to increase one’s susceptibility to these chronic diseases,” Stapleton said in an email. However, calling the study results “a direct link to cardiovascular disease is a stretch for the findings,” she added.

Persons: ”, Raffaele Marfella, Marfella, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Philip Landrigan, ” Landrigan, nanoplastics, Landrigan, Mary Conlon, —, that’s, Andrew Freeman, Phoebe Stapleton, Rutgers University’s Ernest Mario, “, ” Stapleton, Leonardo Trasande, don’t, Trasande Organizations: CNN, New England, of Medicine, University of Campania, Boston College, Program, Global Public Health, Global, Planetary Health, International, Water Association, Surgeons, Jewish Health, Rutgers, Rutgers University’s Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Getty, American Academy of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Health, Natural Resources Defense Council, Invest Locations: Naples, Italy, Denver, Piscataway , New Jersey

☆ Analysis: While eyes are on Trump, Supreme Court conservatives prepare to rewrite the rulebook
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Supreme Court conservatives are accelerating their moves to overhaul the way the federal government protects Americans, whether from air pollution or unfair financial practices. The case has determined a swath of court judgments on agency policy, well beyond the environmental realms, and become one of the most cited rulings in Supreme Court history. The Corner Post is protesting a Federal Reserve rule adopted in 2011 that caps debit card fees merchants obtain with every transaction. Three Republican-led states and power industry groups turned to the high court, seeking immediate relief and asking that any implementation be barred. Kagan focused on the multiple preliminary issues that lower court judges would have typically assessed before the case reached the justices.

Persons: Donald Trump, won’t, Elena Kagan, Let’s, Trump, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Barrett, Kagan, Benjamin Snyder, Chevron, Gorsuch, ”, ” Gorsuch, John Roberts, Snyder, “, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Bryan Weir, ” Weir, Honig, Roberts, Malcolm Stewart, ” Jackson, Mathura, ” Sridharan, Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, Catherine Stetson, it’s Organizations: CNN, Securities, Exchange Commission, Food, Chevron, Natural Resources Defense Council, Department, Federal, ”, Federal Reserve, ” Liberal, Corner Post, Liberal, DC Circuit, Republican, EPA Locations: Washington, American, North Dakota, “, Ohio

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. Soot pollution has declined sharply in the past two decades, even as the U.S. gross domestic product has increased by more than 50%, Regan said. Bakersfield tied with Visalia in California's San Joaquin Valley as the most polluted city for year-round particle pollution. Wildfires in the western U.S. were a major contributing factor to increased levels of particle pollution, the report said. Six of the 10 cities with the most soot pollution were in California, and two more were in the West: Medford, Oregon and greater Phoenix.

Persons: —, Biden, Michael Regan, Harris, “, Obama, Joe Biden, Regan, we’ve, Manish Bapna, Ben Jealous, Jeffrey Zients, Barack Obama, Donald Trump Organizations: WASHINGTON, Environmental, Environmental Protection Agency, Industry, Biden, Democratic, Administration, Natural Resources Defense Council, EPA, Sierra Club, Republican, Companies, and Paper Association, National Association of Manufacturers, White House, American Lung Association, Visalia Locations: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Bakersfield , California, Fresno , California, Bakersfield, California's San Joaquin, U.S, California, West, Medford , Oregon, Phoenix

☆ Will The Supreme Court Upend How Government Works? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Jody Freeman | Andrew Mergen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in two cases inviting the justices to drastically restrict the authority of federal agencies, upend decades of precedent and take more power for themselves. At least four members of the court seem prepared to do so. The question is whether Chief Justice John Roberts or Justice Amy Coney Barrett will go along with them to provide a majority. Out of respect for precedent and judicial humility, they should not. Conservatives have been stalking this precedent for years, believing, in the words of Justice Neil Gorsuch in 2016, that it gives “prodigious new powers to an already titanic administrative state.”

Persons: John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, ” Organizations: Chevron, Natural Resources Defense Council, jettison

☆ Agencies’ Power Under Scrutiny in Supreme Court Arguments
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday over whether to overturn a key precedent, one that has empowered executive agencies and frustrated business groups hostile to government regulation. The doctrine takes its name from a 1984 decision, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the most cited cases in American law. Discarding it could threaten regulations in countless areas, including the environment, health care, consumer safety, nuclear energy and government benefit programs. It would also transfer power from agencies to Congress and the courts. “Overruling Chevron,” Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar wrote in a Supreme Court brief defending the doctrine, “would be a convulsive shock to the legal system.”

Persons: Elizabeth B, Prelogar Organizations: Chevron, Natural Resources Defense Council, ”

☆ Supreme Court weighs conservative plea to weaken federal agencies
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Supreme Court Police officers stand on the plaza outside of the Supreme Court of the United States after the nation's high court stuck down President Biden's student debt relief program on Friday, June 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON — A 40-year-old Supreme Court precedent that over the years has become a bugbear on the right because it is viewed as bolstering the power of federal agencies could be on the chopping block as the current justices on Wednesday consider whether to overturn it. Justice Gorsuch has been an outspoken critic of the Chevron ruling. Jonathan Adler, a professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, said there were always disagreements among lawyers and academics over how courts should apply the Chevron ruling. The fisheries dispute is one of several in the current court term in which the justices are considering attacks on federal agency power led by business interests and the conservative legal establishment.

Persons: Biden's, Reagan, Anne Gorsuch, Neil Gorsuch, Gorsuch, David Doniger, Jonathan Adler, Joe, Magnuson, Trump, Don McGahn Organizations: Police, WASHINGTON —, Natural Resources Defense, Chevron, Environmental Protection Agency, Act, EPA, Democratic, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, National Marine Fisheries Service, Stevens Fishery Conservation, Management, Trump, Trump White House, Conservative Political, Conference Locations: United States, Washington , DC, Chevron v, Chevron, New England

☆ How a Fishery Case Fits Into a Long-Game Effort to Sap Regulation of Business
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Charlie Savage | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a set of cases that could pave the way for its conservative supermajority to undercut how American society imposes rules on businesses, advancing a key goal of the conservative legal movement. The court is expected to issue its ruling by the end of its term, most likely in June. But it remains unclear how sweeping any ruling — and its consequences — would be. The plaintiffs in the case are asking the Supreme Court to overturn a major 1984 precedent, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. People who do not like particular rules can file lawsuits arguing that an agency exceeded the limits of the authority Congress granted to it.

Organizations: Chevron, Natural Resources Defense Council Locations: Chevron

☆ Trump’s appointees are poised to give conservatives another long-sought reversal
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Reversal of the so-called Chevron deference approach was a priority for the judicial selection team that served Trump – on par with some right-wing activists’ quest for reversal of constitutional abortion rights. The reconstituted Supreme Court delivered on that agenda item in 2022 when it overturned Roe v. Wade. Former White House counsel Don McGahn, who controlled Trump’s judicial selections, regularly touted the administration’s anti-regulation agenda. He was especially drawn to the first two Trump appointees, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, for their records in that regard. In his written brief and during arguments, Martinez invoked an adage of Chief Justice Roberts from his 2005 confirmation hearings, that judges serve as umpires, just calling balls and strikes.

Persons: Donald Trump, who’ve, Roe, Wade, Don McGahn, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, “, ” McGahn, McGahn, Anne Gorsuch, Reagan, Gorsuch, ”, “ I’ve, Trump, Mitch McConnell, Leonard Leo, Biden, Roberts, John Roberts, ” Roberts, Roman Martinez, Martinez, –, Magnuson, Elizabeth Prelogar, don’t, Prelogar, Elena Kagan, ” Kagan, there’s, ” Martinez, Paul Clement, Justice Roberts, Ketanji Brown Jackson, They’re, ” Kavanaugh, George W, Bush, ” Said Kavanaugh Organizations: CNN, Trump, White House, Chevron, Environmental Protection Agency, Republican, Federalist Society, Chevron USA, Inc, Natural Resources Defense, ”, “ Chevron, National Marine Fisheries Service, Stevens Conservation, Management, Congress Locations: lockstep, Chevron

☆ Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has a grudge against federal agencies. He holds their fate in his hands
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Her memoir was, appropriately, entitled: “Are You Tough Enough?”Her son Neil Gorsuch, a Supreme Court justice since 2017, has shown his own brand of defiance and anti-regulatory fervor. In recent years, Justice Gorsuch has voted against regulations that protect the environment, student-debt forgiveness and Covid-19 precautions. He has led calls on the court for reversal of a 1984 Supreme Court decision that gives federal agencies considerable regulatory latitude and that, coincidentally traces to his mother’s tenure. The lawyers who will argue on behalf of the challengers are seasoned appellate advocates who once served as Supreme Court law clerks, as did Solicitor General Prelogar. That argument has prevailed in courts for decades, but the Supreme Court has signaled that it is ready for a new era.

Persons: Anne Gorsuch, Ronald Reagan White, Neil Gorsuch, Gorsuch, Chevron, Charles Koch, Trump, “, ”, ” Gorsuch, Elizabeth Prelogar, ” Neil Gorsuch, Ronald Reagan, –, Robert Burford, Anne Burford, Neil, John Paul Stevens, Thomas Merrill, Stevens, Merrill, Magnuson, Koch, Prelogar, Roman Martinez, ” Martinez, ” Paul Clement, ” Clement, ” Prelogar, Biden, Don McGahn, Anne Gorsuch Burford, McGahn, “ I’ve Organizations: CNN, Environmental Protection Agency, Congress, Ronald Reagan White House, Chevron USA, Inc, Natural Resources Defense Council, Chevron, Marine Fisheries Service, ”, Supreme, “, White House, Land Management, Columbia University, Conservative, National Marine Fisheries Service, Loper Bright Enterprises, Stevens Conservation, Management, “ Chevron, Trump Locations: Washington, Chevron, Colorado

Lower courts used the decision to uphold a 2020 National Marine Fisheries Service rule that herring fishermen pay for monitors who track their fish intake. A group of commercial fishermen appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. They lost in the lower courts, which relied on the Chevron decision to sustain the regulation. The Supreme Court itself hasn't invoked the Chevron decision since Trump's justices began arriving on the court in 2017, the first year of the Republican's administration. ___Follow the AP's coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court at https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Mark Chenoweth, Koch, it’s “, David Doniger, Doniger, — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh —, Ryan Mulvey, “, Leif Axelsson, Axelsson, he’d, John Paul Stevens, ” Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, hasn't, Paul Clement, ” Clement Organizations: WASHINGTON, — Business, Marine Fisheries Service, Supreme, Chevron, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Natural Resources Defense, American Cancer Society, ”, Trump, Action Institute, Fishermen, U.S Locations: Rhode Island, Cape May , New Jersey, Coast, Cape

☆ The Biden administration unveiled its hydrogen tax credit proposal, estimated to deliver $140 billion in revenue and 700,000 jobs by 2030
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-22 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Officials estimate the hydrogen production credits can deliver $140 billion and 700,000 jobs by 2030. Administration officials estimate the hydrogen production credits will deliver $140 billion in revenue and 700,000 jobs by 2030 — and help the US produce 50 million metric tons of hydrogen by 2050. Firms that produce hydrogen using fossil fuels get less. The Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association includes more than 100 members involved in hydrogen production, distribution and use, including vehicle manufacturers, industrial gas companies, renewable developers and nuclear plant operators. Some of the money will flow to regional networks, or "hubs," of hydrogen producers, consumers and infrastructure that the Biden administration is also trying to kickstart with a $7 billion program.

Persons: —, Biden, Jesse Jenkins, David M, Turk, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Flores, Rachel Fakhry, Marty Durbin, Frank Wolak, Wolak, Chuck Schmitt, Jennifer M, Granholm Organizations: Biden, Service, Princeton University, Energy, Cummins, Generation, Star Tribune, Getty, Natural Resources Defense Council, US Chamber, Department of Energy, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Energy Association, SSAB, AP Locations: Fridley , Minnesota, United States, SSAB Americas, American, Pennsylvania, California

In this year's gleaming host city of Dubai, billboards advertise the benefits of wind energy, climate ambition and Exxon Mobil's (XOM.N) carbon capture projects. This is seen by some as a sign of success and by others as a dangerous distraction from the business of combating climate change as over nearly three decades global oil demand, carbon emissions and temperatures have marched steadily upward. "It's a lobby fest where polluters can schmooze with politicians, all under the guise of tackling climate change," Pascoe Sabido, a researcher at the Corporate Europe Observatory, which scrutinizes corporate influence on policy-making, said. Delegates walk at the Dubai's Expo City during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 4, 2023. For daily comprehensive coverage on COP28 in your inbox, sign up for the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter here.

Persons: Exxon Mobil's, Pascoe Sabido, Alden Meyer, Meyer, Lisa Jacobson, Jacobson, Thaier, We're, –, Daniel Lund, Joko Widodo, COP28, Jake Schmidt, Darren Woods, General Antonio Guterres, Al Gore, Valerie Volcovici, Katy Daigle, Kate Abnett, Sarah McFarlane, Bernadette Christina, Richard Valdmanis, Alexander Smith Organizations: Exxon, Corporate, Observatory, United Nations, Business Council, Sustainable Energy, Global Strategic Communications Council, Change, United Arab Emirates, REUTERS, Natural Resources Defense, Exxon Mobil, Drillers, U.S, Reuters, Thomson Locations: DUBAI, Dubai, Berlin, The Hague, COP28, United Arab, Fiji, Indonesia, China, UAE

The hundreds of fossil fuel-connected people make up just a tiny share of the 90,000 people who registered to attend the climate summit known as COP28. “Let history reflect the fact that this is the Presidency that made a bold choice to proactively engage with oil and gas companies,” al-Jaber said. COP28 comes as the planet faces a mounting imperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. David Hone, Shell's chief climate adviser, is in Dubai for at least his 17th appearance at the annual climate talks. At the moment, it's preventing about 0.1% of the energy sector's carbon emissions from reaching the atmosphere, according to the IEA.

Persons: Bob Deans, Deans, Sultan al, Jaber, “, ” al, COP28, TotalEnergies, Paul Naveau, Patrick Pouyanné, ” Naveau, Naveau, Shell, that's, ”, Arthur Lee, David Hone, Hone, Rachel Rose Jackson Organizations: The United Nations, U.S, Resources Defense, United Arab Emirates, Global, Coalition, Shell, TotalEnergies, BP, AP, Nations, UN, didn't, ”, International Energy Agency, IEA, Chevron, Corporate Locations: United Nations, Dubai, Chevron, Shell's

It is responsible for about one-third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. The new methane rule will help ensure that the United States meets a goal set by more than 100 nations to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels, Regan said. The EPA rule is just one of more than 100 actions the Biden administration has taken to reduce methane emissions, Zaidi added. The plan marks the first time the U.S. government has directly imposed a fee, or tax, on greenhouse gas emissions. The oil industry has generally welcomed direct federal regulation of methane emissions, preferring a single national standard to a hodgepodge of state rules.

Persons: —, Biden, Joe Biden, Michael Regan, Ali Zaidi, Regan, ” Regan, Zaidi, Harris, Harold Wimmer, Wimmer, David Doniger, ”, Obama, I'm, Fred Krupp Organizations: WASHINGTON, Environmental Protection Agency, United Nations, United Arab Emirates, Oil, UN, United States, Biden, Harris Administration, American Lung Association, EPA, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund Locations: Dubai, United Arab, U.S, Paris, Scotland, Egypt, United

It is the strongest overhaul of lead rules in more than three decades, and will cost billions of dollars. The Biden administration has previously said it wants all of the nation’s roughly 9 million lead pipes to be removed, and rapidly. Lead pipes connect water mains in the street to homes and are typically the biggest source of lead in drinking water. The Biden administration says investment is vital to fix this injustice and ensure everyone has safe, lead-free drinking water. A home with dangerous lead levels can be next to a house with no lead exposure at all.

Persons: Biden, ”, Mona Hanna, Radhika Fox, Erik Olson, “ We’re, Fox, Donald Trump's, ” ___ Matthew Daly Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, Washington , D.C, Associated Press, Walton Family Foundation, AP Locations: U.S, Flint , Michigan, Washington, Flint, Michigan, Benton Harbor , Michigan, Newark , New Jersey, Washington ,

☆ Biden administration proposes biggest changes to lead pipe rules in more than three decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

It is the strongest overhaul of lead rules in more than three decades, and will cost billions of dollars. The Biden administration has previously said it wants all of the nation's roughly 9 million lead pipes to be removed, and rapidly. Lead pipes connect water mains in the street to homes and are typically the biggest source of lead in drinking water. The Biden administration says investment is vital to fix this injustice and ensure everyone has safe, lead-free drinking water. A home with dangerous lead levels can be next to a house with no lead exposure at all.

Persons: Biden, Mona Hanna, Radhika Fox, Erik Olson, Fox, Donald Trump's Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies Locations: Flint, Flint , Michigan, U.S, Washington, Michigan, Benton Harbor , Michigan, Newark , New Jersey

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