POLITICO: ‘Trump’s 30-day climate assault’: ‘Trump has done more to unravel U.S. climate policy in past 30 days than during entirety of his 1st administration’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2025/02/20/trumps-30-day-climate-assault-00205201 By ARIANNA SKIBELL President Donald Trump has done more to unravel U.S. climate policy in the past 30 days than during the entirety of his first administration. He’s just getting started, write Benjamin Storrow and Jean Chemnick. Despite the widely accepted scientific consensus that the planet is warming to dangerous levels — and with an escalation […]
This won’t end well: California State Government Now Wants to Take Over the Oil Refineries
California Now Wants to Take Over the Oil Refineries California is one of the most oil and gas-rich places in the world. But the hostility of its state government is literally driving local producers to leave. Chevron is leaving the state where it was founded 145 years ago and moving to Texas. Phillips 66 is […]
LA Times laments climate concerns fading in Hollywood movies: ‘Not a great year for climate change at the Oscars’ – ‘Studios could be wary of acknowledging climate change…so long as Trump is president’
https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2025-02-20/boiling-point-not-a-great-year-for-climate-change-at-the-oscars-boiling-point By Sammy Roth Climate Columnist And the Oscar for best climate change film of 2024 goes to … “The Wild Robot,” a beautiful animated movie that takes place in a world irrevocably altered by rising seas. Not that there was much competition. For the second year running, nonprofit consulting firm Good Energy applied its Climate Reality Check to the […]
EPA deadline on CO2 endangerment finding is here
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/19/epa-deadline-on-endangerment-finding-is-here-00204756 The agency is supposed to tell President Donald Trump on Wednesday whether it plans to challenge the landmark finding that underpins its climate rules. CLIMATEWIRE | The deadline has come for EPA to show how it will address “unduly burdensome” policies for fossil fuels, and whether it will back the repeal of a foundational scientific […]
Wrong, Politico, Climate Change Does Not Threaten the EU’s Survival, But Climate Policy Does
Wrong, Politico, Climate Change Does Not Threaten the EU’s Survival, But Climate Policy Does By Linnea Lueken A recent Politico article, “Climate change threatens EU’s survival, German security report warns,” claims that “global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger, and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe.” Evidence undermines these claims. In reality, the world is […]
Trump moves to roll back environmental rules blamed for holding up construction
https://www.newsbreak.com/share/3818741701732-trump-moves-to-roll-back-environmental-rules-blamed-for-holding-up-construction By Callie Patteson The Trump administration is swiftly moving to reform environmental reviews required by federal law in an effort to expedite permitting and approvals for energy projects, infrastructure upgrades, and more. Over the weekend, the Council on Environmental Quality submitted an interim final rule titled “Removal of National Environmental Policy Act,” which seemingly would undo all current regulations […]