Vernon Loeb
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Vernon Loeb
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· Sep 5
Dominion Energy and Big Tech Maneuver Over Pivotal Rate Decision in Virginia - Inside Climate News
Virginia’s largest utility is requesting a rate increase during regulatory hearings that will help to decide how data centers compensate for their outsized use of electricity in the state.
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· Aug 31
As Trump Pushes Liquified Natural Gas Exports, Residents in Pennsylvania Towns Push Back to Stop a Proposed LNG Terminal - Inside Climate News
Along the Delaware River, the communities of Chester and Eddystone are facing the possibility of a new $7 billion liquified gas facility that will export Pennsylvania’s plentiful fracked gas.
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· Aug 30
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In - Inside Climate News
The rule protecting remote wilderness areas received 1.6 million public comments when it was developed. People will have just 14 business days to comment on a key part of its rescission.
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· Aug 30
Despite Lack of Federal Support, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports - Inside Climate News
Amid rising repression of climate science domestically, researchers from universities around the country are lending their expertise to an international effort.
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· Aug 30
In Far Northeastern Maine, a Native Community Fights to Adapt to Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Sea level rise, dwindling fisheries and Trump budget cuts make the Passamaquoddy tribe’s resiliency quest a test of smart planning and stubborn will.
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· Aug 27
Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina, Experts Fear Trump’s Cuts Will End in a Repeat Catastrophe - Inside Climate News
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Trump administration is on a mission to defund the agency dedicated to disaster response and recovery.
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· Aug 27
Despite Everything, US Solar Manufacturing Continues to Power Up - Inside Climate News
T1 Energy of Texas is among the companies that aim to build supply chains for the renewable energy source in this country and reduce dependence on Asian producers.
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· Aug 27
Environmental Laws Waived to Build Border Wall in Texas Wildlife Refuge - Inside Climate News
The Rio Grande Valley is home to ocelots and other endangered species. Now, the federal government will not have to follow the Endangered Species Act and more than two dozen other federal laws to buil...
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Vernon Loeb
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· Aug 26
Environmental Laws Waived to Build Border Wall in Texas Wildlife Refuge - Inside Climate News
The Rio Grande Valley is home to ocelots and other endangered species. Now, the federal government will not have to follow the Endangered Species Act and more than two dozen other federal laws to buil...
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· Aug 26
New Tool Maps the Health Impacts of Toxic Air Pollutants Released with Methane in Super-Emitter Events - Inside Climate News
When oil and gas infrastructure leaks the potent greenhouse gas methane, it also releases toxic air contaminants that have escaped notice, until now.
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· Aug 25
The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable - Inside Climate News
Jingjing Zhang has fought polluting Chinese companies for decades. Now she’s teaching lawyers across the Global South how to do the same. Her work has never been more urgent.
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Vernon Loeb
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· Aug 24
The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable - Inside Climate News
Jingjing Zhang has fought polluting Chinese companies for decades. Now she’s teaching lawyers across the Global South how to do the same. Her work has never been more urgent.
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· Aug 21
The Researcher Who Wrote the Book on How Solar Got Cheap Is Back to Assess the Current Moment - Inside Climate News
With an updated edition of his 2019 book, Greg Nemet looks at global progress and puts U.S. obstacles in perspective.
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· Aug 18
The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape - Inside Climate News
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobs and...
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Vernon Loeb
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· Aug 17
The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape - Inside Climate News
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobs and...
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Vernon Loeb
@vernonloeb.bsky.social
· Aug 17
The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape - Inside Climate News
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobs and...
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· Aug 16
Tribal Solar Projects Meet Different Fates In Wyoming After Trump Administration Kills Funding - Inside Climate News
The Eastern Shoshone are moving ahead with a solar-powered micro-grid, but the Northern Arapaho rooftop PV program stalled after the EPA clawed back Solar for All funding.
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· Aug 15
Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions - Inside Climate News
Americans could be paying nearly $6 billion extra a year in energy bills if the Trump administration continues to keep power plants operating past their retirement dates, according to a new report.
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· Aug 15
US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration delayed releasing reports on countries’ human rights records. Now they’re out, and they’re starkly different than in the prior eight years.
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· Aug 15
Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise - Inside Climate News
An acceleration of warming that started in 2023 continued through 2024, according to the latest annual climate assessment by the American Meteorological Society, as atmospheric concentrations of green...
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· Aug 13
Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate? - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration included language in its proposal designed to head off new state rules and lawsuits. But legal experts predict years of battle ahead.
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· Aug 13
An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trump’s EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death - Inside Climate News
EPA expressed alarm at contamination in a creek near a predominantly Black neighborhood. Then the agency eliminated its civil-rights office and has taken no further action.
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