This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA crash in prices. A round of bankruptcies. And wave after wave of layoffs.On top of all the turmoil Oklahoma oil producers have had to deal with since the start of the , the Supreme Court has added another item to that list: a landmark declaring nearly half of eastern Oklahoma to be Native American land. With the oil and gas drillers in the nation’s suddenly find themselves operating within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and four other tribal reservations. About a quarter of Oklahoma’s recent oil and gas wells and around 60...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA crash in prices. A round of bankruptcies. And wave after wave of layoffs.On top of all the turmoil Oklahoma oil producers have had to deal with since the start of the , the Supreme Court has added another item to that list: a landmark declaring nearly half of eastern Oklahoma to be Native American land. With the oil and gas drillers in the nation’s suddenly find themselves operating within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and four other tribal reservations. About a quarter of Oklahoma’s recent oil and gas wells and around 60...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFormer vice president Joe Biden notched an endorsement from a major environmental group — and is signaling he will expand his climate plan in an effort to win over young voters who see rising global temperatures as a generational crisis.The political arm of the League of Conservation Voters, a Washington-based green group that has tens of millions of dollars in recent election cycles to help elect Democrats to office, announced Monday that it is backing the presumptive Democratic nominee in what looks to be a tough fight...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFormer vice president Joe Biden notched an endorsement from a major environmental group — and is signaling he will expand his climate plan in an effort to win over young voters who see rising global temperatures as a generational crisis.The political arm of the League of Conservation Voters, a Washington-based green group that has tens of millions of dollars in recent election cycles to help elect Democrats to office, announced Monday that it is backing the presumptive Democratic nominee in what looks to be a tough fight...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe coronavirus pandemic has rocked the energy industry and its workers — and my colleagues and I at The Post have been there to track how Washington is responding. Sunday is World Press Freedom Day, and it’s because of a free press that we are able to provide you with news you can trust. If you subscribe to The Washington Post, thank you for helping us do this paramount work. If not,  with Paulina FiroziProdded by oil-state lawmakers and lobbyists, the Federal Reserve will let bigger businesses take out emergency...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe coronavirus pandemic has rocked the energy industry and its workers — and my colleagues and I at The Post have been there to track how Washington is responding. Sunday is World Press Freedom Day, and it’s because of a free press that we are able to provide you with news you can trust. If you subscribe to The Washington Post, thank you for helping us do this paramount work. If not,  with Paulina FiroziProdded by oil-state lawmakers and lobbyists, the Federal Reserve will let bigger businesses take out emergency...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Trump administration opted Tuesday not to set stricter national air quality standards, despite a growing body of scientific evidence linking air pollution to lethal outcomes from respiratory diseases such as covid-19.Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Tuesday that the agency would maintain the current standards for fine particulate matter, otherwise known as soot, the country’s most widespread deadly pollutant.The EPA’s staff scientists recommended lowering the annual particulate...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Trump administration opted Tuesday not to set stricter national air quality standards, despite a growing body of scientific evidence linking air pollution to lethal outcomes from respiratory diseases such as covid-19.Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Tuesday that the agency would maintain the current standards for fine particulate matter, otherwise known as soot, the country’s most widespread deadly pollutant.The EPA’s staff scientists recommended lowering the annual particulate...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident-elect Joe Biden has promised a “transition” away from fossil energy, the main sources of carbon dioxide emissions that have put the planet on a path toward dangerous warming. A few big oil and gas companies are thinking about what it would mean to shift — or even shrink — their businesses.The trick is to execute a transition that will reassure fossil-fuel workers that their jobs won’t vanish overnight, and that’s a tightrope Biden will continue to walk as he aims to eliminate contributions to global warming by...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident-elect Joe Biden has promised a “transition” away from fossil energy, the main sources of carbon dioxide emissions that have put the planet on a path toward dangerous warming. A few big oil and gas companies are thinking about what it would mean to shift — or even shrink — their businesses.The trick is to execute a transition that will reassure fossil-fuel workers that their jobs won’t vanish overnight, and that’s a tightrope Biden will continue to walk as he aims to eliminate contributions to global warming by...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident-elect Joe Biden chose Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) Thursday to serve as the first Native American Cabinet secretary and head the Interior Department, a historic pick that marks a turning point for the U.S. government’s relationship with the nation’s Indigenous peoples.With that selection and others this week, Biden sent a clear message that top officials charged with confronting the nation’s environmental problems will have a shared experience with the Americans who have disproportionately been affected by toxic...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident-elect Joe Biden chose Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) Thursday to serve as the first Native American Cabinet secretary and head the Interior Department, a historic pick that marks a turning point for the U.S. government’s relationship with the nation’s Indigenous peoples.With that selection and others this week, Biden sent a clear message that top officials charged with confronting the nation’s environmental problems will have a shared experience with the Americans who have disproportionately been affected by toxic...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident-elect Joe Biden is nominating Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan who has been a strong voice for zero-emissions vehicles, as secretary of energy, two people familiar with the process said Tuesday.Granholm, 61 and currently an adjunct professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley, has argued that the United States risks being left behind by other countries if it doesn’t develop alternate energy technologies. Her pick is a clear sign that Biden wants the department to play an...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident-elect Joe Biden is nominating Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan who has been a strong voice for zero-emissions vehicles, as secretary of energy, two people familiar with the process said Tuesday.Granholm, 61 and currently an adjunct professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley, has argued that the United States risks being left behind by other countries if it doesn’t develop alternate energy technologies. Her pick is a clear sign that Biden wants the department to play an...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDemocrats will try to bring climate change to the fore during the party's unconventional convention starting this week. But it remains to be seen how much the issue of rising temperatures will break through when the country is in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. The week-long event once planned for Milwaukee’s Wisconsin Center has gone mostly virtual. The Democratic National Committee is trying to re-create the feel of a lively in-person nomination party for Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.),...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDemocrats will try to bring climate change to the fore during the party's unconventional convention starting this week. But it remains to be seen how much the issue of rising temperatures will break through when the country is in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. The week-long event once planned for Milwaukee’s Wisconsin Center has gone mostly virtual. The Democratic National Committee is trying to re-create the feel of a lively in-person nomination party for Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.),...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump, who barely two years ago of oil and gas drilling in U.S. continental waters, on Tuesday made clear there is at least part of the nation’s coastline he is eager to protect: the crucial electoral battleground of Florida.Trump on Tuesday announced plans to extend a moratorium on oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, an area that includes the Sunshine State’s west coast, as well as expanding it to include the Atlantic coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.The move marks a stark reversal for...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump, who barely two years ago of oil and gas drilling in U.S. continental waters, on Tuesday made clear there is at least part of the nation’s coastline he is eager to protect: the crucial electoral battleground of Florida.Trump on Tuesday announced plans to extend a moratorium on oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, an area that includes the Sunshine State’s west coast, as well as expanding it to include the Atlantic coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.The move marks a stark reversal for...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Sharewith Paulina FiroziThe climate movement is marshaling its members as cities across the country erupt in pain and rage at police brutality. supporters AdvertisementJess Bristow, was arrested during a demonstration over the weekend.THREAD: As an organization that envisions a world with clean air, clean water, public lands, & a safe climate that are protected by a just and equitable democracy, we also believe that we are only as safe as the members of our communities who are most at risk.— LCV – League of Conservation...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Sharewith Paulina FiroziThe climate movement is marshaling its members as cities across the country erupt in pain and rage at police brutality. supporters AdvertisementJess Bristow, was arrested during a demonstration over the weekend.THREAD: As an organization that envisions a world with clean air, clean water, public lands, & a safe climate that are protected by a just and equitable democracy, we also believe that we are only as safe as the members of our communities who are most at risk.— LCV – League of Conservation...WW…