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#Interior has suspended a #legal opinion that held companies liable for killing #ducks, #cranes, #pelicans, #owls & HUNDREDS of other #birds.
In a memo dated Feb 28…, Interior’s acting chief atty suspended EVERY legal opinion issued by the #Biden admin, including one that subjected companies to penalties for killing birds through activities such as #oil & #gas #drilling, wind #energy production, #mining or #construction.
#Trump #law #Climate #wildlife #conservation
https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-03/m-opinion-suspension-review0.pdf
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Anyone keeping a “Project 2025 Checklist”?
Seems like the scorecard’s filling up!
#Project2025 #muslimban
#trans #lgbtq
#medicare #who
#immigration #citizenship
#dei #abortion
#separationofchurchandstate #freespeech 
#civilrights #votingrights
#oligarchy
#epa #vaccines
#nationalpark #drilling
#nationalsecurity #ukraine
#fbi #nsa #courts #justice #deathpenalty
#federalworkers #justicedepartment
#tariffs #taxes
#greenenergy #wind #climatechange
#nato #education
The Interior Department manages 480 million acres of federal lands, balancing resource development and conservation. An environmental expert explains how its decisions shape 21% of the U.S. surface area: https://theconversation.com/interior-secretary-manages-vast-lands-that-all-americans-share-and-can-sway-the-balance-between-conservation-and-development-245887 #climatechange #energy #livestock #drilling
"Africa & Europe Must Join Forces to Protect Our Ocean by Pressing Pause on Deep Sea Mining" — Nancy Karigithu & Pascal Lamy 
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Sen #MikeLee (R-Utah), the new chairman of the Senate #Energy & #NaturalResources Cmte, suggested that he would seek to overturn the decision using the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to nullify an executive action within 60 days of enactment with a simple majority vote.
…Lee said in an emailed statement, …“Senate #Republicans will push back using every tool at our disposal.”
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Environmentalists praised #Biden’s plans, saying they would prevent future #oil spills that threaten #coastal communities & marine #wildlife.
…#Biden plans to invoke the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which gives #POTUS broad powers to withdraw federal #waters from future leasing.A federal judge ruled in 2019 that such withdrawals cannot be undone without an act of #Congress.
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#POTUS #Biden will move Monday to block all future #oil & #gas #drilling across >625 million acres of federal #waters — equivalent to nearly ¼ of the total land area of the #UnitedStates….
The action underscores how Biden is racing to cement his legacy on #ClimateChange & #conservation in his last weeks in office. #Trump, who has described his #energy policy as “drill, baby, drill,” is likely to work w/congressional #Republicans to challenge the decision.
#Biden to block #oil #drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters
#POTUS will sign memorandums prohibiting future oil & gas leasing across parts of the #AtlanticOcean, the #PacificOcean, the eastern #GulfOfMexico & the #NorthernBeringSea.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #law #EnvironmentalLaw #Ocean #Sea #ThankYouJoe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/01/04/biden-offshore-oil-drilling/
The Washington Post · Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters
URGENT: The UK government is asking for our views on how to regulate new #oil and #gas #drilling in the #NorthSea.
Sign before 8 Jan 
https://act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-the-uk-no-new-oil-and-gas
Global Justice NowTell the UK: No new oil and gasThe UK government has paused making decisions on new oil and gas in the North Sea while it examines how to regulate new drilling. And it’s asking the public for our views.
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#Trump said he will let #RFKJr, a #vaccine skeptic open to removing fluoride in drinking water, run federal #health policy. And Trump & congressional #Republicans have said they’ll get rid of the #ACA.
Trump has said #ClimateChange is a “hoax” & campaigned to end the #Biden admin’s #climate initiatives & rules aimed at lowering #emissions that contribute to #GlobalWarming & extreme weather. Trump instead has said he will expand #oil & #gas #drilling in the US, including in protected lands.
So the ex-CEO of #Daimler Trucks now publicly calls for a massive increase in petrol taxes (automatically +10c/L every year) and said "if we took [the #climatecrisis] seriously, we'd introduce a global ban on any new #gas and #oil #drilling. Everything that's in the ground today must stay there."
Dude! Nice that you finally come to your senses but you've been c-suite in one of the worlds largest car makers for *years*. You're responsible.
www.golem.deKlimawandel: Daimler-Manager plädiert für deutlich höhere Benzinpreise - Golem.deDer Spritpreis solle jedes Jahr um 10 Cent steigen, schlägt der Ex-Chef von Daimler Trucks vor. Die Norweger sind für ihn "die größten Heuchler".
The U.S. gets a new national #MarineSanctuary, the first led by a tribe
By Lauren Sommer
Published October 14, 2024
"More than 4,500 square miles of ocean will soon be protected by the federal government off the #CentralCalifornia coast. The #Biden administration is creating a new national marine sanctuary, which will be the third largest in the U.S.
"The sanctuary is also the first to be led by #IndigenousPeople. It was nominated by members of the #NorthernChumashTribe, who drove the effort for more than decade to protect the rugged #coastline that is their historical homeland.
"Going forward, the new #ChumashHeritage National Marine Sanctuary will be managed in partnership with tribes and I#ndigenous groups in the area, who will advise the federal government. It marks a growing movement under the Biden administration to give tribes a say over the lands and waters that were taken from them.
"'We’re still here, and so are the Indigenous people wherever you live,' says #VioletSageWalker, chairwoman of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council, who led the campaign for the sanctuary. 'Being able to address #ClimateChange, use traditional #ecological knowledge, and participate in #comanagement is Indigenous peoples’ contribution to saving the planet.'
"The final sanctuary boundaries are smaller than originally proposed due to California’s burgeoning #OffshoreWind industry. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says it plans to look at expanding the sanctuary in the future.
"National marine sanctuaries are similar to a national forest on land. The new sanctuary will be protected from oil and gas #drilling, as well as #UnderseaMining, while #fishing is still permitted. It also means more public outreach and monitoring for environmental impacts, something NOAA says is vital to understanding how the ecosystem is being affected by climate change."
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https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/2024-10-14/the-u-s-gets-a-new-national-marine-sanctuary-the-first-led-by-a-tribe
INTERLOCHEN · The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe
#SCOTUS clears way for #Biden limits on #methane & #mercury #pollution
The court decided 2 of 3 cases playing out before it over some of the admin’s furthest-reaching efforts to address #ClimateChange & #AirPollution.
The #SupremeCourt on Fri refused to block new Biden admin rules requiring #FossilFuel fired #PowerPlants to slash #emissions of mercury & other #toxic substances & #oil & #gas firms to curb methane, a potent #GreenhouseGas, from their #drilling ops.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/04/power-plant-biden-mercury-regulations/
The Washington Post · Supreme Court clears way for Biden limits on methane and mercury pollution
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"#Microsoft expanded its partnership with Schlumberger, an oil-technology company, to develop and launch an AI-enhanced service on Microsoft’s Azure platform. Azure provides cloud computing to a variety of organizations, but this product was tailor-made for the oil and gas industries, to assist in the production of fossil fuels, among other uses."
Karen Hao: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/09/microsoft-ai-oil-contracts/679804/?gift=lhL3dXSYCcu9vqTqEbg0OHfJiu_TRdq079IHN4QaSAE poke @stefan
The Atlantic · Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI
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Pressed late last year to promise not to abuse #power…, Trump said that he would not be a #dictator “except for Day One,” vowing to close the southern #border & expand #oil #drilling.
“A lot but not all of what #Trump says he wants to do on day one is going to be #illegal or impractical,” said Steve Vladeck, a constitutional #law expert at Georgetown…“But even the illegal stuff might go into effect for some time, & he might actually succeed in pushing the law in his direction.”
US oil group expands in Russia as Western rivals leave
The #Texas-based oilfield services company #SLB is expanding its operations in Russia, filling the vacancy left by Western competitors, the Financial Times (FT)
SLB, previously known as #Schlumberger, is world’s largest #offshore #drilling company
It continued to operate in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, even as other oil giants left the country
https://kyivindependent.com/us-oil-group-expands-in-russia-as-western-rivals-leave-ft-reports/
The Kyiv Independent · US oil group expands in Russia as Western rivals leave, FT reports
#Biden administration moves to add protections against drilling in #Alaska petroleum reserve
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-biden-administration-drilling-alaska-petroleum.html
"If approved, they could come atop the rules that Bureau of Land Management finalized this spring to limit #oil & #gas drilling on more than half of the giant petroleum reserve... #Conservation groups cheered the new rules in the reserve... Last week, the federal agency took another step to potentially add more protections against #drilling"
