Dharna Noor

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Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems - report

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dharna Noor

Plastic producers have pushed “advanced recycling” as a salve to the plastic waste crisis despite knowing for years that it is not a technically or economically feasible solution, a new report argues. Advanced recycling, also known as chemical recycling, refers to a variety of processes used break plastics into tiny molecules. The industry has increasingly promoted these technologies, as public concern about the environmental and health concerns of plastic pollution have grown.
Puerto Rico drops climate lawsuit after DoJ sues states to block threats to big oil

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dharna Noor

Puerto Rico has voluntarily dismissed its 2024 climate lawsuit against big oil, a Friday legal filing shows, just two days after the US justice department sued two states over planned litigation against oil companies for their role in the climate crisis. Puerto Rico’s lawsuit, filed in July, alleged that the oil and gas giants had misled the public about the climate dangers associated with their products.
Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show

1 week ago | defenddemocracy.press | Dharna Noor

Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interestsBy Dharna NoorNov12, 2024Major oil companies, including Shell and precursors to energy giants Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP, were alerted about the planet-warming effects of fossil fuels as early as 1954, newly unearthed documents show.
‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environment

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Gabrielle Canon |Nina Lakhani |Oliver Milman |Dharna Noor

Donald Trump has never been mistaken for an environmentalist, having long called the climate crisis a “giant hoax” and repeatedly lauding the supposed virtues of fossil fuels. But the US president’s onslaught upon the natural world in this administration’s first 100 days has surprised even those who closely charted his first term, in which he rolled back environmental rules and tore the US from the Paris climate agreement.
Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dharna Noor

Conservationists on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its attempts to boost the oil industry by rolling back green policies. Filed by the environmental non-profit Center for Biological Diversity, the litigation focuses on Trump’s day-one “unleashing American energy” executive order.
Green Groups Sue Trump Administration over Climate Webpage Removals

4 weeks ago | earthisland.org | Dharna Noor

The White House has pulled federal webpages tracking climate and environmental justice data. Green groups have sued the Trump administration over the removal of government webpages containing federal climate and environmental justice data that they described as “tantamount to theft”.
Green groups sue Trump administration over climate webpage removals

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dharna Noor

Green groups have sued the Trump administration over the removal of government webpages containing federal climate and environmental justice data that they described as “tantamount to theft”. In the first weeks of its second term, the Trump administration pulled federal websites tracking shifts in the climate, pollution and extreme weather impacts on low-income communities, and identifying pieces of infrastructure that are extremely vulnerable to climate disasters.
'No coming back from this'

1 month ago | nationalobserver.com | Dharna Noor |Gabrielle Canon

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration The White House is ending funding for the body that produces the federal government's pre-eminent climate report, which summarizes the impacts of rising global temperatures on the United States.
Celebrate! Trump commits ‘a crime against the planet!’ by ending funding for Activist US climate assessment scare report, declares Michael Mann - ‘It is pure villainy’ - ‘The most profound of all crimes’ - Climate Depot

1 month ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Dharna Noor |Gabrielle Canon

Every four years, the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is required by Congress to release a new national climate assessment to ensure leaders understand the drivers of – and threats posed by – global warming. It is the most comprehensive, far-reaching and up-to-date analysis of the climate crisis, playing a key role in local and national decision making about agriculture, energy production, and land and water use. The next assessment is due by 2027.
Fear spreads as Trump targets lawyers and non-profits in ‘authoritarian’ takedown

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Rachel Leingang |Dharna Noor

As Donald Trump dismantles federal agencies, his administration is also creating a chill among non-governmental groups, cowing non-profits, intimidating universities and extracting commitments from law firms to support his aims. Officials have launched investigations into progressive and climate organizations, colleges and recipients of government grants. Experts worry that if nongovernmental groups are frightened into silence, US democracy may not weather the strain.