Nicholas Kusnetz
Reporter at Inside Climate News
I cover oil and gas and other issues for @InsideClimate. Formerly @Publici and @ProPublica. Also teaching journalism @BaruchCollege
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2 weeks ago |
truthdig.com | Nicholas Kusnetz
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for its newsletter here. Robert Taylor fought for years for stronger limits on the toxic chemical released by a neoprene factory in his Louisiana parish. Last year, the Biden administration finally delivered some relief, publishing a rule to reduce hazardous air pollutants from petrochemical plants.
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2 weeks ago |
insideclimatenews.org | Nicholas Kusnetz
Sometime next month, the Bolivian government and a company you probably haven’t heard of are poised to offer what could be the largest single sale of carbon credits in history. The deal will be unusual not only for its size—$1.2 billion, organizers said—but also because it will be backed by a national government and packaged under new rules developed as part of the Paris Agreement.
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2 weeks ago |
insideclimatenews.org | Nicholas Kusnetz
Robert Taylor fought for years for stronger limits on the toxic chemical released by a neoprene factory in his Louisiana parish. Last year, the Biden administration finally delivered some relief, publishing a rule to reduce hazardous air pollutants from petrochemical plants. Now, Taylor fears that hard fought gain will vanish before it is realized.
Congress is searching for trillions of dollars in cuts. Will the oil industry’s tax breaks skate by?
3 weeks ago |
grist.org | Nicholas Kusnetz
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If the only things certain in life are death and taxes, you might say corporate lobbyists spend much of their time trying to avoid at least one of the two. Few industries understand this better than oil and gas, which has benefited for at least a century from some tax rules that save them billions of dollars in payments annually.
Congress is searching for trillions of dollars in cuts. Will the oil industry’s tax breaks skate by?
3 weeks ago |
ecotopical.com | Nicholas Kusnetz
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A plan by Bolivia and a U.S. company to sell “carbon securities” could unleash a wave of carbon offsets. Will the idea help fight climate change or just drive greenwashing? https://t.co/V7pvUHeliH
Last week, we learned that the petrochemical industry asked the EPA for a blanket, two-year waiver from hazardous air pollution limits. Yesterday, I spoke to some people in fenceline communities to hear what that would mean for them. https://t.co/85xrb7GJAQ
As Republicans in Congress look for revenue to pay for huge tax cuts, advocates have a modest proposal: Start with oil industry tax breaks. https://t.co/V0dsoHal0p