Energy and Environment: A bad day for Big Oil

Biden administration looks to boost states' ability to block pipelines; Prairie chickens are dying out on the Great Plains. Biden's efforts to save them could spark fight on key oil patch; It's wrong to blame 'overpopulation' for climate change; Biden administration moves to restore scientific integrity in environmental policymaking; Biden looks to California for next phase of offshore wind; Heat and smog hit low-income communities and people of color hardest, scientists say; As hurricane season looms, Biden doubles funding to prepare for extreme weather ; For seventh straight year, a named storm forms in Atlantic ahead of hurricane season ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Limited time offer: Get one year of digital access for just $29.   View offer Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images) A bad day for Big Oil ExxonMobil and Chevron lost key shareholder votes on Wednesday and a Dutch court ordered Shell to cut its emissions faster. By Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Biden administration looks to boost states' ability to block pipelines The Environmental Protection Agency is aiming to rewrite Trump-era regulations that curtailed the power of states and tribes to protest major energy projects that threaten rivers, lakes and streams. By Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   Prairie chickens are dying out on the Great Plains. Biden's efforts to save them could spark fight on key oil patch A federal proposal to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered could restrict oil drilling in the Permian Basin. By Josh Partlow and Juliet Eilperin ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   It's wrong to blame 'overpopulation' for climate change People don't warm the planet -- fossil fuels do. By Sarah Kaplan ●  Read more »   Biden administration moves to restore scientific integrity in environmental policymaking EPA jettisons rule restricting its use of scientific studies while Interior proposes protecting an endangered bird in the West. By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and John Muyskens ●  Read more »   Biden looks to California for next phase of offshore wind Gov. Gavin Newsom and administration officials announce two new areas for wind farms. By Josh Partlow ●  Read more »   Heat and smog hit low-income communities and people of color hardest, scientists say New research shows that low-income communities and people of color experienced greater heat exposure in 97 percent of cities analyzed. By Tik Root ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   As hurricane season looms, Biden doubles funding to prepare for extreme weather The administration will also launch a NASA initiative aimed at collecting better climate data. By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and Matt Viser ●  Read more »   For seventh straight year, a named storm forms in Atlantic ahead of hurricane season Subtropical Storm Ana developed early Saturday morning and fits into recent trends linked to climate change. By Jason Samenow ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out National News email alerts for breaking news email alerts for major national and political news whenever it breaks. Sign up »

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