LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Total (TOT, TTA.L) said Friday that it will not renew its membership in the American Petroleum Institute, U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry, due to
Total will not renew its membership in the American Petroleum Institute (API) for 2021 due to divergences with the main U.S. oil lobby over climate policies
America’s 19th rattiest city
The shutdown of San Diego eateries to stem the ravages of Covid-19 may lead to at least one negative impact on health: a burgeoning rat population downtown and elsewhere. That rodents are increasingly being seen along the formerly tourist-populated waterfront, skittering across streets and sidewalks in the light of day, shouldn’t be surprising, based on national findings by the Center for Disease Control. But whether already-overwhelmed San Diego county health officials have time or the money to handle yet another pandemic-related emergency remains in question. “Jurisdictions have closed or limited service at restaurants and other commercial establishments to help limit the spread of COVID-19,” says a CDC alert regarding the growing national infestation. “Rodents rely on the food and waste generated by these establishments.”
Published on December 28th, 2020
The Fractracker Alliance has just published a new study on the potential impacts of health and safety setbacks and environmental justice in California revealing that over 2 million people, mostly low income and people of color, live within 2,500′ of oil and gas infrastructure.
By Dan Bacher
The report, People and Production: Reducing Risk in California Extraction, makes a number of conclusions, including recommending a setback of at least one mile between oil and gas wells and homes, schools, based on the peer reviewed literature.
Kyle Ferrar, MPH with the Fractracker Alliance, writes in the report’s executive summary:
Cap-and-Trade, California Style: Who Gets the Money?
Economists Recommend Paying People Before Polluters
By Stacy Morford
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As California writes the details of a statewide cap-and-trade plan for greenhouse gas emissions, it is considering a different approach for divvying up the proceeds, one that would put state residents rather than polluters first in line for payouts.
Billions of dollars will be at stake once the state’s carbon trading system gets going in 2012.
The California plan stems from a 2006 state law, AB32, that requires the state to cut its emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. The California Air Resources Board identified a cap-and-trade program as a key strategy to reach that goal.