skip to main content
skip to newscasts

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Public News Service Logo
facebook instagram linkedin reddit youtube twitter
view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Trump Taps Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to Slash Government; Creating virtual power plants for resiliency during extreme weather, wildfires; Federal funds help power PA produce distributor's rooftop solar; New Nebraska caregiver tax credit has military focus.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

GOP leaders say they're ready for President-elect Trump to return to office. President Biden hosts the Israeli president, amid concerns about blocked Gaza aid, and the labor movement assesses the impact of Trump being back in the White House.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

An urban vote slump, not the rural electorate, tipped the presidential election, Minnesota voters approved more lottery money to support conservation and clean water and a survey shows strong broadband causes rural businesses to boom.

Groups Press for Drilling Ban to Weaken Power of Petro-states

play audio
Play

Wednesday, April 6, 2022   

Climate activists are calling for a rapid shift away from oil and gas, as a way to reduce world dependence on the fossil fuels that prop up the Russian regime and its war in Ukraine. Rallies are set for Friday in 10 cities across California, from Sacramento to San Diego.

Ukrainian immigrant Igor Tregub, chair of the California Democratic Party Environmental Caucus and former Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board member, said the country must stop the importation of any Russian fossil fuels.

"We vote with our dollars," he said, "and no longer rely on authoritarian petro-states that murder citizens of neighboring democratic countries."

Tregub also supports a bill in Congress to punish oil companies that gouge consumers at the gas pump, and one that would declare a climate emergency.

Rally information is listed on the Last Chance Alliance Facebook page.

California will no longer issue fracking permits after 2024, but former San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon, senior public affairs director of the nonprofit Let's Green California, wants to ban all drilling permits, right away. And she wants protections for people who live near drilling operations.

"Last October, the Newsom administration proposed a 3,200-foot setback separating new oil drilling from communities," she said, "and so, we are asking that this rule be strengthened to include all existing operations."

Opponents have cited concerns about the loss of energy-sector jobs.

California has passed stringent clean-car regulations and set a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2045, but Richmond Vice Mayor Eduardo Martinez said the state still produces and refines a great deal of oil.

"We've done too little and not soon enough," he said. "If we don't start taking action to stop climate chaos, we're at the end of our rope. We need to start coming up with a plan for a just transition. It's going to happen - and if we don't plan for it, it's going to happen badly."


get more stories like this via email
more stories
According to a United Nations 2015 report, food system emissions were responsible for 18 billion tons of carbon dioxide, making up 34% of global emissions. (Pattadis/Adobe Stock)

Environment

play sound

By Grace Hussain for Sentient.Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi for Commonwealth News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collabor…


Social Issues

play sound

This weekend, a new coalition called "We Are California" is holding meetings up and down the state, preparing to resist what it sees as anticipated …

Social Issues

play sound

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to confirm his choice of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security and …


Bobcats are elusive, native predators known for their sharp senses and solitary nature, typically hunting at dawn or dusk. (Adobe stock)

Environment

play sound

Indiana's Department of Natural Resources is pushing a bobcat trapping plan after a new law required a hunting season by 2025. Opponents said the …

Health and Wellness

play sound

A New York group has a new program to help veterans. The Center for Independence of the Disabled New York's Veteran Direct Care program helps …

According to the RAND Corporation, more than 14 million Americans provide daily care to veterans and service members who are ill, injured or wounded. (Adobe Stock)

Social Issues

play sound

As Nebraskans anticipate the upcoming holiday season, some might also be looking ahead to the 2025 tax season, which will include a new tax credit …

Social Issues

play sound

Changes in leadership at the federal level are likely to have some effect on the labor movement. In Minnesota, election results have spurred …

Environment

play sound

A federal court in Montana has held a hearing more than two years after a coalition of environmental advocates sued the U.S. Forest Service and the …

 

Phone: 303.448.9105 Toll Free: 888.891.9416 Fax: 208.247.1830 Your trusted member- and audience-supported news source since 1996 Copyright © 2021