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Environmental Policy News 20 September 2025 - 10 November 2025

Greenidge (GREE) Soars as New York Deal Paves Path to Title V Permit Renewal — What Changed Today (Nov. 10, 2025)

Greenidge (GREE) Soars as New York Deal Paves Path to Title V Permit Renewal — What Changed Today (Nov. 10, 2025)

What the Nov. 10 filing says In today’s 8‑K, Greenidge disclosed it entered a Stipulation of Settlement with the NYS DEC on Nov. 7. The agreement commits the agency to process a permit modification and renewal that adds new GHG limits and related monitoring/reporting; the draft permit will undergo public notice and comment and a 45‑day EPA review. Once that process is complete—and Greenidge withdraws its pending court appeal—the DEC will issue the final Title V permit. Until then, Greenidge’s existing Title V permit remains valid under New York administrative law. SEC By the numbers (GHG limits stated in the 8‑K): During Years 3–4,
10 November 2025
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Bill Gates Stuns Climate Debate: “I’ll Sacrifice 0.1°C to Eliminate Malaria” – What You Need to Know

Bill Gates Stuns Climate Debate: “I’ll Sacrifice 0.1°C to Eliminate Malaria” – What You Need to Know

In-depth, Bill Gates’s memo argues that climate funds and innovation should save lives first. He noted his Gates Foundation’s billions spent on health (HIV, malaria, etc.) and said a small temperature rise is worth eliminating massive human suffering abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com. Gates insists even though every fraction of a degree matters, we must consider pragmatic trade-offs: “If you have something that gets rid of 10,000 tons of emissions, that you’re spending several million dollars on… that just doesn’t make the cut,” he wrote abcnews.go.com. Climate experts disagree. Kristie Ebi (Univ. of Washington) agrees aid should boost health, but cautions Gates assumes
28 October 2025
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BREAKING: Exxon Sues California, Citing ‘Free Speech’ in Climate Lawsuitreuters.comtimesunion.com

BREAKING: Exxon Sues California, Citing ‘Free Speech’ in Climate Lawsuitreuters.comtimesunion.com

Lawsuit filed over climate disclosure laws Exxon’s lawsuit is the first major test of California’s bold climate disclosure mandates. According to Reuters, Exxon Mobil sued the state on Oct. 25, 2025, “challenging two state laws that require large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks” reuters.com. The lawsuit names California and its air‐resources board, and asks a federal court to block both SB 253 and SB 261 from taking effect. Exxon’s complaint argues that the laws compel speech: “the First Amendment bars California from pursuing a policy of stigmatization by forcing Exxon Mobil to describe its non-California business
26 October 2025
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Trump Axes 6.2GW “Vegas-Sized” Solar Farm in Nevada – Renewable Energy Industry Reels

Trump Axes 6.2GW “Vegas-Sized” Solar Farm in Nevada – Renewable Energy Industry Reels

BLM on Oct 10 listed the Esmeralda 7 solar project in Nevada as “cancelled” energyconnects.com theguardian.com. The massive project (seven contiguous solar farms on ~185 sq mi of public land) would have generated ~6,200 MW – enough for nearly 2 million homes pv-magazine-usa.com theguardian.com. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s Trump administration said developers can now submit individual proposals instead of one programmatic EIS energyconnects.com electrek.co. Conservationists and some locals celebrated the cancellation, while clean‑energy advocates (NRDC, SEIA, EDF) warned it’s a blatant rollback of renewables: NRDC’s Kabir Green calls it “unfettered obstruction” of clean-energy projects pv-magazine-usa.com. The cancellation comes amid a broader Trump‐era push against renewables:
12 October 2025
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Trump’s Shock Attack on Offshore Wind – Permit Reversal Threatens Massive Massachusetts Wind Farm

Trump’s Shock Attack on Offshore Wind – Permit Reversal Threatens Massive Massachusetts Wind Farm

President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to block a fully permitted offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast by seeking to revoke its key federal permit abcnews.go.com. The project – known as SouthCoast Wind – calls for 141 turbines about 23 miles south of Nantucket to power roughly 840,000 homes across New England abcnews.go.com. Approved in January 2025 after years of review, its construction was poised to begin – until Trump’s team abruptly intervened. This unprecedented attempt to “take back” the wind farm’s permit marks the latest salvo in a broader campaign by Trump to hobble offshore wind development abcnews.go.com.
20 September 2025
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