America’s Malefactor, Rudy G, disbarred in New York State

Ex-New York mayor and Trump adviser already had his license suspended for false statements about Trump’s election defeat

PHOTO: Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York, attends a ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York, Sept. 11, 2022.
Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York, attends a ceremony at the National September 11 Getty Images, FILE


By Aaron Katersky, ABC News, July 2, 2024

Rudy Giuliani’s association with former President Donald Trump has cost him his law license.

The former New York City mayor was disbarred on Tuesday in a decision handed down by the Appellate Division First Department in New York.

The ruling is a consequence of Giuliani’s “demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers, and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at reelection in 2020.”

Giuliani claimed he believed the statements at the time he was making them but the court was not persuaded.

The decision added, “Contrary to respondent’s allegations, there is nothing on the record before us that would permit the conclusion that respondent lacked knowledge of the falsehood of the numerous statements that he made, and that he had a good faith basis to believe them to be true.”

As a lawyer, the decision said, Giuliani should have known better.

“The seriousness of respondent’s misconduct cannot be overstated,” the ruling said. “[R]espondent not only deliberately violated some of the most fundamental tenets of the legal profession, but he also actively contributed to the national strife that has followed the 2020 Presidential election, for which he is entirely unrepentant.”

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Top two stories from today’s EnviroPolitics – July 3 2024

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Biden approves large offshore wind project for New Jersey The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Tuesday that it has given a key approve to the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project, which could bring close to 200 wind turbines off the New Jersey coast. It marks the nation’s ninth utility-scale offshore wind project under President Joe Biden’s administration. It also marks a victory for New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy after another major offshore wind project, proposed by Orsted, fell through last fall. However, multiple groups have coalesced to fight Atlantic Shores because of the potential visibility of the turbines from beach communities and potential impact on marine life The Inquirer

Supreme Court’s pause of ‘good neighbor’ air quality rule praised by U.S. Steel, panned by environmental groups A U.S. Supreme Court decision that placed a hold on an Environmental Protection Agency air pollution-fighting plan drew criticism some state environmental groups, while U.S. Steel said the company appreciated the nation’s highest court pausing the plan while it is being litigated in lower courts Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Will the liquor run dry at two Trump golf courses?

New Jersey political news

By Fallon Roth, Philadelphia Inquirer,  July 1, 2024, 1:02 p.m. ET

The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General has decided to not renew liquor licenses at two of former President Donald Trump’s golf courses in the state, after weeks of reviewing whether revoking the permits should be a consequence of Trump’s 34 felony convictions.

New Jersey law says that no one who has been “convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude,” should possess a liquor license, and the AG’s Division of Alcohol Beverage Control determined that Trump directly financially benefits from the permits, according to a statement from the office.

The two clubs affected — Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck and Trump National Golf Club Bedminster — will serve alcohol under a temporary permit until a July 19 renewal hearing in Trenton. The hearing — eight days after Trump’s felony sentencing — will determine the official fate of the licenses, which expired on Sunday. License applicants are required to prove at the hearings that they can maintain their licenses.

“A final judgment of conviction that raises the prospect of disqualifying Mr. Trump from an interest in a New Jersey liquor license due to the guilty verdict in New York will not be entered until after his sentencing, currently scheduled for July 11,” according to the AG’s office.

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Could water be the future of fuel?

A new generation of fuels could power planes and ships without warming the planet.

By Nicolás Rivero and Emily Wright, The Washington Post

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — The tangle of pipes at this industrial plant doesn’t stand out in this city built around the carbon-heavy business of pumping oil and refining it into fuel for planes, ships, trucks and cars.

But this plant produces fuel from a different source, one that doesn’t belch greenhouse pollution: hydrogen. Specifically, hydrogen made from water using renewable electricity, also known as green hydrogen.

This process could represent the biggest change in how fuel for planes, ships, trains and trucks is made since the first internal combustion engine fired up in the 19th century. In his 1874 science fiction novel “The Mysterious Island,” Jules Verne predicted that “water will be the coal of the future.” This plant, one of the first in the world to transform water into fuel, shows what that looks like on the ground today.

Turning hydrogen into liquid fuel could help slash planet-warming pollution from heavy vehicles, cutting a key source of emissions that contribute to climate change. But to fulfill that promise, companies will have to build massive numbers of wind turbines and solar panels to power the energy-hungry process. Regulators will have to make sure hydrogen production doesn’t siphon green energy that could go towards cleaning up other sources of global warming gases, such as homes or factories.

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Vote this fall could help launch Japan’s offshore wind industry

Wind turbines near New Brighton, England. According to the International Energy Agency, Japan could produce over 900% of its energy demand with offshore wind alone.
According to the International Energy Agency, Japan could produce over 900% of its energy demand with offshore wind

BY ERIC MARGOLIS, The Japan Times

One would only need to look at a map to understand the potential offshore wind has for a country like Japan. Now, the government is eyeing moves to truly harness it.

Time may have run out in the just-completed session of parliament for a new legislative amendment that promised to provide a major boost for Japan’s sputtering wind industry by opening up vast amounts of marine territory for offshore turbines, but the bill’s next chance at passage could come as soon as this fall.

That would be no small matter, with wind power advocates saying that the amendment could spur development of an industry that many believe is Japan’s best chance at achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

Currently, Japan isn’t close to being on track to meet its ambitious 2050 goal, or its fiscal 2030 target of a 46% greenhouse gas reduction from 2013 levels. Fossil fuels still consist of 69% of the nation’s power mix, with renewables making up just 24%, putting it far behind many European countries.

Slow policymaking and opposition from big power companies have helped delay the transition to renewables.

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