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  • "EPA Rule Tees Up Legal Battle Over Federal Climate Authority" [9]

    "EPA’s rule to limit methane emissions from the oil and gas sector may be the latest battleground over whether the agency is exceeding its authority to regulate planet-warming emissions."

    Chemicals [10]
    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: E&E News [18], 03/13/2024
    • Read more about "EPA Rule Tees Up Legal Battle Over Federal Climate Authority" [9]
  • "How Trump Could Exit The Paris Climate Deal — And Thwart Reentry" [19]

    "Allies of former President Donald Trump have a plan to leave the Paris climate agreement and make it much harder for a future Democratic president to rejoin it."

    Climate Change [11]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: E&E News [20], 03/13/2024
    • Read more about "How Trump Could Exit The Paris Climate Deal — And Thwart Reentry" [19]
  • "EU Parliament Passes Weakened Pollution Limits For Livestock Farms" [21]

    "The EU Parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to new rules to cut pollution from livestock farms, but only after agreeing with EU countries to make the law far weaker than initially planned."

    Agriculture [22]
    Climate Change [11]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [16]
    Europe [23]
    Source: Reuters [24], 03/13/2024
    • Read more about "EU Parliament Passes Weakened Pollution Limits For Livestock Farms" [21]
  • "Biden Seeks $1.8B Budget Boost For EPA" [25]

    "The president’s fiscal 2025 blueprint would increase the agency’s funding over its current level but is not as ambitious as previous plans."

    Climate Change [11]
    Environmental Health [26]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: E&E News [27], 03/12/2024
    • Read more about "Biden Seeks $1.8B Budget Boost For EPA" [25]
  • "Florida Passes ‘Cruel’ Bill Curbing Water And Shade Protections For Workers" [28]

    "The Florida legislature passed a bill on Friday that prevents any city, county, or municipality in the state from adopting legislation aimed at protecting outdoor workers from extreme heat, prompting many to call out lawmakers for being “cruel” to the “most vulnerable workers”."

    Agriculture [22]
    Climate Change [11]
    Environmental Health [26]
    Environmental Justice [29]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    People & Population [30]
    Public [16]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
    Source: Guardian [32], 03/12/2024
    • Read more about "Florida Passes ‘Cruel’ Bill Curbing Water And Shade Protections For Workers" [28]
  • "Canada, U.S. Launch Intl. Inquiry Into Southeast B.C. Mine Pollution" [33]

    "Nearly 12 years after Ktunaxa Nation first urged the Canadian and U.S. governments to task an international body with investigating the mine pollution coursing through its territory, the two countries have agreed to a step the nation says is key to addressing contamination from B.C.’s Elk Valley coal mines."

    Environmental Health [26]
    Environmental Justice [29]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Environmental Studies [34]
    Natural Resources [35]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Northwest (OR WA) [36]
    Canada [37]
    Source: The Narwhal [38], 03/12/2024
    • Read more about "Canada, U.S. Launch Intl. Inquiry Into Southeast B.C. Mine Pollution" [33]
  • "Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Finalized Methane Rule" [39]

    "The state of Texas on Friday sued the Biden administration over an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule restricting methane emissions finalized earlier Friday morning."

    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
    Source: The Hill [41], 03/12/2024
    • Read more about "Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Finalized Methane Rule" [39]
  • "Walmart Heirs Bet Big on Journalism" [42]

    "A wash of Walton family funding to news media is creating echo chambers in environmental journalism, and beyond. Are editorial firewalls up to the task?"

    Economy & Business [43]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Journalism & Media [44]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Civil Eats [45], 03/11/2024
    • Read more about "Walmart Heirs Bet Big on Journalism" [42]
  • How the Meat Industry Infiltrated Universities to Obstruct Climate Policy [46]

    "New research sheds light on the scope of the livestock industry’s influence over prominent agricultural research centers at two public universities. In a paper recently published in the journal Climatic Change, researchers detail how the meat industry funds credentialed academics to “obstruct unfavorable policies,” especially those targeting the industry’s largely unregulated methane emissions."

    Agriculture [22]
    Climate Change [11]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Journalism & Media [44]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Civil Eats [47], 03/11/2024
    • Read more about How the Meat Industry Infiltrated Universities to Obstruct Climate Policy [46]
  • "Oil Industry Has Sought To Block State Backing For Green Tech Since 1960s" [48]

    "The oil industry has fought against government support for clean technologies for more than half a century, the Guardian can reveal, even as vast subsidies have propped up its polluting business model."

    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Europe [23]
    Source: Guardian [49], 03/11/2024
    • Read more about "Oil Industry Has Sought To Block State Backing For Green Tech Since 1960s" [48]
  • Film Studio Aims To Stir Up ‘Populist Anger’ Over Climate Crisis [50]

    "Yellow Dot Studios produces short-form videos to inform with ‘genuine, righteous anger’ and ‘laugh-out-loud comedy’".

    Activism [51]
    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Journalism & Media [44]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Guardian [52], 03/11/2024
    • Read more about Film Studio Aims To Stir Up ‘Populist Anger’ Over Climate Crisis [50]
  • "Nearly Half the States Sue E.P.A. Over New Limits on Deadly Pollution" [53]

    "Manufacturers and 24 states sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday over the Biden administration’s decision to tighten limits on fine industrial particles, one of the most common and deadliest forms of air pollution."

    Air [54]
    Environmental Health [26]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: NYTimes [55], 03/08/2024
    • Read more about "Nearly Half the States Sue E.P.A. Over New Limits on Deadly Pollution" [53]
  • Record Heat, Rising Sea Levels: High Stakes For Climate In 2024 Elections [56]

    "From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests." "In the wake of the hottest year on record, with fossil fuel production increasing and sea levels rising, the stakes for the climate couldn’t be higher in this year’s elections."

    Climate Change [11]
    Disasters [57]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Yale Climate Connections [58], 03/07/2024
    • Read more about Record Heat, Rising Sea Levels: High Stakes For Climate In 2024 Elections [56]
  • Norway And Sami People End Dispute Over Europe’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm [59]

    "Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the Indigenous right to raise reindeer."

    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Justice [29]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Natural Resources [35]
    People & Population [30]
    Wildlife [60]
    Public [16]
    Antarctica & Arctic [61]
    Europe [23]
    Source: AP [62], 03/07/2024
    • Read more about Norway And Sami People End Dispute Over Europe’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm [59]
  • "Big Meat Is Lying About Sustainability. These Media Outlets Are Helping." [63]

    "In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed last week, the New York Attorney General accused JBS USA—the American arm of the world’s largest meatpacking company—of “fraudulent and illegal environmental marketing practices” surrounding its claims of sustainability."

    Agriculture [22]
    Climate Change [11]
    Consumer [64]
    Environmental Politics [13]
    Food [65]
    Journalism & Media [44]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    International [66]
    Source: HEATED [67], 03/07/2024
    • Read more about "Big Meat Is Lying About Sustainability. These Media Outlets Are Helping." [63]

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