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Shell To Spend $450M On Possibly Worthless Carbon Offsets [9]

"British multinational to spend huge sums on schemes that do not bring genuine carbon reductions, analysis shows".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 01/20/2023
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Enviro Groups, Justice Company Reach Settlement Over Cleanup Of Va. Mines [17]

"Environmental groups announced Thursday they had reached a settlement with A&G Coal Corporation, a business owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family, over the cleanup of three coal mines in Virginia’s Wise County."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: States Newsroom [22], 01/20/2023
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"Feds Send $930 Million To Curb ‘Crisis’ Of US West Wildfires" [23]

"The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush from national forests, the Biden administration announced Thursday, as officials struggle to protect communities from destructive infernos being made worse by climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Forests [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [26], 01/20/2023
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Renewables Soon To Be One-Fourth of US Electricity Generation. Really Soon [27]

"The latest EIA report shows [U.S.] renewable generation is about to cross the 25 percent mark, while coal and natural gas lose ground."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 01/20/2023
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"Environmental Groups Sue U.S. To Stop Deepwater Oil-Export Facility" [29]

"Environmental groups on Thursday sued the United States to overturn its approval of a deepwater oil-export facility off the Texas Gulf Coast, saying it would boost oil-production and greenhouse gas pollution."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [30], 01/20/2023
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"Racist Beauty Standards Leave POC More Exposed To Harmful Chemicals: Study [31]

"Racist beauty standards are driving the use of beauty products that are often contaminated with chemicals that alter the human endocrine system, cause organ damage, and spur cancer in communities of color, according to new research."

Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
People & Population [35]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: EHN [36], 01/20/2023
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"Twinkle, Twinkle Fading Stars: Hiding In Our Brighter Skies" [37]

"Every year, the night sky grows brighter, and the stars look dimmer. A new study that analyzes data from more than 50,000 amateur stargazers finds that artificial lighting is making the night sky about 10% brighter each year."

Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [15]
Source: AP [38], 01/20/2023
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"Biden Tours Storm-Ravaged California Coast Thursday" [39]

"U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to California on Thursday to tour areas hit hard by a series of deadly "atmospheric river" storms that inflicted widespread flooding, felled trees and brought mudslides to a state long gripped by extreme drought."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 01/19/2023
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"New Ice Core Analysis Shows Sharp Greenland Warming Spike" [43]

"A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7 degrees (1.5 degrees Celsius) hotter than its 20th-century average, the warmest in more than 1,000 years, according to new ice core data."

Climate Change [10]
Science [44]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
International [15]
Antarctica & Arctic [45]
Source: AP [46], 01/19/2023
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"Brazilian Meat Giant Under Fire For Allegedly Misleading Investors" [47]

"JBS sold more than $3 billion worth of ‘green bonds’ in the U.S., but a watchdog group says its impact on Amazon forests belies its pledges".

Climate Change [10]
Forests [25]
Science [44]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Washington Post [48], 01/19/2023
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Over 90% of Rainforest Carbon Offsets By Top Provider Worthless: Study [49]

"The forest carbon offsets approved by the world’s leading provider and used by Disney, Shell, Gucci and other big corporations are largely worthless and could make global heating worse, according to a new investigation."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Forests [25]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [50], 01/19/2023
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Granholm Says GOP Bill Would Weaken SPR, Result In Higher Gas Prices [51]

"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is pushing back on a Republican proposal to put stipulations on withdrawing oil from the country’s strategic reserve, arguing that the measure would curtail the use of a key security tool and drive up prices."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [52], 01/19/2023
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‘Advanced’ Plastic Recycling Is Costly and Polluting: Study [53]

"Industry is pursuing various technologies to help solve the global plastic waste problem, but environmentalists say new recycling techniques only make environmental problems worse."

Chemicals [54]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [20]
Technology [55]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 01/19/2023
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"‘It’s Time To Start Suing’: States Tee Up Next WOTUS War" [57]

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday he filed a challenge against the new EPA and Army Corps of Engineers definition of which waterways and wetlands are subject to federal permitting requirements."

Agriculture [58]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Planning & Growth [59]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [60], 01/19/2023
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As California’s Storms End, Reckoning With Flood Insurance About To Begin [61]

"Just 1.3 percent of homeowners in the state have national flood insurance policies."

Agriculture [58]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [18]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
California [41]
Source: Grist [62], 01/19/2023
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