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"Oil Companies Rake In Huge Profits Amid Consumer Squeeze" [1]

"Major oil companies saw profits soar in the third quarter of 2022, continuing a trend of massive industry profits even as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine causes soaring prices for consumers."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: The Hill [7], 10/31/2022
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EV Battery Boom Sees Manufacturers Investing Billions in Midwest Factories [8]

"With announcements of more than two dozen plants in the so-called “Battery Belt” of the U.S., the industry is growing at a breakneck pace."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 10/28/2022
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November 2, 2022

SEJ Webinar: Better Business – Covering Corporate Climate Solutions [11]

As corporations make major commitments to reducing climate emissions, journalists will need to investigate whether these efforts are contributing to a sustainable future, or simply greenwashing the same old dirty business. Ahead of the COP27 in Egypt, join SEJ and expert panelists for advice on how to cover the role of the business sector in solving the climate challenge. 1-2pm ET.

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Economy & Business [3]
Journalism & Media [14]

"Rich Countries Keep Funding Our Demise" [15]

"The most powerful countries in the world keep ratcheting up public funding for fossil fuel projects and increasing emissions—despite the fact that continued investment in dirty fuels could push us beyond the warming targets laid out in the Paris Agreement."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Earther [18], 10/26/2022
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Private Equity Buying Aging Oil, Gas and Coal Assets As Fossil Firms Divest [19]

"Environmentalists fear the sell-offs could keep those facilities operating for years into the future, worsening climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 10/26/2022
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"U.S. EPA Begins Work To Set Up $27 Billion Green Bank" [21]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday began the process of designing a $27 billion green bank that will offer grants to disadvantaged communities around the United States to deploy low- or zero-emissions projects."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Justice [22]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [23], 10/24/2022
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Sleuths Tap Obscure Toxics Database To ID Loophole on PFAS [24]

Data specialists working with two databases, one familiar and one little-known, have uncovered how companies may be able to hide releases of the family of toxic PFAS chemicals. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox details the data revelation and explores how journalists may make use of the Chemical Data Reporting service’s datasets for their own stories.

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Environmental Health [28]
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Government [29]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [31]
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"U.S. EPA Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Mississippi Capital's Water Crisis" [32]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday opened an investigation into Mississippi state agencies to determine if they violated civil rights in the majority Black city of Jackson in the course of funding of the city's water infrastructure."

Consumer [33]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [22]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
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Source: Reuters [37], 10/21/2022
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"How A Transformer Shortage Threatens The Grid" [38]

"ROANOKE, Va. — A high-voltage grid transformer as big as a railroad boxcar sits on the loading dock of a factory here, ready to push power across transmission lines as an indispensable part of the nation’s electric grid."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Technology [39]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [40], 10/21/2022
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"Some Risks Too Big: Insurers Withdraw From Fossil Projects" [41]

"Insurance companies that have long said they’ll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [42]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [6]
Source: AP [43], 10/20/2022
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