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"Chainsaw Massacre: Tree Poaching Hits Canada Amid Lumber Shortage" [1]

"Officials on Vancouver Island say at least 100 trees have been illegally cut down, leaving one stump with a face carved into it".

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Canada [7]
Source: Guardian [8], 05/17/2021
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"How Should Utility Companies Spend Your Money? A Debate Rages" [9]

Some of the money customers pay electric utilities goes to support lobbying that may not be in the public interest.

Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [14], 05/14/2021
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Solar Pushback: How Power Firms Try To Make People Pay For Going Green [15]

"In states like Kansas, energy companies want to impose charges on people who produce their own power with rooftop arrays".

Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [16]
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Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [17], 05/14/2021
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Emails Show Mining Industry, Home-Builders Shaped Arizona Water Bill [18]

"Newly released emails reveal that lawyers and lobbyists for mining companies, developers and the agriculture industry had a hand behind the scenes in shaping Arizona’s newly adopted law on clean-water rules for rivers and streams."

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Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Arizona Republic [24], 05/14/2021
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"Biden Signs Exec. Order to Bolster Federal Government’s Cybersecurity" [25]

"As the East Coast suffered from the effects of a ransomware attack on a major petroleum pipeline, President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that placed strict new standards on the cybersecurity of any software sold to the federal government."

Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Technology [27]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [28], 05/13/2021
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"Biden Bets Offshore Wind Will Fix His Climate Jobs Problem" [29]

"Offshore wind offers President Biden one of his best opportunities to marry his climate and jobs agendas. It comes as his administration approved the nation's first major wind project off the East Coast."

Climate Change [30]
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Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [31], 05/13/2021
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"For Some Anti-Vaccine Advocates, Misinformation Is Part Of A Business" [32]

[Sayer Ji] "is one of many anti-vaccine advocates with a business on the side. They promote false claims about the dangers vaccines pose, while selling treatments, supplementals or other services. Their potential market is the roughly 20% of Americans say they do not want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to recent polling."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [19]
Journalism & Media [33]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NPR [34], 05/12/2021
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To-Do List for Climate Change Gas Methane Is Long, Challenging … and Newsy [35]

The climate change gas methane, relatively little controlled but with a global warming potential many times that of carbon dioxide, has been much in the news recently and promises to remain there. The latest Backgrounder helps environmental journalists track the problem by detailing methane’s sources — from oil and gas production, agriculture and landfills — and the politics surrounding its regulation.

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Journalism & Media [33]
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Policy [41]
Pollution [21]
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"U.N. Chief Urges 'Substantial' G7 Climate Aid Pledges" [44]

"United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged leaders of the Group of Seven richest countries to make “substantial” pledges to help developing countries tackle climate change over the next five years."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [6]
International [43]
Source: Reuters [45], 05/07/2021
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"DuPont Loses Plastic Pollution Vote With Record 81% Rebellion" [46]

"An overwhelming majority of DuPont de Nemours Inc. investors voted in favor of a proposal calling for more transparency on pollution, rebuffing the chemical giant’s management at its annual meeting."

Activism [47]
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Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [33]
Pollution [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 05/04/2021
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