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As Time Runs Out To Cut Carbon From Buildings, Industry Tightens Its Grip [1]

"Buildings are huge generators of planet-warming gases, with fossil fuels responsible for everything from heating and cooling to cooking and charging our devices. Experts say a massive overhaul of building efficiency is imperative within the next decade to prevent catastrophic warming."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Source: HuffPost [9], 07/02/2021
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"Biden Says Climate Change Is Driving Wildfires And Historic Heat Wave" [10]

"President Joe Biden on Wednesday said climate change is driving an increased threat from wildfires as he announced new federal response plans during a meeting with governors from western states facing a record-breaking heat wave."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: CNN [13], 07/01/2021
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"In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action" [14]

"On the tape, made in a Greenpeace sting, he described working with “shadow groups” to fight climate science, and detailed efforts to weaken President Biden’s proposals to burn less oil."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [20], 07/01/2021
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"The Department of Yes" [21]

"How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America"

Agriculture [22]
Chemicals [23]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [24]
Science [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Intercept [26], 07/01/2021
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"The Chamber of Commerce's Sordid History of Climate Denial" [27]

"A new report from Brown University’s Climate and Development Lab deconstructs the messaging from one of the most aggressive climate denier organizations in the U.S."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Earther [29], 06/30/2021
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Communities Dependent on Fossil Fuel Economy Look for Just Transition [30]

"A new report identifies areas from Appalachia to Alaska that will need help to keep their employment, wages and tax bases from falling steeply as coal, oil and gas are phased out."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 06/29/2021
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"It’s Some of America’s Richest Farmland. But What Is It Without Water?" [32]

"A California farmer decides it makes better business sense to sell his water than to grow rice. An almond farmer considers uprooting his trees to put up solar panels. Drought is transforming the state, with broad consequences for the food supply."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [33]
Source: NYTimes [34], 06/29/2021
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House Appropriations Panel Asks $15.6 Billion Increase In Interior Funds [35]

"The House Appropriations Committee proposed funding increases for the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday, but at slightly lower levels than those proposed by the Biden administration for Interior."

Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [36]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [37], 06/29/2021
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Solar Panel Stories Can Shine for Local, Regional Reporters [38]

As the solar panel business resurges, the wide scope of possible regional and local story angles — climate, tech, consumer, business, jobs, air quality and grid reliability — make bright prospects for journalists. The latest TipSheet sets out recent political and market developments, along with more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [18]
Infrastructure [41]
Journalism & Media [19]
Natural Resources [36]
Policy [42]
Technology [43]
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National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Asia [44]
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Public [6]
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Journalists Team Up To Continue Colleagues’ Work Exposing Mining Risks [45]

Environmental journalists around the world sometimes pay for their work with their freedom, safety or even their lives. The Forbidden Stories network continues the reporting of some of those journalists, and a team there recently produced an award-winning collaboration to investigate troubles at mining giants in Central America, South Asia and East Africa. “The Green Blood Project” in this month’s Inside Story.

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Activism [47]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [48]
Journalism & Media [19]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [49]
Pollution [24]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [28]
Region: 
International [8]
Africa [51]
Asia [44]
Central America & the Caribbean [52]
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Public [6]
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