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"White House Docs: Trump Aides Pushed EPA for Fewer Methane Checks" [1]

"EPA bowed to White House pressure during interagency review of an oil and gas emissions rule by reducing requirements for a segment of the natural gas supply chain to monitor and repair methane leaks."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [13], 09/21/2020
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"As Wildfires Rage, California Presses Insurers to Cut Rates" [14]

"Faced with the twin climate crises of historic wildfires and spiraling insurance costs, California on Wednesday laid out new rules to make insurance more affordable in fire-prone areas. But the changes could backfire, experts say — pushing insurers to stop offering insurance in those areas and further imperiling communities on the front lines of climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [15]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
California [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 09/17/2020
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"Biden Teases Canceling Puerto Rico’s ‘Illegal’ Debt In New Plan" [18]

"The former vice president is looking to court climate refugees who fled the hurricane-ravaged island to battleground states like Florida."

Disasters [15]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [11]
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Source: HuffPost [20], 09/16/2020
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"Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change" [21]

"A report commissioned by President Trump’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued dire warnings about climate change’s impact on financial markets."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [15]
Economy & Business [4]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [22], 09/09/2020
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‘The Power of Partnerships’ Helps Uncover America’s Energy Gamble [23]

It took teams of journalists to produce an award-winning series of reports digging into environment and climate health effects of massive oil and natural gas production in the Southwestern United States. Our latest Inside Story talks with Jamie Smith Hopkins of the Center for Public Integrity about the benefits of reporting a big story jointly and the project’s sometimes surprising findings.

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National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
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"U.S. Clean Power Giants to Join Forces to Build Lobbying Muscle" [30]

"Some of the biggest U.S. clean-energy companies are joining forces with the nation’s top wind-power trade group to create a new lobbying organization ahead of a presidential election that could tip federal policy in favor of renewables."

Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Green [31], 09/04/2020
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Trump Cuts Oil & Gas Drillers' Royalties On Public Lands; States Suffer [32]

"The oil and gas industry has been allowed to pay far less than usual to the government for the right to drill on public lands under a controversial Trump administration coronavirus relief policy, an analysis by a watchdog group and the Guardian reveals."

Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [33], 09/04/2020
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"EPA Chief of Staff Amassed Clients During Year Away" [34]

"EPA Chief of Staff Mandy Gunasekara signed more than a half-dozen clients, including some who have pushed back against environmental rules and questioned climate change science, in her year away from the agency."

Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [35], 09/03/2020
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BLM Rule Allows Itself To Issue Mass Royalty Cuts For Mining [36]

"The Trump administration on Monday finalized a rule allowing itself to issue areawide and industrywide reductions on fees that companies pay to the government in exchange for the ability to extract certain minerals from public lands."

Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [37], 09/02/2020
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Wildfires Bring Another Climate Crisis: Homeowners Can’t Get Insurance [38]

"Insurers, facing huge losses, have been pulling back from fire-prone areas across California. “The marketplace has largely collapsed,” an advocate for counties in the state said."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [15]
Economy & Business [4]
Forests [39]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [40], 09/02/2020
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