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Group Says New Jersey Toxic Waste Dumping Caused $1B In Harm, Sues [1]

"Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement between New Jersey and the corporate successor to the firm that did the polluting."

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National (U.S.) [11]
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Source: AP [13], 12/23/2024

"Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen" [14]

"Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Economy & Business [3]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [17], 12/20/2024

How A Public University Courted The Gas Industry Despite Climate Impacts [18]

"As the liquefied natural gas (LNG) boom gained momentum in southwest Louisiana, one public institution of higher learning, McNeese State University, courted the industry to help launch a new LNG Center of Excellence, hired a director doubling as an LNG industry lobbyist, and approached federal regulators to co-locate their own research center at the university, according to emails obtained via public records requests by DeSmog and The Guardian."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Studies [20]
Pollution [7]
Science [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: DeSmog/Guardian [22], 12/20/2024

"The Climate Cost Of Trump’s Tariffs" [23]

"The tariffs will make everything from heat pumps and solar panels to EVs more expensive."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Grist [24], 12/19/2024

"Trump Sues Des Moines Register, Pollster For ‘Election Interference’" [25]

"President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its pollster for “brazen election interference” in publishing a survey the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris with a surprising lead of three percentage points in the state."

Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [28], 12/18/2024

Some In Seafood Industry See Trump As Friend, But Tariffs Could Raise Prices [29]

"The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes for one of the oldest sectors of the U.S. economy — seafood — and some in the industry believe the returning president will be more responsive to its needs."

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Environmental Politics [26]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [32], 12/18/2024

California’s PG&E Could Get $15B In Federal Loans To Modernize Its Grid [33]

"Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could receive up to $15 billion in federal loans to help the utility modernize its power grid and expand clean energy infrastructure across central and northern California, officials announced Tuesday."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
California [35]
Source: AP [36], 12/18/2024

Beat Reporter Spotlights Costs of California's Environmental Reckoning [37]

The fossil fuel industry’s outsized climate policy role in the U.S.’s most populous state is the core of award-winning coverage from investigative journalist Aaron Cantú for nonprofit newsroom Capital & Main. In the new Inside Story Q&A, Cantú shares some of what challenged him in his reporting, what surprised him most and a lesson learned.

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Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [26]
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Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [40]
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"Biden's Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Auction Ripe for Challenge" [42]

"The Biden administration’s decision to include restrictions in the auction of oil drilling rights in part of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is legally vulnerable as the state looks to the next administration to allow more oil development."

Biodiversity [43]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [40]
Wildlife [44]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [45]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 12/13/2024

"Biden Doubles Tariffs On Chinese Solar Panel Components" [47]

"The Biden administration will double tariffs on certain solar panel components that are made in China, it announced Wednesday."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Technology [48]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [49]
Asia [50]
Source: The Hill [51], 12/12/2024

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