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"Americans Like Home Electrification — But Also Still Love Their Gas Stoves" [1]

"Most Americans would prefer to live in a home where almost all major appliances run on electricity — but only if they can keep their gas stoves. Just 31 percent want to go fully electric."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Grist [11], 12/13/2023
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"‘A Scam All Around’: Navajo Nation Groups Oppose Hydropower Projects" [12]

"Navajo Nation environmentalists are opposing a “self-described jet setter” and French millionaire’s plans for a massive �hydropower project they claim will adversely affect the land, water, wildlife, plants and cultural resources of the largest land area held by Indigenous American peoples in the US."

Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 12/12/2023
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"The Problem With Those Kitchen Composting Machines" [19]

"Spoiler: For starters, what they produce is not compost."

Agriculture [20]
Consumer [3]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Sierra [21], 12/08/2023
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"House Backs GOP Bill To Block EPA Rule On Tailpipe Pollution" [22]

"House Republicans approved a bill Wednesday to block strict new tailpipe pollution limits proposed by the Biden administration, calling the plan a back-door mandate for electric vehicles."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [24]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [25], 12/07/2023
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"The US EV Industry Now Faces A Choice: Tax Credits Or Chinese Batteries" [26]

"Long-awaited rules from the Biden admin could make all EVs ineligible for the $7,500 customer tax credit — unless the industry can source key supplies beyond China."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [8]
Transportation [24]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Asia [27]
Source: Canary Media [28], 12/07/2023
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Congress Provided $7.5B For Electric Vehicle Chargers. Built So Far: Zero. [29]

"Congress at the urging of the Biden administration agreed in 2021 to spend $7.5 billion to build tens of thousands of electric vehicle chargers across the country, aiming to appease anxious drivers while tackling climate change. Two years later, the program has yet to install a single charger."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [6]
Transportation [24]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Politico [30], 12/06/2023
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"In Some Neighborhoods In Drought-Prone Kenya, Clean Water Is Scarce" [31]

"As the sun rises in the Bondeni-Jua Kali neighborhood on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, dozens of women and men step out of their corrugated iron homes with yellow jerricans, skip over pools of sewage and make their way to a nearby water vending station."

Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [13]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
Africa [34]
Source: AP [35], 12/04/2023
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"EPA Lead Pipe Rule Good for Justice, But May Come at High Cost" [36]

"The EPA’s goal to replace all lead drinking water pipes in the US within 10 years is ambitious and furthers environmental justice, water attorneys and environmental groups say, but some former agency officials worry the goal may be too costly to meet."

Chemicals [37]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [13]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 12/04/2023
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"‘Game Changer’: EPA Rule Would Force Removal Of America’s Lead Pipes" [39]

"EPA is calling on utilities to eliminate the largest source of lead contamination in drinking water with a proposal to require removal of all lead pipes within the next decade."

Chemicals [37]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [32]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [40], 12/01/2023
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"‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Drinking Water Sources Across England" [41]

"Potentially toxic “forever chemicals” have been detected in the drinking water sources at 17 of 18 England’s water companies, with 11,853 samples testing positive, something experts say they are “extremely alarmed” by."

Chemicals [37]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [32]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
Europe [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 11/30/2023
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