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The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: TV Stars [1]

"For D.I.Y. enthusiasts, Matt Blashaw is a familiar face, judging bathroom remodels or planning surprise home makeovers on popular cable television shows. Mr. Blashaw also has an unusually strong opinion about how Americans should heat their homes: by burning propane, or liquid petroleum gas."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 01/11/2023
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"N.Y. Weighs East Coast’s First Statewide Building Gas Ban" [12]

"New York’s Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul called yesterday for the nation’s most aggressive ban on fossil fuels in new buildings, setting the stage for a possible showdown with the gas industry and state lawmakers."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Source: E&E News [14], 01/11/2023
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California Death Toll Reaches 17 As Floods And Extreme Wind Wreak Havoc [15]

"The latest in a series of intense winter storms continued to lash Northern California on Tuesday, bringing thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind and hail to the waterlogged region as the death toll from the extreme weather climbs."

Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Transportation [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [9]
California [21]
Source: LA Times [22], 01/11/2023
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Water-Sharing in the West: An Urgent and Complicated Environmental Story [23]

Water has always been a precious commodity in the western states. Now, with rapid population growth and a drying climate, the way this resource is shared and distributed is becoming more contentious across the region. Freelance journalist Jennifer Oldham talks about the tensions between supply and demand and how to drill down into water rights laws and policies.

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Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [18]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Policy [30]
Technology [31]
Water & Oceans [20]
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National (U.S.) [10]
California [21]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
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"US Safety Agency to Consider Ban on Gas Stoves Amid Health Fears" [34]

"The US Consumer Product Safety Commission will move to regulate gas stoves as new research links them to childhood asthma."

Air [35]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [36]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Green [37], 01/09/2023
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Buyers Of Electric Cars Can Get A $7,500 Tax Credit, But It Won't Be Easy [38]

"Uncle Sam wants you to buy an electric vehicle. And he's willing to throw $7,500 your way to make it happen ... if you and the model you want both qualify."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Transportation [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [39], 01/09/2023
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"EPA Targets Plastics Company in PFAS Probe" [40]

"EPA and environmental groups are targeting a company for allegedly releasing “forever chemicals” into tens of millions of plastic containers that later contaminated pesticides, which the agency said poses “unreasonable” risks to workers and the environment.

Chemicals [41]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [42], 01/06/2023
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"EU Ban On Deforestation-Linked Goods Sets Benchmark, Say US Lawmakers" [43]

"A groundbreaking EU deal to ban the import of goods linked to deforestation has set a global benchmark and will hasten the passage of a similar law in the US, American lawmakers have said."

Agriculture [16]
Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Europe [45]
Source: Guardian [46], 01/06/2023
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"Are Home Insurers Abandoning Communities Vulnerable to Climate Change?" [47]

"Dozens of environmental and consumer groups are rallying behind the Biden administration’s plan to collect information from property insurance companies to determine if they are abandoning communities that are vulnerable to climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [17]
Economy & Business [4]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [48], 01/05/2023
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"Israel To Abandon Plastic Tax Despite Environmental Concerns" [49]

"Israel's new government will abandon the country's tax on single-use plastic plates and utensils, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday, despite environmental concerns."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Waste [50]
Public [9]
Middle East [51]
Source: Reuters [52], 01/04/2023
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