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"Biden Officials Push To Hike Lightbulb Efficiency After Trump Reversal" [1]

"The Biden administration is proposing the restoration of Obama-era rules aimed at increasing efficiency of consumer lightbulbs by including more types of bulbs in regulations."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [8], 08/11/2021
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"EPA Ordered To Update Rules On Oil Spill-Fighting Chemicals" [9]

"A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must update nearly three-decade-old regulations about the chemicals that can be used to disperse offshore oil spills, which some environmental groups contend cause serious health problems."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [15], 08/11/2021
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"FDA Raises Alarm Over PFAS-Tainted Food Containers" [16]

"FDA is warning the food industry that certain processes for producing plastic used for food containers may result in PFAS leaching into food. "

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [18], 08/11/2021
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"Carmakers’ EV Pledge Gives Burned Environmentalists Deja Vu" [19]

"The chief executives of the world’s biggest automakers gathered with President Barack Obama at the Washington Convention Center in 2011 to announce they had agreed to double the average fuel economy of their vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon -- the largest increase in history."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Green [22], 08/10/2021
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Address Risky Human Activities Now Or Face New Pandemics: Scientists [23]

"Globally, numerous infectious diseases are being transmitted between wildlife, livestock and humans at escalating rates, including outbreaks of COVID-19, Ebola, dengue, HIV and others, as the threat of new emergent zoonotic diseases grows ever greater. The cost is huge in lives lost and ruined economies. The driver: human activities, particularly intrusion into wild landscapes and eating and trading wild animals."

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [25]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [17]
Forests [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [29]
Public [6]
International [30]
Source: Mongabay [31], 08/06/2021
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FEMA Not Pushing Homeowners Hard Enough to Buy Flood Insurance: GAO [32]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been collecting a lot of information about flood risks across America, including the increased risk of flooding linked to climate change. But the agency has not effectively used that new knowledge to persuade more Americans to buy flood insurance, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [33]
Government [34]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 08/05/2021
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"California Resorts To Water Cutoffs As Drought Worsens" [36]

"California water regulators took unprecedented action this week, passing an emergency regulation that will bar thousands of Californians from diverting stream and river water as the drought worsens."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [26]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [6]
California [37]
Source: LA Times [38], 08/05/2021
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"Energy Department Targets Trump Rollbacks On Appliance Efficiency" [39]

"The Biden administration is proposing to revoke Trump-era rollbacks to washer, dryer and dishwasher efficiency."

Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [40], 08/04/2021
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"Explainer: U.N. Summit Seeks To Shape A Food System Fit For The Future" [41]

"A meeting in Rome this week is preparing the ground for September's summit where actions will be launched for healthier, greener ways to produce and consume food".

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [25]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [17]
Infrastructure [42]
Public [6]
International [30]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [43], 07/27/2021
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Beach Closures Offer Key to Bigger Water Pollution Stories [44]

People all too often swim in waters whose pollution risks are far scarier — and far more real — than shark attacks. Yet little attention is paid to the environmental stories behind the beach closures such pollution can necessitate. TipSheet helps you dip your toe, with the backstory on the most common cause for these health risks, plus reporting resources.

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