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"‘Climate-Controlled’ Sausage? Courts Crack Down on ‘Greenwashing’" [1]

"From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Food [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [12]
Source: NYTimes [13], 04/15/2024
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"Mapping America’s Access To Nature, Neighborhood By Neighborhood" [14]

"Using satellite imagery and data on dozens of factors — including air and noise pollution, park space, open water and tree canopy — NatureQuant has distilled the elements of health-supporting nature into a single variable called NatureScore. Aggregated to the level of Census tracts — roughly the size of a neighborhood — the data provide a high-resolution image of where nature is abundant and where it is lacking across the United States."

Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [20], 04/11/2024
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FirstEnergy Gave Secret $1 Million To Ohio Lt. Gov. Campaign in Scandal [21]

"A surge in FirstEnergy political spending ahead of the utility’s push to secure a legislative bailout for its nuclear power plants included a $1 million dark money contribution to support the campaign of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s eventual running mate."

Consumer [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [22]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [23]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Source: Floodlight/Energy News Network [25], 04/11/2024
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"How to Hit the Trail With Nothing but Amtrak and a Bicycle" [26]

"From Idaho to Alabama to Maine, adventure outdoors without taking a single car ride or plane trip".

Consumer [3]
Natural Resources [17]
Transportation [27]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Canada [28]
Source: Sierra [29], 04/09/2024
  • Read more about "How to Hit the Trail With Nothing but Amtrak and a Bicycle" [26]

"Colombia Capital Bogota To Ration Water As Reservoirs Dry" [30]

"Colombia's capital Bogota will start rationing water this week to alleviate droughts wrought by the El Nino weather pattern, which has exacerbated the Andean country's dry season and caused reservoir levels to fall, Mayor Carlos Galan said on Monday."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [31]
Infrastructure [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [10]
South America [34]
Source: Reuters [35], 04/09/2024
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"Electric Cars Pass the Tipping Point to Mass Adoption in 31 Countries" [36]

"Once 5% of new-car sales go fully electric, everything changes — according to a Bloomberg Green analysis of transitions underway across four continents."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Infrastructure [32]
Technology [38]
Transportation [27]
Public [10]
International [12]
Source: Bloomberg [39], 04/08/2024
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"Few Stations and $200 to Fill Up: Life on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’" [40]

"The state committed more than $250 million toward building out a network of stations for hydrogen fuel cell cars. It’s not going great."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Infrastructure [32]
Technology [38]
Transportation [27]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
California [41]
Source: Bloomberg [42], 04/08/2024
  • Read more about "Few Stations and $200 to Fill Up: Life on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’" [40]

California Is Top U.S. Emitter Of A Planet-Warming Termite Pesticide [43]

"Despite its aggressive reputation for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, California releases more of a climate-warming pesticide than all other states combined, most of it from homes fumigated for termites, according to a study published Wednesday."

Chemicals [44]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Pollution [45]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
California [41]
Source: LA Times [46], 04/04/2024
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"A Guide To Electric Car Misinformation (Part 2)" [47]

"Financially-motivated EV misinformation comes from both sides of the aisle (the lane?). Industries that see EVs as a threat exaggerate their harms in a bid to get you to hate EVs. And industries that profit from EVs greenwash their benefits in a bid to get you to love EVs."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Infrastructure [32]
Journalism & Media [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [12]
Source: HEATED [48], 04/04/2024
  • Read more about "A Guide To Electric Car Misinformation (Part 2)" [47]

Will Bitcoin, Data Centers, and Cannabis Risk US Climate Goals? [49]

"US energy use has been flat. But new industries are forcing a boost in utility forecasts for demand, potentially harming efforts to cut emissions."

Agriculture [50]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Technology [38]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Floodlight [51], 04/04/2024
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