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Electric Grids Are a Hidden Weak Spot in World’s Climate Plans: Report [1]

"Even as clean energy technologies like solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles spread rapidly across the globe, most countries are falling perilously behind in building the power lines and electric grids needed to support them, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday in an extensive analysis."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Infrastructure [3]
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International [5]
Source: NYTimes [6], 10/19/2023
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EPA Says Lead Emissions From Small Piston-Engine Aircraft Pose Health Danger [7]

"The U.S Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued a final determination declaring that emissions from aircraft that use leaded fuel pose a danger to public health, following years of study."

Chemicals [8]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Transportation [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [13], 10/19/2023
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Foul-Smelling Biofuels Plant In Southwest Dallas Is Shutting Down [14]

"A plant near homes in southwest Dallas that renders animal fat into biofuel is shutting down after The Dallas Morning News found that it appears to be operating without proper zoning. Neighbors have complained for years about the smell of dead and rotting animals that they say comes from the facility owned by Envirotein."

Air [15]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [16]
Public [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Dallas Morning News [18], 10/18/2023
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PHMSA Regulating 400,000 Miles of Gas Gathering Lines; Industry Unhappy [19]

"With little attention from the mainstream media, the Biden administration has begun imposing new rules on some 400,000 miles of gas pipes. Many are bigger and more dangerous lines laid since the boom in fracking."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 10/18/2023
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"How Gas Utilities Used Tobacco Tactics To Avoid Gas Stove Regulations" [23]

"In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched "Operation Attack," a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas stoves into people's kitchens."

Climate Change [20]
Consumer [24]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Pollution [16]
Technology [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [28], 10/18/2023
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"Home Energy Devices Hold Untapped Potential for Strained Grids" [29]

"This summer, as a historic heat wave strained Texas’ electrical grid and hiked power prices, Scott Stambush’s electricity bill went negative."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [30], 10/17/2023
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New York's Gas Stove Ban an 'Existential Threat,' Trade Group Lawsuit Says [31]

"Construction and gas trade groups have filed a lawsuit to block a law passed by New York officials that would ban furnaces and gas stoves in newly constructed buildings."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Source: Earther [33], 10/17/2023
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Enviros Warn Of Intent To Sue Over Snail Species Near Nev. Lithium Mine [34]

"In an ongoing legal battle with the Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine, environmentalists are poised to return to court with a new approach accusing U.S. wildlife officials of dragging their feet on a year-old petition seeking endangered species status for a tiny snail that lives nearby."

Biodiversity [35]
Chemicals [8]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [36]
Wildlife [37]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
Source: AP [39], 10/17/2023
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"Biden Announces Huge Hydrogen Investment. How Much Will It Help The Climate?" [40]

"The Energy Department awarded up to $7 billion in grants for clean hydrogen “hubs,” but environmentalists warn some of the money could prop up fossil fuels and fail to cut emissions."

Chemicals [8]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Technology [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 10/16/2023
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Electric Vehicles Will Be Burning Rubber in 2024 [42]

As global sales of electric vehicles surge, the positive impact on climate change emissions could be a critical benefit. But as our Backgrounder points out, it’s not as simple as that. There are challenges with politics, tax laws, mineral access, related pollution regulations and union jobs. Get an overview of the issue, in this latest entry in our expanding 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy.

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Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [36]
Policy [45]
Pollution [16]
Science [46]
Technology [27]
Transportation [11]
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International [5]
Asia [47]
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