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Infrastructure Funding Coming Soon for Cleanup of Orphan Oil Wells [1]

With billions of infrastructure dollars now on the table to clean up orphan oil wells, states are already elbowing their way in for a taste. But as our new Backgrounder explains, the process to ensure they cannot pollute the environment or spew climate-change gasses is a complex one. And the sheer (and largely unknown) number of orphaned wells adds to the complications.

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Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [17]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [19]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Policy [24]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
California [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
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Public [16]
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"Postal Service: Here’s The Price Tag For 100% EVs" [30]

"The U.S. Postal Service, which has been criticized for its plan to buy tens of thousands of gas-burning delivery trucks, estimates that it could in fact go all-electric if Congress gives it at least $3.3 billion."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [8]
Transportation [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [32], 01/14/2022
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"Still No Penalties for Coastal GasLink Environmental Violations" [33]

"More than a year after Coastal GasLink was cited for multiple environmental violations on its pipeline route through northern B.C., the provincial government still hasn’t imposed penalties."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [16]
Canada [34]
Source: The Tyee [35], 01/14/2022
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"On the Defensive a Year Ago, the American Petroleum Institute Is Back" [36]

"The oil and gas lobby, looking at resurgent production, has more than held its own in dealings with the Biden administration."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 01/13/2022
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In Orlando, A Mountain Of Coal Ash Evades EPA Rules. One of Many. [38]

"Tucked among scattered pine and cypress trees near Orlando, Florida, a 175-foot-tall mountain of coal ash looms as a stark representation of this booming region's reliance on fossil fuels."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [13]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [40], 01/13/2022
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"Biden To Hold Wind Power Auction Off New York, New Jersey Coast" [41]

"The Biden administration said Wednesday it will hold its first offshore wind auction next month, offering nearly 500,000 acres off the coast of New York and New Jersey for wind energy projects that could produce enough electricity to power nearly 2 million homes."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [42], 01/13/2022
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"EPA To Review Rules For Largest Source Of Lead In Air" [43]

"EPA today [Wednesday] announced plans to “review and evaluate” whether emissions from piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded fuel — the largest source of atmospheric lead pollution — endanger public health and welfare."

Air [44]
Chemicals [45]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [13]
Transportation [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [46], 01/13/2022
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"Ghost Flights Are Polluting the Skies Thanks to Omicron" [47]

"Airlines claim they're sending thousands of empty flights out in an attempt to maintain market share despite the environmental damage."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Transportation [31]
Public [16]
International [48]
Source: Earther [49], 01/12/2022
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DOE Blew $1.1B on Carbon Capture Projects That Were Mostly Failures: GAO [50]

"The idea of trapping a dirty coal plant’s carbon emissions at the source and storing it underground may sound like the solution to our climate problems. In practice, it’s proven all but completely unfeasible, but that hasn’t stopped the government from plunging money into it."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Earther [51], 01/12/2022
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