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US Climate Official Says Australia’s Climate Targets Are ‘Not Sufficient’ [1]

"A senior US climate official has warned Australia’s targets are “not sufficient” and the country should be considering a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, given the urgency of the threat outlined this week in a landmark report."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Australia & Oceania [7]
Source: Guardian [8], 08/12/2021
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"Biden Asked OPEC To Pump More Oil. Is That Climate Denial?" [9]

"On Wednesday, the White House asked the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to pump more oil in hopes of stemming the rise in gas prices in the United States."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [10]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HuffPost [11], 08/12/2021
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"Biden Officials Push To Hike Lightbulb Efficiency After Trump Reversal" [12]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [14], 08/11/2021
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"Is California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’ A Road To Nowhere?" [15]

"Soon after Maribel Munoz joined the trailblazing ranks of American owners of hydrogen cars — a group that exists only in California — she began to fear that the low price of the taxpayer-subsidized Toyota Mirai she purchased came with a tremendous cost."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Technology [16]
Transportation [17]
Public [5]
California [18]
Source: LA Times [19], 08/11/2021
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Big Oil Spent $10 Million On Facebook Ads Last Year — To Sell What? [20]

"A new report makes the case that the oil and gas industry is trying to sell you a story — one that casts these companies as paragons of sustainability and seeks to delay policies that would address climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Grist [22], 08/11/2021
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"Senate Approves Bipartisan, $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill" [23]

"The Senate on Tuesday approved a roughly $1 trillion proposal to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections, advancing a historic burst in federal spending after years of failed attempts on Capitol Hill to invest anew in the country’s aging infrastructure."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [17]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [26], 08/11/2021
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Worst Polluting Countries Must Make Drastic Carbon Cuts: COP26 Chief" [27]

"The world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases must produce clear plans to cut their carbon output drastically, the president of vital UN climate talks has urged, after scientists warned there was only a small chance of escaping the worst ravages of climate breakdown."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
International [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 08/10/2021
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"Biden Plans ‘Comprehensive’ Assault on Planet-Warming Methane" [30]

"The Biden administration will soon unveil a broad plan for curtailing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, climate adviser Rick Duke says, amid mounting warnings of the potent greenhouse gas role in near-term warming."

Agriculture [31]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [28]
Source: Bloomberg [32], 08/10/2021
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Biden FWS Renews Permit Allowing Oil Companies To Disturb Polar Bears [33]

"The oil industry will be able to continue working around polar bears on the North Slope for the next five years, thanks to a renewed authorization from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Wildlife [34]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Arctic Today [35], 08/10/2021
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"Carmakers’ EV Pledge Gives Burned Environmentalists Deja Vu" [36]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Green [37], 08/10/2021
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