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"Exxon Pledges To Cut Emissions — But Not From Its Oil" [1]

"Exxon Mobil's new net-zero pledge stacks up poorly, even by oil company standards."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Grist [7], 01/24/2022
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"House Panel Broadens Probe Into Climate Disinformation By Big Oil" [8]

"The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has broadened its investigation into the role of fossil fuel companies in misleading the public about climate change, asking members of the boards of directors of ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell Oil to testify before Congress next month about their firms’ commitments to curbing global warming."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [11], 01/24/2022
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"Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured" [12]

"A new report provides some damning new math on one of the oil giant's much-hyped CCS projects."

"Oil companies love to tell the world about the super cool technologies that have that will allow us to keep burning fossil fuels without cooking the climate. But those technologies are largely bullshit.

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [13]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [5]
Canada [14]
Source: Earther [15], 01/24/2022
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The Year Ahead Will Spark Abundant Environment News — Both Good and Bad [16]

Even as the climate crisis countdown story continues, a wide range of environment and energy issues are on journalists’ watchlist for the year ahead, per an analysis from our “2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [17].” The overview looks at 13 key trends to track in 2022 and beyond — including infrastructure, pandemics, environmental justice, energy, chemicals, plastics and, of course, climate.

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Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [23]
Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
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Report IDs Big Box Stores as Opportunity for Rooftop Solar [33]

"From Walmart to Ikea, a report finds that the rooftops of big-box stores offer enough solar potential to power the equivalent of 8 million American homes".

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [34], 01/21/2022
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"Peru: 21 Beaches Polluted By Spill Linked To Tonga Eruption" [35]

"Peru declared an environmental emergency on Thursday after announcing that 21 beaches on the Pacific coast were contaminated by an oil spill at a refinery run by Spain-based Repsol, following surging waves caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga."

Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [5]
South America [37]
Source: AP [38], 01/21/2022
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Exxon Using An Unusual Law To Intimidate Critics Over Its Climate Denial [39]

"ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Guardian [40], 01/20/2022
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Winter Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4Bn Over Snowstorm [41]

"Customers saddled with paying 600 times the usual price for energy as regulators are accused of being too close to the industry they monitor".

Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: Floodlight/Oklahoma Watch [44], 01/20/2022
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450+ Scientists Call On PR Firms To Cut Ties With Fossil Fuel Clients [45]

"On Wednesday, more than 450 scientists called on public relations and advertising firms, including the prestigious Edelman, to stop working for oil and gas companies. The firms’ ad campaigns for these companies, the scientists said, “represent one of the biggest barriers to the government action science shows is necessary to mitigate the ongoing climate emergency.”"

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [46], 01/20/2022
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"Power Companies Back EPA Climate Authority At Supreme Court" [47]

"Public and private power companies yesterday called for the Supreme Court to uphold EPA’s authority to broadly regulate how they produce electricity for the nation."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [48], 01/19/2022
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