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"Private Equity Funds, Sensing Profit in Tumult, Are Propping Up Oil" [1]

"These secretive investment companies have pumped billions of dollars into fossil fuel projects, buying up offshore platforms, building new pipelines and extending lifelines to coal power plants."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: NYTimes [7], 10/14/2021
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"Energy Agency Urges Bigger Global Push To Cut Emissions" [8]

"The International Energy Agency is urging governments to make stronger commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions at an upcoming U.N. climate summit, warning the world is not on track to meet environmental goals and that new investment in clean energy was needed to “jolt the energy system onto a new set of rails.”"

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [9]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: AP [10], 10/14/2021
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White House Unveils Plans For Massive Expansion Of Offshore Wind Farms [11]

"The Biden administration unveiled plans to develop large, grid-transforming offshore wind farms along much of the U.S. coastline in the coming years, a major effort to invest in renewable energy and combat the growing impacts of climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HuffPost [16], 10/14/2021
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"An Empire of Dying Wells" [17]

"Old oil and gas sites are a climate menace. Meet the company that owns more of America’s decaying wells than any other."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 10/13/2021
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"Mass Floods Hit China’s Coal Hub, Threatening Power Supplies" [19]

"China’s largest coal-producing region was hit by severe flooding, threatening the country’s already strained power supply and displacing more than 120,000 people as residents called for help from other regions."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [4]
People & Population [21]
Public [5]
Asia [22]
Source: Washington Post [23], 10/12/2021
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New California Law Bans Gasoline-Powered Lawn Mowers, Leaf Blowers [24]

"Gasoline-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers will soon be a thing of the past in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that will ban the sale of small internal combustion engines predominately used in lawn and garden equipment, starting as soon as 2024."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [25]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
California [26]
Source: Ars Technica [27], 10/12/2021
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"More Than 30 Countries Join U.S. Pledge to Slash Methane Emissions" [28]

"The Biden administration on Monday announced that 32 countries had joined the United States in a pledge to reduce methane emissions, part of an effort to set new targets to slow global warming before a major United Nations climate summit in Glasgow next month."

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: NYTimes [31], 10/12/2021
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As Locales Move to Decarbonize Buildings, Will States Ban Gas Bans? [32]

While climate change is certainly a global phenomenon, conflicts over addressing it often turn on local concerns. Case in point: Community bans on the use of the fossil fuel methane (aka natural gas), which has in turn prompted some states to ban the bans themselves. The latest TipSheet explains the bans and how they play into the climate change debate, plus story ideas and resources.

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Government [35]
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Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [37]
Policy [38]
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National (U.S.) [15]
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Biden DOE Announces Goal Of 5 Million Homes Powered By Community Solar [45]

"The Department of Energy on Friday announced a target of the equivalent of five million homes powered by community solar energy by 2025."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [35]
Infrastructure [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [46], 10/11/2021
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"Gas Prices, Europe's Energy Crunch Threaten Biden Climate Push" [47]

"Allies of the oil and coal industry have seized on energy crises overseas and rising gasoline prices in the U.S. to counter President Joe Biden’s plans to combat climate change and force a rapid shift to renewable power."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg [48], 10/11/2021
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