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Biden Rollbacks of Trump Energy-Efficiency Cuts Generate Local Stories [1]

From cardigans to orange tans, the history of presidential politics around energy efficiency has been an odd one. But the story of so-called nega-watts is actually a compelling one. And with new efficiency rules being eyed by the Biden administration, it’s also time for reporters to explore the local angle to energy savings. Our latest TipSheet explains how.

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TipSheet [2]
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Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Science [11]
Technology [12]
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National (U.S.) [13]
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Public [14]
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Amid Lawsuits, Delaware R. Basin Commission Makes Fracking Ban Permanent [15]

"The Delaware River Basin Commission on Thursday approved a permanent ban on hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells along the river, doubling down in the face of new legal challenges."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [19], 02/26/2021
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"Former Michigan Gov. Granholm Confirmed As Energy Secretary" [20]

"Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm won Senate confirmation Thursday to be energy secretary, joining President Joe Biden’s Cabinet as a leader of Biden’s effort to build a green economy as the United States moves to slow climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [21], 02/26/2021
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"Giant N.C. Spill Shows Gaps In Pipeline Safety" [22]

"Shannon Miller Ward would like to know how someone loses enough gasoline to fill nearly two Olympic swimming pools without even missing it. Last summer, a crack in the Colonial pipeline, the country's biggest fuel pipeline, leaked at least 1.2 million gallons of gasoline into a small nature preserve here on the edge of the Charlotte suburbs."

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Energy & Fuel [5]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 02/26/2021
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March 4, 2021

Reducing Risk, Avoiding Disaster – Creating Grid 2.0 [26]

The Resilience Media Project at Earth Institute of Columbia University invites journalists to join energy experts at 11:00 a.m. ET for a quick tutorial on electric grids, discuss why they are failing with some regularity and dive into how to improve energy reliability and security. Includes story ideas and Q&A.

Other Events [27]
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Energy & Fuel [5]

"RCMP Patrol Wet’suwet’en Territory Despite UN Calls For Withdrawal" [28]

"One year after the RCMP’s highly publicized militarized raids on land defender camps, a continuous police presence is affecting the lives of Wet’suwet’en people who say intimidation and nuisance tactics are being used to suppress opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline"

Activism [29]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [30]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [14]
Canada [31]
Source: The Narwhal [32], 02/25/2021
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"Postal Service Stirs Ire by Buying Gasoline Trucks and a Few EVs" [33]

"The U.S. Postal Service currently plans for only 10% of its new truck fleet to be electric, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, angering environmentalists who say the move flies in the face of a White House executive order to electrify the government’s vehicles."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Government [7]
Transportation [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg [35], 02/25/2021
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Haaland, With a Key Vote in Her Column, Appears Headed for Confirmation [36]

"Senator Joe Manchin III, the West Virginia Democrat who heads the Senate Energy Committee, announced Wednesday that he would vote to confirm Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico to head the Interior Department, most likely ensuring that one of President Biden’s most embattled cabinet nominees will be confirmed to office, despite escalating opposition to her from Republicans."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [6]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [37], 02/25/2021
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FERC To Examine Climate Change's Threat To Power Reliability [38]

"U.S. federal energy regulators said on Monday they will examine threats that climate change and extreme weather events pose to the country’s electric reliability in the wake of last week’s deadly Texas freeze that left millions of people without power."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [40], 02/24/2021
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Five ERCOT Board Members Who Live Outside of Texas Resign After Outage [41]

"Five board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas — the entity that manages and operates the electricity grid that covers much of Texas — will resign on Wednesday, according to a notice to the Public Utility Commission. A sixth has withdrawn his application to the board. All six live outside of Texas."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Texas Tribune [43], 02/24/2021
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