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550+ Green Groups Call for Biden to Act on Plastics Pollution in 2021 [1]

"Today, an unusually broad coalition of environmental groups, numbering more than 550, called on the incoming Biden-Harris administration to address plastic pollution alongside fossil fuels, releasing an eight-point platform that largely focuses on ways the next administration could act without a Democratic majority in the Senate."

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Source: DeSmog [10], 12/10/2020
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"Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells Leave The Ocean Floor Spewing Methane" [11]

"The Gulf of Mexico is littered with tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells, and toothless regulation leaves climate warming gas emissions unchecked."

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Source: Daily Climate [14], 12/10/2020
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"Many U.S. States Are Behind On Their Own Climate Milestones: Report" [15]

"Many of the U.S. states with bold commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions are on track to miss their targets, according to an analysis published on Tuesday by green group Environmental Defense Fund."

Climate Change [13]
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Source: Reuters [18], 12/09/2020
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"Democrats Question Legality Of Speedy Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Sales" [19]

"Three Democratic lawmakers are raising legal questions about the rapid timeline the Trump administration is using to advance oil and gas development at a wildlife refuge in the Arctic."

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Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [20]
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Alaska and Hawaii [21]
Source: The Hill [22], 12/09/2020
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Industry Touts Manure-to-Energy Projects. Enviros Cry ‘Greenwashing’ [23]

"Corporate pork and dairy producers are producing “biogas” to reduce methane emissions. But the actual climate benefits are unclear, and often overstated."

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Source: InsideClimate News [25], 12/08/2020
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"Many U.S. States Are Behind On Their Own Climate Milestones: Report" [26]

"Many of the U.S. states with bold commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions are on track to miss their targets, according to an analysis published on Tuesday by green group Environmental Defense Fund."

Climate Change [13]
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Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [18], 12/08/2020
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Trump Admin Seeks To Allow Polar Bear Disturbance For Oil in ANWR [27]

"The Trump administration on Monday proposed allowing companies searching for oil and gas deposits in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to disrupt polar bears living there."

Biodiversity [28]
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Source: Reuters [30], 12/08/2020
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Climate Change Policy Likely To Permeate Executive Under Biden [31]

What will climate change policy look like under a Biden administration? If nothing else, it appears it will be broadly based across a wide range of executive branch operations. This week’s TipSheet walks you through the top 10 federal departments, agencies and spending centers and how they will pivot to focus on global warming. 

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Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
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"Are Tides And Waves The Missing Piece Of The Green Energy Puzzle?" [44]

"On a foggy October afternoon, a strange vessel chugged slowly through the East River’s mist toward Roosevelt Island. It looked almost like it was upside down: three 16-foot rotors, attached on a triangular metal base, sat motionless atop the deck of the rusted barge."

Climate Change [13]
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Source: HuffPost [45], 12/07/2020
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December 9, 2020

Tradeoffs & Transitions: Exploring Outcomes for U.S. Energy Infrastructure [46]

The Energy Institute at University of Texas at Austin hosts this discussion with Dr. Carey King, Assistant Director of the Energy Institute and Asher Price, reporter for the Austin-American Statesman and 2019 UT Energy Journalism Fellow, on the future of energy infrastructure policy and the prospect for these new measures in the changing landscape of the federal government. Noon-1:00 p.m.

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