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Harris, Pence Spar Over Climate Science, Fracking, and Green New Deal [1]

"Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) sparred over their commitment to the science of climate change, with the vice president repeatedly falsely asserting a Biden administration plans to ban fracking and adopt the Green New Deal."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [8], 10/08/2020
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"California Report on Blackouts Blames Climate Change and Planning" [9]

"A report by California energy officials on Tuesday placed blame for rolling blackouts that left millions without power in August on the impact of climate change and outdated policies and practices that failed to adequately take into account hotter weather."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [6]
California [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 10/07/2020
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How Europe’s Wood Pellet Appetite Worsens Environmental Racism In South [12]

"In 2013, when Enviva Biomass opened a new plant near Belinda Joyner's community in Northampton County, North Carolina, she already knew what to expect."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [14]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Daily Climate [16], 10/07/2020
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Montana Asks Court To Toss Public Lands Decisions After Ousting BLM Boss [17]

"The state of Montana is asking the courts to throw out some major Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decisions after a federal judge ousted the agency’s acting director from his post."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [18]
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Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [20], 10/07/2020
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"‘The Coal Industry Is Back,’ Trump Proclaimed. It Wasn’t." [21]

"For decades, waves of electricity poured from this behemoth of a power plant on the high desert plateau of the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, lighting up hundreds of thousands of homes from Phoenix to Las Vegas as it burned 240 rail cars’ worth of coal a day."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [22], 10/06/2020
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"Boris Johnson: Wind Farms Could Power Every Home By 2030" [23]

"Offshore wind farms will generate enough electricity to power every home in the UK within a decade, Boris Johnson has pledged. Speaking to the Conservative party conference, the PM announced £160m to upgrade ports and factories for building turbines to help the country "build back greener"."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
Europe [27]
Source: BBC News [28], 10/06/2020
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"Exxon’s Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents" [29]

"Exxon Mobil Corp. had plans to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions by as much as the output of the entire nation of Greece, an analysis of internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg shows, setting one of the largest corporate emitters against international efforts to slow the pace of warming."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg [30], 10/06/2020
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Climate-Unfriendly Coal May Be Losing Ground in U.S., But Not Worldwide [31]

When it comes to climate change, coal’s carbon emissions mean trouble. But as Backgrounder explains, if the once-powerful coal industry is on the decline in the United States, the fuel’s still finding favor worldwide. And that’s bad news for the Paris climate accord’s hopes of gaining control of runaway warming. The story behind the “exaggerated death” of coal.

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Plant Trackers Help Mark Coal’s Decline [43]

Keeping tabs on the increasingly frequent closing of U.S. coal-fired electric power plants is an important way to follow developments on the larger climate change beat. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points to several mapping databases that help make the job far easier — whether watching the industry in the United States or abroad.

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Court Takes Up Energy Companies' Appeal Over Baltimore Climate Suit [46]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC, Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC contesting a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore seeking damages for the impact of global climate change."

Climate Change [2]
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Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [47], 10/05/2020
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