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"As The Climate Suffers, Enforcement Needed For Corporate Green Pledges" [1]

"With many net-zero goals amounting to little more than greenwashing, new measures are required to bring accountability, experts say".

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [12], 04/18/2023
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"Berkeley Ban on Natural Gas Hookups Tossed by Ninth Circuit" [13]

"A California city’s ordinance banning natural gas hookups in new buildings was toppled Monday by the Ninth Circuit, which said that the ordinance is preempted by federal law."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [15], 04/18/2023
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Clean Energy Thriving in Texas. Why Are State GOPers Trying to Stifle It? [16]

"Texas leads the nation for generating the most electricity from solar and wind and plays an outsized role in manufacturing electric vehicles. A slew of new bills could change that."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 04/17/2023
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"Biden Approves Alaska Gas Exports As Critics Condemn Another ‘Carbon Bomb’" [20]

"The Biden administration on Thursday approved exports of liquefied natural gas from the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, a document showed, prompting criticism from environmental groups over the approval of another “carbon bomb”.

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
Source: Guardian [22], 04/17/2023
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"Biden’s Ambitious Climate Plan For EVs Faces These Big Hurdles" [23]

"Many pieces must fall into place for electric vehicles to be the majority of those sold in the U.S. by 2032, as the White House hopes".

Air [24]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Transportation [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [26], 04/17/2023
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"Fossil Fuels Find a Loophole in the Latest G-7 Climate Pledge" [27]

"The meeting of Group of Seven energy and environment ministers ended Sunday without a deadline to halt new coal investments or the kinds of firm commitments that climate advocates have said are necessary to limit global warming."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: Bloomberg Green [28], 04/17/2023
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Public Lands Face New Challenges in Today’s Energy, Climate Landscape [29]

The debate over drilling on public lands goes back decades. But now our view of how — or even whether — to use public lands faces the unprecedented reality of climate change, fire, drought, floods and the transition to clean energy. The latest Backgrounder explains how we got here and where the current battles rage, including over the Alaskan North Slope’s massive Willow Project.

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Environmental Health [32]
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Forests [33]
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Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [35]
Policy [36]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
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New TSCA Chemical Data Can Help Deepen Reporting [38]

Most environmental journalists are familiar with the Toxics Release Inventory as a data reporting tool. But there’s another potentially useful chemical reporting database, this one focused on the highest-volume chemicals. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores the Chemical Data Reporting National Review, reports on how its data is gathered and shares its strengths — and some weaknesses.

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Chemicals [40]
Journalism & Media [7]
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"Boston Adopts New Building Code To Limit Use Of Fossil Fuels" [41]

"Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Thursday signed a new city ordinance aimed at discouraging the use of fossil fuels in the construction of new buildings and major renovation projects."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: AP [42], 04/14/2023
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Env. Justice Advocates Urge Calif. to Stop Issuing New Drilling Permits [43]

"The first thing Nalleli Cobo wanted to do when she heard the oil well in her South Los Angeles neighborhood was shutting down was scream.  ... Cobo grew up breathing foul-smelling, toxic emissions from an oil production site just 30 feet from her home."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [44]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
California [45]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 04/14/2023
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