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"New Rules Will Make Many Electric Cars Ineligible for Tax Credits" [1]

"The Biden administration hopes its guidelines for up to $7,500 in tax credits will encourage automakers to reduce their reliance on China for batteries and raw materials."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 04/03/2023
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Florida Defamation Bills Could Signal Threat to First Amendment [12]

For journalists of all stripes, the central pillar of libel law protecting them from damaging defamation suits is Times v. Sullivan. And while at least a couple of Supreme Court justices have indicated an openness to reevaluating the decades-old decision, WatchDog Opinion warns that the real risk to defamation protections may come in the form of legislation, such as from states like Florida.

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Latest TRI Data Can Charge Up Local Stories, Including on PFAS [18]

When it comes to a core data set that just keeps giving for environmental journalists, Reporter’s Toolbox points you to the Toxics Release Inventory. A new year of data has just been released, with much insight to be extracted. And the TRI now also includes PFAS chemicals for the first time. Here’s how to use it for your local stories.

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"Australia Makes Biggest Carbon Polluters Curb Emissions" [23]

"The Australian Parliament created landmark new laws Thursday that will make the nation’s biggest greenhouse gas polluters reduce their emissions or pay for carbon credits."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
Australia & Oceania [24]
Source: AP [25], 03/31/2023
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"Court Brings Mountain Valley Pipeline Closer To Completion" [26]

"The Mountain Valley pipeline inched toward completion after a three-judge panel Wednesday unanimously denied environmentalists’ challenge to a Virginia water permit for the planned natural gas project."

Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 03/31/2023
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"Why Kentucky Is Dead Last for Wind and Solar Production" [29]

"Coal industry influence and climate change denial paved the state’s race to the clean energy bottom. As one lawmaker put it: “God created coal for people.”"

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [31]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 03/31/2023
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"‘Gone Wrong’: Doubts On Carbon-Credit Program In Peru Forest" [33]

"The Cordillera Azul National Park on the eastern flank of the Peruvian Andes takes in a sweep of Amazon rainforest, mountains and waterfalls in a territory about the size of Connecticut, so precious that tens of millions of dollars in carbon credits have been sold in a program that supporters said would protect its trees."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [9]
South America [36]
Source: AP [37], 03/31/2023
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"Long-Awaited Rules for Carbon Offset Market Disappoint Experts" [38]

"A widely touted effort to clean up the embattled carbon-offsets market has been met with disappointment among experts."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [9]
International [16]
Source: Bloomberg Green [40], 03/31/2023
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"EPA Proposes to Add First-Ever Navajo Site to Superfund List" [41]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District to the Superfund National Priorities List, according to EPA Thursday. The site, located entirely on the Navajo Nation, holds over a hundred waste piles stemming from uranium mining, the agency said."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [42]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
People & Population [44]
Pollution [31]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 03/31/2023
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"BLM Proposes Seismic Shift In Lands Management" [47]

"The Bureau of Land Management unveiled a sweeping draft rule Thursday that would represent a fundamental shift in how the agency manages millions of acres of public lands that are under increasing threat from climate change, drought and wildfires."

Agriculture [48]
Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [3]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [50]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [51], 03/31/2023
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