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"House GOP Approves Broad Bill To ‘Unleash’ American Energy" [1]

"House Republicans on Thursday approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [9], 03/31/2023
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"Elderly Swiss Women Bring European Court's First Climate Case" [10]

"Thousands of elderly Swiss women have joined forces in a groundbreaking case heard on Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that their government's "woefully inadequate" efforts to fight global warming violate their human rights."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [12]
Public [7]
International [13]
Europe [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 03/30/2023
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"EPA Leaves Americans In The Dark On Toxic Air Pollution" [16]

"Across the United States, residents of neighborhoods abutting refineries, chemical plants and other major industrial sources can generally be sure of two facts: Those facilities emits tons of dangerous pollutants and EPA rarely requires monitoring for their presence in local air."

Chemicals [17]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [19]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [20], 03/30/2023
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UN Wants the World Court to Address Nations’ Climate Obligations [21]

"The rulings, while legally non-binding, could still carry significant moral and legal weight. A group of 18 climate-vulnerable nations are seeking an opinion from the “World Court,” with support from 117 other countries."

Climate Change [2]
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Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
International [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 03/30/2023
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"EPA Oversight Hampered by Funding Gap, Watchdog Tells Lawmakers" [23]

"The EPA’s inspector general raised concerns to House lawmakers Wednesday that his office can’t adequately track the tens of billions of dollars flowing into the agency from the infrastructure and climate laws under its current funding."

Economy & Business [24]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 03/30/2023
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"Biden Administration Sells Oil And Gas Leases In The Gulf Of Mexico" [28]

"Fossil fuel energy companies looking to extract oil and natural gas from U.S. waters in the Gulf of Mexico got a boost on Wednesday, as they secured access to 1.6 million acres of waters offered at auction."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [30], 03/30/2023
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"House GOP To Pass Energy Package With Eye On Gas Prices, 2024" [31]

"Democrats argue the legislation, which is “dead on arrival” in the Senate, doesn’t address critical climate issues".

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [32], 03/30/2023
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"Senate Votes To Overturn Biden Water Rule" [33]

"The Senate on Wednesday afternoon approved a resolution against the Biden administration’s signature water policy, in a move all but guaranteed to spark the president’s second veto ever."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [34]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [35], 03/30/2023
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"EPA Cites 2 Oil And Gas Firms Over Permian Basin Pollution" [36]

"Two Texas companies have resolved Clean Air Act violations with the Environmental Protection Agency by agreeing to reduce emissions of planet-warming methane and other harmful pollutants wafting from the nation’s largest oil and gas producing region."

Air [37]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [19]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: AP [39], 03/29/2023
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"8th Circuit Delivers Climate Blow To Big Oil" [40]

"Oil and gas companies on Thursday lost what may have been their best shot at creating disagreement between federal appeals courts — a key consideration for Supreme Court review — on a jurisdictional issue that has the potential to quash a broad set of climate challenges launched by local governments that want industry to pay up for the impacts of a warming planet."

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Source: E&E News [41], 03/29/2023
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