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Plea to Make 'Ecocide' an International Crime Takes Stage at The Hague [1]

"During the International Criminal Court’s annual meeting, three nations threatened by climate change promoted a fifth international crime, called ecocide."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [9], 12/13/2021
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"Nebraska Decarbonization Vote Was Years In The Making" [10]

"Nebraska has become the first Republican-dominated state to commit to a goal of net-zero electricity emissions by 2050."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [12]
Source: E&E News [13], 12/13/2021
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Massive Oil Spill Helped Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax for 14 Years [14]

"Phyllis Taylor’s company is responsible for the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. That’s been a disaster for the Gulf of Mexico — but a tax bonanza for Taylor."

Fish & Fisheries [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [19], 12/13/2021
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Industry Knew Health Risks Of Leaded Gas But Sold It For 100 Years Anyway [20]

"On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new fuel blend into one of their test engines. Immediately, the engine began running more quietly and putting out more power."

Chemicals [21]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Conversation [24], 12/10/2021
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"Biden ‘Forever Chemicals’ Ban Targets Cookware, Carpet, Couches" [25]

"The White House’s ban on federal purchasing of PFAS-containing products will focus on cookware, carpets and couches, according to the Office of Management and Budget’s memo implementing President Biden’s sustainability executive order."

Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 12/10/2021
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FEMA Restores Climate Goal In Strategic Plan After Trump Dropped It [28]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is once again considering climate change in its strategic planning after a plan released during the Trump administration did not include it."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Studies [29]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [30], 12/10/2021
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"Brownfields Sites Poised for Big Funding Amid Equity Concerns" [31]

"Plans to use billions of infrastructure dollars to clean up and redevelop long-neglected brownsfield waste sites may cause unintended harm to low-income neighborhoods, advocates warned a House panel Wednesday."

Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Waste [32]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [33], 12/10/2021
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‘Polluter Pays’ Tax Could Jump-Start Languishing Superfund Cleanups [34]

"Toxic Superfund sites vulnerable to flooding, hurricanes and wildfires driven by climate change should be prioritized for cleanup with funds from a tax on polluting industries reinstated in the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan approved by Congress last month, two environmental watchdog organizations urge in a new report."

Chemicals [21]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Waste [32]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 12/10/2021
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"‘It’s Grotesque’: Inside The Hill Methane Fight" [36]

"Progressives set out to write a reconciliation bill that would scrap special tax treatment for fossil fuel companies. Instead, they might hand the oil and gas industry a new subsidy."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [38], 12/10/2021
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"The Millions of Tons of Carbon Emissions That Don’t Officially Exist" [39]

"How a blind spot in the Kyoto Protocol helped create the biomass industry."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Forests [40]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: New Yorker [41], 12/09/2021
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