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Biden Orders Federal Vehicles, Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050 [1]

"President Biden on Wednesday set in motion a plan to make the federal government carbon neutral, ordering federal agencies to buy electric vehicles, to power facilities with wind, solar and nuclear energy, and to use sustainable building materials."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [10], 12/09/2021
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Biden BLM Moves To Scrap Trump Cadiz Water Pipeline Permit [11]

"Federal authorities have moved to reverse a Trump administration decision that cleared the way for Cadiz Inc. to pipe water across public land in the California desert."

Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [8]
California [16]
Source: LA Times [17], 12/08/2021
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"Deal Forces EPA To Revisit Chemical Industry Emissions" [18]

"The Biden administration has tentatively agreed to revisit EPA air toxics standards for hundreds of chemical plants, signaling a move on an issue that groups framed as central to the pursuit of environmental justice.

Under the terms of a proposed consent decree officially made public today, the agency commits to consider tightening the existing emissions limits for synthetic organic chemical manufacturers on a series of deadlines running from next year to 2024.

Chemicals [19]
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Environmental Justice [12]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [21], 12/08/2021
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"Pushing Back On Lead Ammo And Fishing Tackle Misinformation" [22]

"A science denial campaign is being waged to keep lead in hunting and fishing. Who’s fighting back and how should they do it? "

"Groups including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) are waging science denial campaigns to keep lead products in hunting ammunition and fishing tackle.

As a result, wildlife is poisoned and human health is at risk.

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [25], 12/08/2021
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Biden OKs More Oil And Gas Drilling Permits On Public Lands Than Trump [26]

"The Biden administration has approved more oil and gas drilling permits on public lands per month than the Trump administration did during the first three years of Donald Trump's presidency, according to an analysis shared exclusively with The Climate 202."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [27], 12/08/2021
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Biden Administration Proposes Lightbulb Efficiency Rule, Reversing Trump [28]

"The Biden administration late Friday proposed a rule that would impose a lightbulb efficiency standard after the Trump administration declined to do so."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [30], 12/07/2021
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"Democrats Eye Massive Shift in War on Wildfires: Prevention" [31]

"Democrats are proposing a potentially seismic shift in how the nation battles wildfires by dramatically increasing funding for efforts that aim to prevent blazes, rather than focusing on the tools to put them out."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [32]
Forests [33]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: LA Times [34], 12/07/2021
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"Schumer Steps On The Gas To Move Biden Agenda" [35]

"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is raising the pressure on his own party to get President Biden’s spending bill on track to pass the chamber by Christmas."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [36], 12/07/2021
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"Lawmakers Demand Oil And Gas Firms Divulge Methane Leak Data" [37]

"House Science Committee says information will help the U.S. meet its Global Methane Pledge "

"The House Science Committee has notified the chief executives of 10 major oil companies that they must disclose more data about their emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, in one of America’s biggest oil and gas producing regions.

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [39], 12/06/2021
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"Democrats Might Be Able To Halt Most New Offshore Oil And Gas Drilling" [40]

"A slew of climate provisions in Democrats' roughly $2 trillion social spending bill face an uncertain future in the Senate. But there's one big exception: limits on offshore oil and gas drilling."

Energy & Fuel [3]
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Source: Washington Post [41], 12/06/2021
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