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"EPA Faces Legal Dead Ends After SCOTUS Climate Decision" [1]

"Regulators at EPA will have to draft fresh carbon rules for power plants without knowing if they’ll survive the legal uncertainty created by the Supreme Court’s climate decision last month."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [7], 07/14/2022
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"Haaland Defends Interior Policies, Cites Unused Leases" [8]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended the Biden administration’s progress on federal fossil fuel leasing at a hearing Wednesday of the Senate Appropriations Committee, emphasizing the industry’s unused leases on federal lands."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [3]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [10], 07/14/2022
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"OIG Chides Former Zinke Aide But Finds No Ethics Violation" [11]

"A former counselor to then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke “misused their position” by helping several friends with energy-related meetings and presentations, Interior Department investigators say in a report made public today."

Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [14], 07/13/2022
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"Manchin, Playing to the Home Crowd, Is Fighting Electric Cars to the End" [15]

"The West Virginia senator, who holds the swing vote in negotiations for a budget plan, wants to cut incentives. The president and most Senate Democrats say buyer credits are crucial to fight climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [17], 07/13/2022
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July 26, 2022

One-Day Law School for Journalists: Learn Everything You Need to Know to Cover the Courts [18]

This annual Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts event will be held virtually on July 26, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM ET. The program is designed to support journalists who face the challenge of covering the courts without a law degree.

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"Green Groups Push Senate To Confirm EPA Enforcement Chief" [21]

"Environmental groups are pushing for the confirmation of a leader for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement team, arguing that filling the vacancy will help mitigate climate change."

Climate Change [2]
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Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [22], 07/12/2022
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"Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bid To Block All-Electric Building Codes" [23]

"Citing the need to fight climate change, Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday vetoed Republican-penned legislation to stop municipalities from adopting building codes that prohibit natural gas hookups."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [9]
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Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Source: AP [24], 07/12/2022
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"US Cruise Ships Using Canada as a 'Toilet Bowl' for Polluted Waste" [25]

"Lax Canadian regulations create ‘perverse incentive’ for US cruise ships en route to Alaska to discharge toxic mix of chemicals and wastewater off British Columbia, report says".

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [16]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Canada [30]
Source: Guardian [31], 07/12/2022
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Australian Prime Minister Pledges 'New Era' of Climate Action Under Labor [32]

"Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a “new era” of climate action and energy innovation under his center-left Labor government, despite criticism from activists and Greens Party lawmakers who say that his planned cuts to emissions don’t go far enough."

Climate Change [2]
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Laws & Regulations [4]
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Australia & Oceania [33]
Source: Bloomberg [34], 07/12/2022
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Reporting Ocean Stories Is Key to Blue Literacy, Planetary Health [35]

As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists publishing project focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at ocean-based solutions. In this special tipsheet, ocean scientist and science writer Juli Berwald offers a primer on the climate-related challenges and possibilities in the global ocean’s physics, chemistry and biology. Plus, check out an expanded toolbox [36] with reporting resources and watch a recent SEJ webinar [37].

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