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"How The House Spending Bill Addresses Climate Change" [1]

"The budget reconciliation proposal passed by the House would mark the biggest climate investment in U.S. history at half a trillion dollars. It would also move President Biden closer to his administration’s ambition goals of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 11/22/2021
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"During COP26, Facebook Served Ads With Climate Falsehoods, Skepticism" [8]

"Facebook advertisers promoted false and misleading claims about climate change on the platform in recent weeks, just as the COP26 conference was getting under way."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Science [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [12]
Source: Reuters [13], 11/19/2021
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Biden USFS To Propose Road Ban On Much Of Alaska Tongass National Forest [14]

"For two decades, Republicans and Democrats have fought over whether to ban roads on more than 9 million acres of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Now, the Biden administration aims to settle the question once and for all."

Forests [15]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Source: Washington Post [18], 11/19/2021
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"U.S. To Back Global Treaty Aimed At Curbing Plastic Pollution" [19]

"The United States will support a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced yesterday at U.N. Environment Programme headquarters."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [22]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [12]
Source: E&E News [25], 11/19/2021
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"EPA Moves To Erase Trump-Era WOTUS Rule" [26]

"The Biden administration today [Thursday] moved to formally scrap President Trump’s signature Clean Water Act rule off the books."

Agriculture [27]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [16]
Planning & Growth [28]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [29], 11/19/2021
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House Narrowly Passes Biden’s Social Safety Net and Climate Bill [30]

"The House on Friday narrowly passed the centerpiece of President Biden’s domestic agenda, approving $2 trillion in spending over the next decade to battle climate change, expand health care and reweave the nation’s social safety net, over the unanimous opposition of Republicans."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [31], 11/19/2021
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"EPA Overturns Approval Of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project" [32]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it has overturned the approval of a massive flood-control project in the south Mississippi Delta that officials said was erroneously greenlit in the final days of the Trump administration."

Agriculture [27]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: AP [37], 11/18/2021
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"New Energy Regulator Gets Tie-Breaking Vote on Grid’s Future" [38]

"Willie Phillips, confirmed Tuesday night to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, is poised to be the tie-breaking vote on two proceedings that will shape the future of the U.S. power grid, electric markets and the clean energy rollout."

Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 11/18/2021
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"Biden’s First — and Maybe Last — Gulf Oil Sale Draws Big Bids" [40]

"Oil companies spent $191.7 million buying drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, during a robust government auction that underscored the industry’s appetite for new crude as the White House seeks to shifts the U.S. away from fossil fuels."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg [41], 11/18/2021
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White House Takes Aim At Oil Industry As Gas Prices Create Rifts [42]

"President Biden on Wednesday called on the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation into oil and gas companies, alleging that their “anti-consumer” behavior has led to higher gas prices."

Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [43], 11/18/2021
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