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"Infrastructure Vote Fails As Senators Try To Salvage Bipartisan Deal" [1]

"Senate Republicans blocked moving forward on a bipartisan infrastructure bill that’s still being negotiated on Wednesday. Surprisingly, members of the group insist they're unbothered."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
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Transportation [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Politico [11], 07/22/2021
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"Justice Department Curtails Seizure Of Reporters’ Phone, Email Records" [12]

"Attorney General Merrick Garland has sharply limited how and when prosecutors can secretly obtain reporters’ phone and email records, formalizing a Biden administration decree that the government would stop using secret orders and subpoenas for journalists’ data to hunt for leakers."

Journalism & Media [13]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [14], 07/21/2021
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"Democrats Lay Out Vision For Civilian Climate Corps" [15]

"A group of more than 80 House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday laid out their vision for a climate jobs program called the Civilian Climate Corps that is expected to be part of a sweeping $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill filled with Democratic priorities."

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Source: The Hill [17], 07/21/2021
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"White House Details Environmental Justice Plans" [18]

"The Biden administration is beginning to work out the thorniest questions of its environmental justice agenda."

Environmental Justice [16]
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Source: E&E News [19], 07/21/2021
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"Climate Activists Pan Carbon Capture Plans" [20]

"More than 500 environmental and community groups – from the Nassau Hiking & Outdoor Club to Greenpeace USA – have called on United States and Canadian leaders to abandon efforts to capture carbon emissions from fossil fuels and work harder to curb fossil fuel use in the first place."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Daily Climate [21], 07/21/2021
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"Climate Change: US Pushes China To Make Faster Carbon Cuts" [22]

"US climate envoy John Kerry has called on China to increase the speed and depth of its efforts to cut carbon."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
International [23]
Source: BBC News [24], 07/21/2021
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‘Reckless’: G20 States Subsidised Fossil Fuels By $3tn Since 2015: Report [25]

"The G20 countries have provided more than $3.3 trillion in subsidies for fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement was sealed in 2015, a report shows, despite many committing to tackle the crisis."

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Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
International [23]
Source: Guardian [28], 07/21/2021
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"How a Powerful US Lobby Group Helps Big Oil To Block Climate Action" [29]

"The American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies – and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation".

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [23]
Source: Guardian [30], 07/20/2021
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Court Case Challenges RCMP’s Treatment Of Journalists At Fairy Creek [31]

"The Supreme Court of B.C. is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to intervene to resolve a conflict between several journalism organizations, including The Narwhal, and the RCMP."

Environmental Justice [16]
Forests [32]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [9]
Canada [34]
Source: The Narwhal [35], 07/20/2021
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Dems Propose a Border Tax Based on Countries’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions [36]

"Democratic lawmakers on Monday proposed to raise as much as $16 billion annually by imposing a tax on imports from China and other countries that are not significantly reducing the planet-warming pollution that they produce."

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Source: NYTimes [37], 07/20/2021
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