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"Calif. To Ban Sale Of New Gas-Powered Cars In 2035 Under Newsom Order" [1]

"California will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars to combat climate change starting in 2035, a move that could help reshape the nation’s automobile market and its output of greenhouse gases."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [10], 09/24/2020
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'It Smells Bad, It Tastes Bad': How Americans Stopped Trusting Their Water [11]

"Many residents of Martin County, Kentucky, won’t drink their tap water, a legacy of years of mismanagement".

Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [16], 09/23/2020
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"Supreme Court: What A Kavanaugh Court Means For Environmental Law" [17]

"With President Trump appearing likely to have the Senate votes to pick Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's successor, court watchers are quickly zeroing in on the court's likely new swing vote: Justice Brett Kavanaugh."

Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [19], 09/23/2020
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"EPA About to Reverse Clinton-Era Toxic Air Pollution Policy" [20]

"Power plants, refineries, and other industrial sources may now be able to avoid stringent pollution controls if the toxic air particles they emit fall below a mandated legal threshold."

Air [2]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [22], 09/23/2020
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"China, in Pointed Message to U.S., Tightens Its Climate Targets" [23]

"President Xi Jinping of China pledged on Tuesday that his country would adopt much stronger climate targets and achieve what he called “carbon neutrality before 2060.” If realized, the pledges would be crucial in the global fight against climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 09/23/2020
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White House Opposes House Energy Bill As Dems Promise Climate Action [26]

"The White House is threatening to veto an energy bill rolled out by Democrats last week, calling it a “a top-down approach that would undermine the administration’s deregulatory agenda.”"

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [27], 09/22/2020
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"What Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Mean for Global Warming" [28]

"President Trump has made dismantling federal climate policies a centerpiece of his administration. A new analysis from the Rhodium Group finds those rollbacks add up to a lot more planet-warming emissions."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [29], 09/22/2020
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"US EPA Reapproves Atrazine" [30]

"After reviewing the risks of atrazine for more than 7 years, the US Environmental Protection Agency says the widely used herbicide can stay on the market with some new restrictions. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced this final decision on Sept. 18, during an event in Missouri attended by farm-group leaders and local lawmakers."

Agriculture [31]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: C&EN [32], 09/22/2020
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Pebble: "An Alaska Mine Project Might Be Bigger Than Acknowledged" [33]

"In secretly recorded meetings, executives with the Pebble Mine project said the operation could run nine times longer than outlined in their permit filings."

Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [18]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [6]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [37]
Source: NYTimes [38], 09/22/2020
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Chase Down Environmental Ballot Measures for State-Level Stories [39]

Although the realities of the pandemic may mean fewer state and local ballot measures in the upcoming election — and the presidential contest is drawing much of the spotlight — they can still be potentially fruitful stories for reporters willing to seek them out. Here are eight top ways to track this year’s environment and energy ballot measures, from the latest Reporter’s Toolbox.

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