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"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, If He Gets One" [1]

"If President Biden wins a second term, his climate policies would take aim at steel and cement plants, factories and oil refineries — heavily polluting industries that have never before had to rein in their heat-trapping greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 09/18/2023
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"A Summer Light Show Dims: Why Are Fireflies Disappearing?" [9]

"Fireflies — whose shimmering, magical glows light up summer nights — are in trouble, threatened by habitat destruction, light pollution, and pesticide use. With 18 species now considered at risk of extinction in North America alone, recovery efforts are only just beginning."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [5]
Wildlife [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [15]
Source: YaleE360 [16], 09/15/2023
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Enviros Highlight Industrial Emitters in Environmental Justice Communities [17]

"A new report on toxic pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, health metrics and environmental justice indicators could guide investments to clean up heavy industry."

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 09/15/2023
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"Green Groups Slam World Bank For Backing Indonesian Coal Plants" [21]

"Environmental groups have submitted a formal complaint to the World Bank for providing financial support for two coal-fired power plants in Indonesia, violating a pledge to stop backing fossil fuels."

Activism [22]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [24]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
International [15]
Australia & Oceania [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 09/15/2023
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"Standoff Over Electric Vehicle Workers Poses Risk for Biden" [27]

"A looming auto industry strike could test the president’s commitment to making electric vehicles a source of well-paying union jobs."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [30], 09/14/2023
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Calif. Lawmakers Pass Groundbreaking Greenhouse Emissions Disclosure Bill [31]

"California lawmakers have passed a bill that would require large U.S.-based companies doing business in the Golden State to publicly disclose their annual greenhouse gas emissions — the first such requirement in the nation."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [33]
Source: LA Times [34], 09/14/2023
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"EPA To Undo Trump-Era Rollback Of Air Toxics Policy" [35]

"In a long-anticipated move, EPA is poised to target the Trump-era rollback of a venerable industrial air pollution policy."

Air [36]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [37], 09/13/2023
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UK Govt. May Have Broken Environmental Law On Sewage Overflows: Watchdog [38]

"Britain's government and water regulator may have failed to comply with environmental law over the regulation of untreated sewage releases, the country's environmental protection watchdog said on Tuesday."

Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [6]
Europe [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 09/13/2023
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"Companies Are Claiming To Be ‘Plastic Neutral.’ Is It Greenwashing?" [42]

"Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [43]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [32]
Pollution [5]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Grist [45], 09/12/2023
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Waste Incineration May Put Toxics Into Local Air [46]

Sometimes on the environment beat, what seems like an old story is perpetually new again. That’s the case with waste incineration, finds the latest TipSheet. Rather than being reduced, incinerators are just being transformed, with the ongoing burning of plastics especially troubling for the environment and public health. Get the backstory on where the regulatory regime may have holes, plus key reporting angles and story ideas.

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