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As GOP Tries to Pass Tax Bill, Senate Includes Billions for Oil Industry [1]

"Draft legislation released by the Senate Finance Committee includes $18 billion in new tax benefits for oil and gas companies and guts those for renewable energy and electric vehicles."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 06/24/2025
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Lead Pipe Data Map Offers Sharp New Tool [11]

Lead-contaminated drinking water has long been a widespread worry, but one big challenge has been locating the many lead service lines around the United States. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to a mappable database to help address that problem, with current, detailed data filtered through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Learn more about this resource and how to best use it.

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Reporters Toolbox [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Consumer [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [17]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [18]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [8]
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"Can You Choose an A.I. Model That Harms the Planet Less?" [19]

"When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [15]
Pollution [7]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [22], 06/23/2025
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Calif. Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Advances [23]

"In Richmond, California, Zenaida Gomez is ready to say goodbye to the gas stove in the apartment she has rented for over a decade. She has a hunch that the pollution it emits is exacerbating her 10-year-old son’s asthma attacks, and she has heard from public health experts and doctors who’ve said it probably is."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [24]
Infrastructure [15]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 06/23/2025
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"Supreme Court Allows Challenge On EPA Pollution Waiver" [28]

"The Supreme Court cleared the way for fuel producers to pursue their lawsuit over California’s vehicle emission rules in a lower court."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [30]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [26]
Source: E&E News [31], 06/23/2025
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"Trump and GOP’s Tax Bill Would Sell Off USPS’s Brand-New EVs" [32]

"A little-noticed provision of President Donald Trump and Republicans’ massive tax and immigration legislation would force the government to undo billions of dollars in electric-vehicle investments made by the U.S. Postal Service, unwinding much of the Biden administration’s climate push at the mail agency while dealing it a sharp financial setback."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [33]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [30]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [34], 06/23/2025
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"Iran Threatens To Close Strait of Hormuz: What Would Happen?" [35]

"Iran has warned that it could shut the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil transit chokepoints, in retaliation for U.S. involvement in its conflict with Israel."

Disasters [36]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [29]
Infrastructure [15]
Military [37]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
Pollution [7]
Technology [21]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [39]
Middle East [40]
Source: Newsweek [41], 06/20/2025
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"Is Fake Grass Safe? A Manufacturer Sues to Stop a Discussion." [42]

"Four experts were sued for defamation ahead of a seminar where they planned to talk about research into the potential health risks on playgrounds and sports fields nationwide." "The seminar seemed straightforward enough. Four experts planned to talk about whether artificial grass, which is used on playgrounds and sports fields nationwide, has health risks for children."

Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [7]
Technology [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [45], 06/20/2025
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"Supreme Court Raises Bar For Future Curbs On Industrial Air Pollution" [46]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with two Republican states on a venue question that could hamper future EPA efforts to combat dangerous air pollution that crosses state lines."

Air [47]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [48], 06/20/2025
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"The World’s Banks are Still Betting on Fossil Fuel Industry Growth" [49]

"The world’s biggest banks continue to bankroll the expansion of the fossil fuel industry and have largely retreated from their climate commitments, even as the world heads toward breaching thresholds for a livable planet."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [36]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 06/20/2025
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