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Infrastructure Funding Coming Soon for Cleanup of Orphan Oil Wells [1]

With billions of infrastructure dollars now on the table to clean up orphan oil wells, states are already elbowing their way in for a taste. But as our new Backgrounder explains, the process to ensure they cannot pollute the environment or spew climate-change gasses is a complex one. And the sheer (and largely unknown) number of orphaned wells adds to the complications.

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Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
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Public [16]
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [17]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [19]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Policy [24]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
California [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
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Public [16]
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"Postal Service: Here’s The Price Tag For 100% EVs" [30]

"The U.S. Postal Service, which has been criticized for its plan to buy tens of thousands of gas-burning delivery trucks, estimates that it could in fact go all-electric if Congress gives it at least $3.3 billion."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [8]
Transportation [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [32], 01/14/2022
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"How California Plans To Spend $37 Billion Fighting Climate Change" [33]

"The latest budget proposal, unveiled this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom, includes $22 billion in new climate funding. It also allocates money from last year’s budget, for a total of $37 billion in climate spending over six years."

Climate Change [3]
Government [8]
Public [16]
California [25]
Source: LA Times [34], 01/14/2022
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"Virginia Democrats Aim to Block Trump’s EPA Chief From State Agency" [35]

"A rare confirmation battle is brewing around the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald J. Trump, to take a similar role in an incoming Republican state administration in Virginia."

Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Source: NYTimes [36], 01/07/2022
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January 5, 2026

DEADLINE: The Goldsmith Awards [37]

These awards honor U.S. investigative reporting on government conduct, public policy or the practice of politics; explanatory reporting on government functioning and implementation of public policy; and books on democratic governance. Cash prizes. Deadline: Jan 5, 2026 for the Investigative and Explanatory.

Awards and Grants [38]
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Government [8]
Journalism & Media [11]
Policy [24]
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National (U.S.) [15]

Lead Pipes To Make News on the Environment Beat in 2022 [39]

A crisis of lead in drinking water affects thousands of U.S. communities, but 2022 will bring new focus to the problem as new Biden administration plans play out following passage of a $15 billion fund to replace lead service lines. TipSheet outlines the problem and the impact of a regulation carried over from the Trump era. Plus, seven reporting approaches to local and state-level stories.

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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Consumer [40]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [41]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Policy [24]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]
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"Biden Has No EPA Air Nominee As Climate Goals Teeter" [42]

"As President Biden closes out his first year in office, he still has not nominated EPA’s top air official, a role that takes on even greater importance with climate legislation stalling on Capitol Hill."

Air [43]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [44], 12/23/2021
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"EPA IG Adds Muscle For Tracking Infrastructure Cash" [45]

"EPA’s internal watchdog is planning aggressive oversight for the billions of infrastructure funds flowing into the agency, warning fraud could follow the influx of cash."

Government [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [46], 12/17/2021
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"Where Is Biden’s Pick For Mine Reclamation Chief?" [47]

"Congress approved $11.3 billion to clean up abandoned mine lands in the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, but environmental groups are worried that President Biden hasn’t chosen anyone to oversee how that money is spent on coal mines."

Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [48], 12/14/2021
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