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Corporate Climate Watchdog Document Deems Carbon Offsets Largely Ineffective [1]

"Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits has now found such offsets are largely ineffective, a confidential preliminary draft reviewed by Reuters shows."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Forests [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: Reuters [12], 05/09/2024
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What Trump Promised Oil CEOs As He Asked Them For $1 Billion To His Campaign [13]

"Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, as well as other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry."

Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Pollution [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [18], 05/09/2024
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May 17, 2024

Reporter’s Notebook: The Making of “The Gen Z Water Dealmaker,” a Podcast About the Colorado River Negotiations [19]

Join Luke Runyon, Co-Director of The Water Desk at the University of Colorado-Boulder's Center for Environmental Journalism and President of SEJ's Board of Directors, for a conversation with LAist's Emily Guerin about narrative storytelling on the Colorado River, and how the story relates to our ability to adapt to a changing climate. 3pm ET.

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Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
Policy [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]

"Nuclear Waste At Center Of Testy Nevada Senate Race" [28]

"Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown is under fire from Democrats for 2022 remarks in which he expressed support for plans to store federal nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain."

Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [29]
Waste [30]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Source: The Hill [31], 05/08/2024
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U.S. Oil and Gas Production Is Booming. So Are Donations to GOP Allies [32]

"August Pfluger, an Air Force veteran and member of the U.S. House representing a small district in West Texas, isn’t exactly a household name on the national political scene, with little press coverage in the last two months outside a recent Fox News appearance. But he is the country’s top recipient of campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry".

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Capital & Main [34], 05/07/2024
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"The World’s Garment Workers Are On The Front Lines Of Climate Impacts" [35]

"Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [37]
Public [10]
International [11]
Asia [38]
Source: Grist [39], 05/07/2024
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"Kentucky Republicans Split Over Renewed Law to Prop Up Costly Coal Plants" [40]

"Last month, one of the nation’s top Republican donors became a flashpoint in a debate over the outsized power coal has in the state of Kentucky."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: Sierra [42], 05/07/2024
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EV Charging Stations — Are They There Yet? [43]

For all the talk about the energy transition and the robust growth in electric vehicle sales, there’s one big reason for unease: getting charged. The new Backgrounder takes a deep dive on the state of EV charging stations in the United States, exploring Tesla’s diminishing dominance, coming charger standardization, charging levels, software and for-pay realities, plus the effects of government policy.

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Climate Change [2]
Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [45]
Planning & Growth [24]
Policy [25]
Technology [46]
Transportation [47]
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National (U.S.) [17]
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Public [10]
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Epoch Times Promotes Climate Science Denial Ads to Millions Across Europe [48]

"The pro-Trump Epoch Times has run hundreds of anti-climate social media adverts in Europe since the beginning of 2024 that have been seen millions of times, DeSmog can reveal."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [23]
Science [49]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: DeSmog [50], 05/06/2024
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New California Bill Could Allow Developers To Cut Down More Joshua Trees [51]

"Environmentalists warn that a California Democrat’s bill “drives a bulldozer” through the state’s new law that protects imperiled Joshua trees from commercial development. But the lawmaker says his impoverished desert region desperately needs the economic boost."

Biodiversity [52]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Planning & Growth [24]
Public [10]
California [53]
Source: CalMatters [54], 05/03/2024
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