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"Nuclear Waste At Center Of Testy Nevada Senate Race" [1]

"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 [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [9]
Source: The Hill [10], 05/08/2024
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U.S. Oil and Gas Production Is Booming. So Are Donations to GOP Allies [11]

"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 [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Source: Capital & Main [14], 05/07/2024
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"The World’s Garment Workers Are On The Front Lines Of Climate Impacts" [15]

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

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [2]
People & Population [21]
Public [7]
International [22]
Asia [23]
Source: Grist [24], 05/07/2024
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"Kentucky Republicans Split Over Renewed Law to Prop Up Costly Coal Plants" [25]

"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 [16]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Sierra [27], 05/07/2024
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EV Charging Stations — Are They There Yet? [28]

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 [16]
Consumer [17]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Policy [32]
Technology [33]
Transportation [34]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [7]
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Epoch Times Promotes Climate Science Denial Ads to Millions Across Europe [35]

"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 [16]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [36]
Science [37]
Public [7]
International [22]
Source: DeSmog [38], 05/06/2024
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New California Bill Could Allow Developers To Cut Down More Joshua Trees [39]

"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 [40]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Planning & Growth [31]
Public [7]
California [41]
Source: CalMatters [42], 05/03/2024
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"Florida Says No to Federal Funding Aimed at Greenhouse Gas Emissions" [43]

"Florida gave up $3 million in federal grant funding and as much as $500 million more by declining to participate in a Biden administration program aimed at helping states address the human-caused emissions warming the global climate."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 05/02/2024
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EQT Says Fracked Gas Is a Climate Solution; Scientists Call Greenwashing [45]

"The Pittsburgh corporation says its natural gas is saving the world, countering Russian aggression and solving the climate crisis. Numerous experts say that’s not true."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [36]
Pollution [46]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [22]
Source: PublicSource [47], 05/02/2024
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"Biden To Expand California Monuments At White House Event" [48]

"President Joe Biden will add a combined 120,000 acres Thursday to a pair of national monuments in California at a White House ceremony, the administration announced."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [41]
Source: E&E News [49], 05/02/2024
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