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‘Control The Narrative’: Alabama Utility Wields Influence By Financing News [1]

"A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither reports on high electric bills or utility-related pollution".

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [5]
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Infrastructure [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
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National (U.S.) [12]
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Source: Guardian [14], 01/18/2024
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"Supreme Court Appears Ready To Erode Chevron Doctrine" [15]

"The Supreme Court appears to be seeking a way to diminish the Chevron doctrine — without completely overruling the 40-year-old legal theory that helps federal agencies defend their rules on public health, food safety and climate change."

Environmental Health [5]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [16], 01/18/2024
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First US Uranium Mines in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon [17]

"The push for more nuclear energy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spiked uranium prices, leading mines for the element to begin operating again in the U.S. despite long-term environmental and health impacts."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [21]
Public [11]
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Source: Inside Climate News [23], 01/17/2024
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API Plans Election-Year Blitz in the Face of Climate Policy Pressure [24]

"The American Petroleum Institute, at its annual “State of American Energy” event, launched a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz to make the case for expanded U.S. fossil fuel exploration, production and exports."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 01/17/2024
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"A Potentially Huge Supreme Court Case Has a Hidden Conservative Backer" [27]

"The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday that, on paper, are about a group of commercial fishermen who oppose a government fee that they consider unreasonable. But the lawyers who have helped to propel their case to the nation’s highest court have a far more powerful backer: the petrochemicals billionaire Charles Koch."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [29], 01/17/2024
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"PR Giant Edelman Worked With Koch Network, Despite Climate Pledges" [30]

"Edelman, the world’s largest public relations company, was among the Charles Koch Foundation’s highest-paid vendors in 2022, a 990 tax disclosure form shows, alarming climate advocates. The PR giant has made numerous climate declarations over the past decade, including making a pledge to eschew projects promoting climate denial."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [7]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [31], 01/16/2024
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Fight Over Fishing Regulation Could Help Tear Down the Administrative State [32]

"The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday over whether to overturn a key precedent on the power of executive agencies."

Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [33], 01/16/2024
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"Scoop: John Kerry To Leave Biden Administration, Help Campaign" [34]

"John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, will leave the administration later this winter, and plans to help President Biden's campaign, Axios has learned."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [7]
People & Population [35]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [36]
Source: Axios [37], 01/16/2024
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"Azerbaijan Appoints No Women To 28-Member Cop29 Climate Committee" [38]

"The organising committee for the Cop29 global climate change summit in Azerbaijan in December comprises 28 men and no women, the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has announced."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
People & Population [35]
Public [11]
International [36]
Source: Guardian [39], 01/16/2024
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Will Journalism Be a Crime in a Second Trump Administration? [40]

For environmental journalists who recall the first Trump administration’s hostility toward media, the prospects of a second Trump presidency are troubling. But not nearly as worrying, WatchDog Opinion writes, as what a Trump reelection would mean for press freedom as a whole, nor for the democracy that hinges on that freedom. Read why the risks of journalists being targeted are real.

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