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"Brazil Authorities Seek To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters" [1]

"Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power."

Environmental Politics [2]
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Source: AP [7], 01/09/2023
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"Biden EPA Backs Off Plan to Crack Down on Smog From Permian Oil Drillers" [8]

"The Biden administration is deferring a plan to crack down on smog in the drilling hotbed of the Permian Basin, handing a win to oil producers along with their allies in Texas and New Mexico."

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Source: Bloomberg [13], 01/06/2023
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"Farewell To The Senate’s Biggest Climate Denier" [14]

"Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) leaves behind a legacy of climate disinformation, and a small army of pro-industry contrarians."

Climate Change [15]
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Science [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: HuffPost [17], 01/05/2023
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"Biden Taps Democrat On Interstate Energy Commission As Its Interim Chair" [18]

"President Biden will name Willie Phillips as interim head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the White House confirmed Tuesday."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [20]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [21], 01/05/2023
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Lula’s First Pro-Environment Acts Protect Indigenous People And The Amazon [22]

"In the first day of his third mandate as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued measures to protect the Amazon and Indigenous people, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists as a reversal of an anti-environment-and-Indigenous era from predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [2]
Forests [23]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
South America [6]
Source: Mongabay [24], 01/05/2023
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"Protests Near German Village Vacated To Expand Coal Mine" [25]

"Scuffles broke out on Monday outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan that is drawing resistance from climate activists."

Activism [26]
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Laws & Regulations [3]
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Europe [27]
Source: AP [28], 01/04/2023
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GOP Primed To Attack ‘Woke Capitalism,’ Climate Disclosure Rules in 2023 [29]

"Conservative politicians argue that environmental, social and governance principles—known as "ESG"—are diverting asset managers from their duties to investors, and may even amount to illegal collusion."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 01/03/2023
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"Subpoenaed Fossil Fuel Documents Reveal an Industry Stuck in the Past" [32]

"The industry is still running the same five-step plan, to the same end: preserving power, subsidies, and social license."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Intercept [34], 01/03/2023
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"Speaker Race In Limbo As GOP Readies Oversight, Energy Bills" [35]

"Republicans will take control of the House this week vowing to hold the Biden administration accountable, but big questions remain over who, exactly, will be leading the chamber."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [36], 01/03/2023
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EPA Texts Disappear, Suspicions of Misdeeds Do Not [37]

A scandal at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over regulatory capture of some toxic chemical officials has surfaced another serious issue — the EPA says it can’t provide related phone text messages. But it’s required to do so by law. And for environmental journalists, access to such records is key to holding the agency to account, argues WatchDog Opinion.

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