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"The Unlikely Coalition Behind Biden’s Liquefied Natural Gas Pivot" [1]

"Climate activists led the charge against LNG exports, but they’re not the only ones celebrating Biden’s pause."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Grist [8], 02/13/2024
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Chemical Plants, Terrorism and Regulations May Be Back on the Agenda [9]

For years, high-risk U.S. industrial facilities fell under a federal anti-terrorism program to ensure their potentially lethal chemicals would not become terrorist targets. But when the program expired last year, something unexpected happened. Veteran chemical industry reporter Jeff Johnson has a behind-the-scenes look at the maneuvering over how best to secure the country’s dangerous chemical stores.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
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Public [6]
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Will New EPA Policy Make It Easier To Interview Its Experts? [15]

Environmental journalists commonly grouse about obstacles the press office at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency throws up when reporters want to talk to its scientists. Might a newly proposed scientific integrity policy help change that? The WatchDog Opinion column, which regularly joins in the censuring, says there’s a chance it could. But will it? Why the outlook is cloudy.

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WatchDog [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [17]
Policy [18]
Science [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [6]
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Climate Scientist Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict Against Right-Wing Bloggers [20]

"Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, won his long-standing legal battle against two right-wing bloggers who claimed that he manipulated data in his research and compared him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, a major victory for the outspoken researcher."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [22], 02/09/2024
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"EU Lays Out Plan To Cut Greenhouse Emissions By 90% By 2040" [23]

"The EU aims to slash its net greenhouse gas pollution by 90% by 2040 as part of its push to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent, the European Commission has announced before elections in June."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [25]
Public [6]
Europe [26]
Source: Guardian [27], 02/08/2024
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13 Blue States Say EPA Should Strengthen Proposal To Remove Lead Pipes [28]

"Attorneys general from 13 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen a proposal that seeks to limit Americans’ exposure to lead service lines."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [33], 02/08/2024
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"Misplaced Trust" [34]

"Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy."

Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [36]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Grist [37], 02/08/2024
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"The Changing Focus of Climate Denial: From Science to Scientists" [38]

"The scientist Michael Mann is challenging attacks on his work in a defamation suit that’s taken 12 years to come to trial."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [39], 02/07/2024
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"Green Amendments Gain Traction in More States Ahead of Elections" [40]

"A new wave of state legislators are pursuing the constitutional right to a safe environment, which attorneys say could strengthen climate lawsuits and policy if interpreted correctly. But the effectiveness of those amendments hinges on their legal language and other details."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [41], 02/07/2024
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"‘In A Word, Horrific’: Trump’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint" [42]

"The United States’s first major climate legislation dismantled, a crackdown on government scientists, a frenzy of oil and gas drilling, the Paris climate deal not only dead but buried. A blueprint is emerging for a second Donald Trump term that is even more extreme for the environment than his first, according to interviews with multiple Trump allies and advisers."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [43], 02/07/2024
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