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"Biden Nominates Climate Champ As Fed’s Bank Cop" [1]

"President Biden is expected to nominate Sarah Bloom Raskin, one of the United States’ most prominent climate finance hawks, to be the Federal Reserve’s top bank cop."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [8], 01/17/2022
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"Supreme Court Shot-Or-Test Rule Freeze Hits Agency Powers" [9]

"The Supreme Court’s order yesterday blocking vaccine-or-test requirements for large employers sent a daunting message to environmental lawyers. Legal observers say the court, which is now dominated by six conservative justices, has signaled its interest in reining in the regulatory authority of federal agencies. And EPA could be next."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [14], 01/17/2022
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Deep in the Heart of Complexity … Or, the View From Texas [15]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares for its annual conference in Houston this March, the SEJournal asked Texas-based reporter Greg Harman to explore the Lone Star State's most critical stories for 2022. Here, in this special Texas-focused TipSheet, are leads, resources, encouragements and challenges.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [17]
Air [18]
Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [22]
Health [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [26]
Policy [27]
Pollution [13]
Wildlife [28]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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Infrastructure Funding Coming Soon for Cleanup of Orphan Oil Wells [30]

With billions of infrastructure dollars now on the table to clean up orphan oil wells, states are already elbowing their way in for a taste. But as our new Backgrounder explains, the process to ensure they cannot pollute the environment or spew climate-change gasses is a complex one. And the sheer (and largely unknown) number of orphaned wells adds to the complications.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [22]
Health [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [33]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [17]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Government [22]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [35]
Policy [27]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
California [36]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Northwest (OR WA) [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
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Public [6]
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Six in 10 Americans ‘Alarmed’ Or ‘Concerned’ About Climate Change: Study [41]

"A new report has revealed that a record number of Americans are now alarmed about the climate crisis."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [42], 01/14/2022
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"On the Defensive a Year Ago, the American Petroleum Institute Is Back" [43]

"The oil and gas lobby, looking at resurgent production, has more than held its own in dealings with the Biden administration."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 01/13/2022
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"Biden Spending Bill Ignites Debate Over Dairy Methane Pollution" [45]

"As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [46], 01/12/2022
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DOE Blew $1.1B on Carbon Capture Projects That Were Mostly Failures: GAO [47]

"The idea of trapping a dirty coal plant’s carbon emissions at the source and storing it underground may sound like the solution to our climate problems. In practice, it’s proven all but completely unfeasible, but that hasn’t stopped the government from plunging money into it."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Earther [48], 01/12/2022
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"White House Plan Aims To Protect Science From Politics" [49]

"The White House today [Tuesday] released a wide-ranging plan to strengthen the work of government scientists and protect them from political meddling."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [4]
Policy [27]
Science [50]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [51], 01/12/2022
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