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Groups Petition EPA To Remove Ethane, Methane From Emissions Exempt List [1]

"Hundreds of environmental groups on Tuesday submitted a petition calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action to curtail ethane and methane emissions responsible for smog."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [11], 04/07/2021
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"Left-Wing Party Opposed To Big Mining Project Wins Greenland Election" [12]

"A left-wing party that opposes a large rare earth mining project has become the biggest in parliament after securing more than a third of votes in a snap election."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Transportation [15]
Public [9]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 04/07/2021
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"EPA Chief Vows Tougher Tailpipe Rules by July, Unwinding Trump’s" [18]

"The Biden administration is on track to propose by the end of July new limits on the emission of greenhouse gases from automobiles that are strong enough to meet “the urgency of the climate crisis,” according to EPA Administrator Michael Regan."

Air [2]
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg [19], 04/07/2021
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"More U.S. Coal Power Retired Under Trump Than in Obama's Second Term" [20]

"Remember all of Donald Trump’s promises to put coal miners back to work? Turns out, his repeated attacks on the environment to try and bail out dirty fuels were all for naught. More coal-fired power was taken off the grid under Trump’s presidency than under former President Barack Obama’s second term, a new analysis from Global Energy Monitor shows."

Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Earther [22], 04/06/2021
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Can Biden Change America's Preference For Cars Over Trains and Buses? [23]

"If America is dominated by car culture and the call of the open road, there is a big reason for that: Over the past 65 years, the United States has spent nearly $10 trillion in public funds on highways and roads, and just a quarter of that on subways, buses and passenger rail."

Climate Change [13]
Consumer [24]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Transportation [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [25], 04/06/2021
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Fossil Firms Took Billions in Virus Aid but Still Cut Nearly 60,000 Jobs [26]

"When Congress looked to prop up a tanking economy and stanch its hemorrhaging of employment as the pandemic spread last year, the oil industry was among those that sought relief. Now, a new analysis shows that dozens of fossil fuel companies received billions of dollars in tax benefits in the coronavirus relief package, but slashed tens of thousands of jobs anyway."

Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 04/06/2021
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Replacing the Nation’s Lead Lines Begins With Locating Them [29]

One especially ambitious element of the Biden infrastructure plan would swap out millions of lead pipes. It’s a massive, costly endeavor, but could remove from the country’s water supply a neurotoxin that harms human health, especially of kids and the poor. TipSheet looks at the new plan and offers ideas for reporting the story in your area.

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Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [31]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
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Big Meat, Dairy Companies Spend Millions Lobbying Against Climate Action [38]

"Top U.S. meat and dairy companies, along with livestock and agricultural lobbying groups, have spent millions campaigning against climate action and sowing doubt about the links between animal agriculture and climate change, according to new research from New York University."

Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [40]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 04/05/2021
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"Energy Dept. Pushes To Reverse Trump-Era Rule On Efficiency Standards" [42]

"The Biden administration is set to push for a reversal of Trump-era changes that made it harder to impose energy efficiency standards for commercial products and industrial equipment."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [43], 04/05/2021
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"“Kenneled, Strip Searched, Shackled And Held"" [44]

"The Biden administration remains silent while Indigenous women continue to battle Line 3 with their bodies."

Activism [45]
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Canada [46]
Source: HEATED [47], 04/02/2021
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