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"Gulf Arab States, Squeezed By Climate Change, Still Tout Oil" [1]

"The global energy transition is perhaps nowhere more perplexing than in the Arabian Peninsula, where Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies are caught between two daunting climate change scenarios that threaten their livelihoods."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
Middle East [6]
Source: AP [7], 10/27/2021
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"White House Sets Climate Spending At Up To $555 Billion" [8]

"The White House has told allies in Congress that climate change programs in Democrats' spending bill will range between $500 billion and $555 billion, according to four sources familiar with the negotiations."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Politico [14], 10/27/2021
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"A Climate-Conscious Fox Weather Could Leave Audiences Confused" [15]

"NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with climate reporter Geoff Dembicki about the launch of the Fox Weather streaming service and concerns over how Fox News covers climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [16]
Science [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NPR [18], 10/26/2021
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"Attorneys Eye Glasgow Talks for Progress on Many Climate Issues" [19]

"Corporate adaptation measures, carbon offset policy and new U.S. regulatory responses are among the top issues attorneys say they’re tracking at the upcoming United Nations climate talks.

The trajectory of the climate crisis is at stake in Glasgow, where more than 197 countries will gather starting Oct. 31 for the two-week COP26 summit. There, they’ll ratchet up their commitments to cutting greenhouse gas emissions under the 2015 Paris climate agreement and tie up its loose technical threads.

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [5]
International [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 10/26/2021
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"Manchin Pushes For More Climate Cuts From The Budget Bill" [22]

"Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia has pushed Democrats to drop or weaken a second major climate change provision from the sweeping social policy and environmental spending bill that the White House hopes to finalize this week, according to two people familiar with the matter."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [24], 10/26/2021
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Will 2022 See the Start of Formal Negotiations Toward a Global Plastics Treaty? [25]

Plastic waste, already the subject of preliminary international talks, could be increasingly targeted after UN meetings in early 2022. Meanwhile, this ubiquitous product is polluting land, ocean and air in its various forms, as well as through little-understood microplastic particles. The latest TipSheet has the backstory on efforts to forge an international plastics treaty, as well as ideas for how to cover plastic pollution locally.

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Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Food [32]
Government [33]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [16]
Policy [35]
Pollution [36]
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Total Accused of Campaign to Play Down Climate Risk From Fossil Fuels" [40]

"The French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies was aware of the link between fossil fuels and rising global temperatures 50 years ago but worked with other oil majors to play down the risks for at least three decades, according to internal company documents and interviews with former executives."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [16]
Science [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 10/25/2021
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"Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Wisconsin Fall Wolf Hunt" [42]

"A judge on Friday halted Wisconsin’s fall wolf season two weeks before hunters were set to take to the woods, siding with wildlife advocacy groups who argued that holding the hunt would be unconstitutional."

Biodiversity [43]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Wildlife [39]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Source: AP [45], 10/25/2021
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"UN Warns World 'Way Off Track' As Greenhouse Gases Grow" [46]

"Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record in 2020, the U.N. weather agency said on Monday, warning that the world was "way off track" for capping rising temperatures."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [5]
International [20]
Source: Reuters [47], 10/25/2021
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"Biden Crafts a Climate Plan B: Tax Credits, Regulation and State Action" [48]

"After losing the centerpiece of his climate agenda just a week before heading to a major global warming summit, President Biden intends to make the case that the United States has a new plan that will still meet its ambitions to sharply cut greenhouse gases that are warming the planet."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [49], 10/25/2021
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