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"White House Docs: Trump Aides Pushed EPA for Fewer Methane Checks" [1]

"EPA bowed to White House pressure during interagency review of an oil and gas emissions rule by reducing requirements for a segment of the natural gas supply chain to monitor and repair methane leaks."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [13], 09/21/2020
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Senate 2020: In South Carolina, Graham Styles Himself as Climate Champion [14]

"Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has for years portrayed himself as a climate champion, but his ardent support for a president who has dismantled climate policy has environmentalists determined to unseat him."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: InsideClimate News [15], 09/18/2020
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Opinion: "Is This a Joke?" (Facebook and Climate) [16]

"Facebook’s plan to combat climate misinformation running rampant on its site is here. It is a... “climate science information center” of facts, figures, and news stories about the climate crisis that obscures the systematic changes needed to address climate change while peddling tips that mirror Big Oil talking points. The whole thing is a giant hand-wave to distract us from looking at the real solutions to climate change and the role Facebook is playing in corroding them."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Earther [19], 09/17/2020
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Company Drops Desalination Plan In Battle Over Environmental Justice [20]

"Amid mounting controversy and concerns over environmental justice, California American Water on Wednesday withdrew its application for a desalination project in the small Monterey Bay town of Marina."

Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [11]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [23], 09/17/2020
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"As Wildfires Rage, California Presses Insurers to Cut Rates" [24]

"Faced with the twin climate crises of historic wildfires and spiraling insurance costs, California on Wednesday laid out new rules to make insurance more affordable in fire-prone areas. But the changes could backfire, experts say — pushing insurers to stop offering insurance in those areas and further imperiling communities on the front lines of climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [25]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
California [22]
Source: NYTimes [26], 09/17/2020
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"EPA Postpones Environmental Justice Training After White House Memo" [27]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will postpone training on environmental inequity faced by communities of color and low-income communities following a White House order calling for agencies to stop training involving what it described as 'anti-American propaganda.'"

Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [28]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [29], 09/17/2020
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"Inspector General Slams FEMA Over Repeatedly Flooded Homes" [30]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency fails to help tens of thousands of people whose homes have repeatedly flooded, according to a report by the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [28]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [31], 09/17/2020
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"House Democrats Tee Up Vote On Climate-Focused Energy Bill Next Week" [32]

"House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) says the chamber will vote next week on a more-than-900-page energy package billed as a response to climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [33], 09/17/2020
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"Biden Teases Canceling Puerto Rico’s ‘Illegal’ Debt In New Plan" [34]

"The former vice president is looking to court climate refugees who fled the hurricane-ravaged island to battleground states like Florida."

Disasters [25]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: HuffPost [36], 09/16/2020
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Visiting Charred Calif., Trump Confronts Scientific Reality He Denies [37]

"When President Trump flies to California on Monday to assess the state’s raging forest fires, he will come face to face with the grim consequences of a reality he has stubbornly refused to accept: the devastating effects of a warming planet."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [38]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [22]
Source: NYTimes [39], 09/14/2020
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