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‘Control The Narrative’: Alabama Utility Wields Influence By Financing News [1]

"A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither reports on high electric bills or utility-related pollution".

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Guardian [14], 01/18/2024
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Shell To Sell Nigeria Oil Business; Greens Want Pollution Cleaned Up First [15]

"Shell said Tuesday it agreed to sell its onshore business in Nigeria’s Niger Delta to a consortium of companies in a deal worth $2.4 billion, the latest move by the energy company to limit its exposure in the West African nation amid long-running complaints of environmental pollution caused by the oil industry."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [6]
Pollution [17]
Public [11]
Africa [18]
Source: AP [19], 01/17/2024
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First US Uranium Mines in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon [20]

"The push for more nuclear energy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spiked uranium prices, leading mines for the element to begin operating again in the U.S. despite long-term environmental and health impacts."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Natural Resources [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [23]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 01/17/2024
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"A Potentially Huge Supreme Court Case Has a Hidden Conservative Backer" [26]

"The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday that, on paper, are about a group of commercial fishermen who oppose a government fee that they consider unreasonable. But the lawyers who have helped to propel their case to the nation’s highest court have a far more powerful backer: the petrochemicals billionaire Charles Koch."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [28], 01/17/2024
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"Azerbaijan Appoints No Women To 28-Member Cop29 Climate Committee" [29]

"The organising committee for the Cop29 global climate change summit in Azerbaijan in December comprises 28 men and no women, the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has announced."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
People & Population [30]
Public [11]
International [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 01/16/2024
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"EPA Proposes Tougher Air Standards for Waste Burning Facilities" [33]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal on Thursday targeting tens of thousands of tons of emissions annually for sites that burn solid waste."

Air [34]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [17]
Waste [35]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 01/12/2024
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"The War Zone In Gaza Will Leave A Legacy Of Hidden Health Risks" [37]

"A toxic mix of dust, ash, and other material from 15 million tons of rubble now blankets the territory and all who live there."

Air [34]
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Infrastructure [8]
Military [39]
Pollution [17]
Public [11]
Middle East [40]
Source: Grist [41], 01/11/2024
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Utilities Paid Southern Civil Rights Leaders Who Became Industry Advocates [42]

"A joint investigation by Floodlight and Capital B shows millions of dollars flowed from utilities to Black leaders and their groups since at least 2009."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Floodlight/Capital B [43], 01/10/2024
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"Indigenous Groups Cede Forest Rights For Sketchy Finance" [44]

"Several companies registered in Latin American countries claiming to have U.N. endorsement have persuaded Indigenous communities to hand over the economic rights to their forests for decades to come, a Mongabay investigation has found. The companies share commercial interests across various jurisdictions, and have not been able to demonstrate experience in sustainable finance projects."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Justice [6]
Forests [45]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [30]
Public [11]
International [31]
Central America & the Caribbean [46]
South America [47]
Source: Mongabay [48], 01/05/2024
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"Secretive Hydrogen Hub Talks Test Energy Agency Community Plans" [49]

"The Biden administration is negotiating with hydrogen industry leaders on legally binding commitments involving tens of thousands of new jobs and lower emissions, a pledge crucial to winning community support and achieving US environmental justice goals."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [30]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [50], 01/04/2024
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