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Biden Holds Firm On Climate Provisions In Infrastructure Counterproposal [1]

"President Biden is holding firm on energy and climate provisions in the White House infrastructure proposal but has expressed a willingness to cut some research and development funds, according to a memo to Senate Environment Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) obtained by The Hill."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [10], 05/24/2021

"Judge Halts Georgia Dredging Plan Over Threat To Sea Turtles" [11]

"A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge a shipping channel on the Georgia coast, citing a threat to sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches."

Biodiversity [12]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [13]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: AP [15], 05/21/2021

"Electricity: Documents Reveal Natural Gas Chaos In Texas Blackouts" [16]

"Texas' electricity leaders were deeply focused on natural gas shortages days before blackouts crippled the state in February and plunged the state's power industry into chaos, according to documents obtained by E&E News."

Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [18]
Infrastructure [5]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: E&E News [21], 05/21/2021

"White House, GOP Infrastructure Talks Hit Crucial Stage" [22]

"Negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans over President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan are hitting a crucial stage ahead of talks Friday after the latest GOP offer left some dismay in the administration that there wasn’t more movement off the Republicans’ initial $568 billion proposal."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [24]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [25], 05/21/2021

"White House Announces Efforts To Curb Emissions In Buildings" [26]

"The Biden administration on Monday announced its latest push to cut carbon emissions by setting new efficiency standards for federal buildings and speeding up adoption of technologies to heat buildings with electricity rather than fossil fuels."

Climate Change [2]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [27], 05/18/2021

Ready for Climate Change-Induced Grid Blackouts Along With Heat Waves? [28]

Climate change can mean doubling down on disasters, such as a combination of widespread power outages with the kind of extreme heat that kills. The latest TipSheet explores why such simultaneous disasters are so dangerous, where they’ve happened already, why they are increasingly likely to happen again and how to prepare to cover them in your area.

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Climate Change [2]
Consumer [30]
Disasters [31]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [32]
Infrastructure [5]
Journalism & Media [19]
Planning & Growth [33]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
California [34]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
International [38]
Europe [39]
Visibility: 
Public [8]

Designed For Disaster: These Homes Can Withstand A Category 5 Hurricane [40]

"As climate change fuels more intense storms, Deltec and other companies build hurricane-proof homes".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [31]
Infrastructure [5]
Technology [41]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [42], 05/17/2021

Solar Pushback: How Power Firms Try To Make People Pay For Going Green [43]

"In states like Kansas, energy companies want to impose charges on people who produce their own power with rooftop arrays".

Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [44], 05/14/2021

"Biden Signs Exec. Order to Bolster Federal Government’s Cybersecurity" [45]

"As the East Coast suffered from the effects of a ransomware attack on a major petroleum pipeline, President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that placed strict new standards on the cybersecurity of any software sold to the federal government."

Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Technology [41]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [46], 05/13/2021

"F.B.I. Identifies Group Behind Pipeline Hack" [47]

"President Biden said on Monday that the United States would “disrupt and prosecute” a criminal gang of hackers called DarkSide, which the F.B.I. formally blamed for a huge ransomware attack that has disrupted the flow of nearly half of the gasoline and jet fuel supplies to the East Coast."

Disasters [31]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [48], 05/11/2021

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