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"Energy Department Sets Efficiency Standards For Gas Stoves" [1]

"The Department of Energy unveiled a heavily anticipated, scaled-back regulation Monday to cut greenhouse gas emissions from stovetop cooking in the U.S., going with a compromise that pleased gas stove producers and environmentalists alike."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Technology [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [9], 01/30/2024
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Rockets and Bombs and Chemicals — The Environmental Horrors of War [10]

With the world in the midst of wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, it’s time for journalists to appraise — and report on — the intersection of conflict and the environment, argues the new Backgrounder. That means considering the environment not only as a victim of war, but also as the cause of war and a means of carrying it out.

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Backgrounders [11]
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Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Military [19]
People & Population [20]
Policy [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
International [28]
Africa [29]
Asia [30]
Europe [31]
Middle East [32]
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Take This Clean Electricity ‘Dashboard’ for a Trip Into the Energy Transition Future [33]

To better understand progress in the U.S. energy transition, some of the best nonpartisan data comes from the Energy Information Administration. And, as the latest Reporter’s Toolbox explains, EIA has an effective dashboard tool for exploring state-by-state variations in clean energy performance, among other things. Here’s how to use it smartly. Plus, a few caveats.

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Reporters Toolbox [34]
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Energy & Fuel [2]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [35]
Planning & Growth [36]
Policy [21]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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"What Are The Odds That Extreme Weather Will Lead To A Global Food Shock?" [37]

"Envision, for a moment, a multiyear period of extreme weather, including heat waves, freezes, droughts, floods, and windstorms, topped off by extreme weather during an El Niño event, leading to major crop failures in the U.S. A disruption of the global agricultural and food supply chain results, leading to panic buying and price shocks."

Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [14]
Food [39]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [28]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [40], 01/29/2024
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Avian Flu Devastates Farms In Calif. ‘Egg Basket,’ Roiling Poultry Industry [41]

"Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire flock of egg-laying hens — 550,000 birds — to prevent the disease from infecting other farms in Sonoma County north of San Francisco."

Agriculture [38]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [39]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [43]
Source: AP [44], 01/29/2024
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"Since Ohio Train Derailment, Accidents Have Gone Up, Not Down" [45]

"The total number of accidents for the top five freight railroads increased, and Congress still hasn’t passed legislation to prevent similar disasters."

Chemicals [12]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [47]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [48], 01/29/2024
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Texas Companies Released 1 Million Pounds Of Excess Pollution During Cold [49]

"Frigid weather this month caused industrial facilities across Texas to release unplanned air pollution as machinery froze, power went out and icy conditions blocked service crews."

Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Source: Texas Tribune/ICN [51], 01/29/2024
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Bayer Ordered To Pay $2.25B As Jury Links Herbicide Roundup To Cancer [52]

"A jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict, including $2 billion in punitive damages, against agrochemical giant Monsanto, according to the lawyers of a man who said he developed cancer from using the company’s weed killer, Roundup."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [53], 01/29/2024
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"The Propane Industry Is Trying To Dupe You" [54]

"Members of a propane industry lobbying group strategized to downplay the full climate impacts of propane and market it as “renewable” or “clean energy”, recordings reviewed by the climate newsletter Heated and the Guardian reveal."

Climate Change [13]
Consumer [42]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HEATED [55], 01/29/2024
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"Biden Administration Pauses Approvals of New Gas Export Terminals" [56]

"President Biden on Friday paused the permitting process for new liquefied natural gas export facilities in order to analyze their impact on climate change, the economy and national security."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [57], 01/29/2024
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