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DOE Unveils $40M For Electricity, Weatherization In Low-Income Communities [1]

"The Biden administration on Friday announced more than $40 million in funds toward weatherization and electrification of low-income areas."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [8], 07/11/2022
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Peter Dykstra Column: "Climate Change Denial And Me" [9]

"Since the 1990’s, I’ve had a front row seat for TV news's abject failure in covering climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Science [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: EHN [13], 07/11/2022
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"Summer In America Is Becoming Hotter, Longer And More Dangerous" [14]

"Wildfires had been burning for weeks, shrouding Reno, Nev., in harmful smoke, when Jillian Abney and her eight-year-old daughter Izi drove into the Sierras last year in search of cleaner air. The eerie yellow haze that filled the sky had brought summer to an abrupt halt, canceling all of the season’s usual delights."

Climate Change [2]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [15], 07/11/2022
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"Biden Admin Signals Support for Controversial Alaska Oil Project" [16]

"The Biden administration took a key step toward approving a huge oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, angering environmental activists who said allowing it to go forward would make a mockery of President Biden’s climate-change promise to end new oil leases."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 07/11/2022
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"EPA Seen as Prepared for Big Challenges Ahead of Carbon Rules" [19]

"The EPA’s lawyers and rule writers face challenges as they work to finalize incoming carbon rules that avoid running afoul of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on power plant emissions, but the long runway up to the decision gave the agency adequate time to prepare, court watchers say."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [22], 07/11/2022
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Farmers Markets Offer Many Local Environmental Stories [23]

Reporters needn’t always go far and wide to find environment angles. A case in point is your local farmers market, which can yield a variety of food-related stories, ranging from food justice and urban agriculture to pesticides and organics. That and a few tasty samples on the side. TipSheet takes a stroll through the aisles for the backstory, plus reporting resources and story ideas.

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Food [28]
Health [29]
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"Biologists’ Fears Confirmed On The Lower Colorado River" [30]

"For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn’t belong there."

Biodiversity [31]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [33], 07/08/2022
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"Federal Purchases of Single-Use Plastics Targeted by Biden’s GSA" [34]

"The General Services Administration is targeting the federal purchases of single-use plastics and packaging, the agency proposed Thursday in an action that environmentalists called an encouraging step."

Chemicals [35]
Consumer [27]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [36]
Waste [37]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 07/08/2022
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"Higher Gas Prices Hurt Pockets, Make Small Dent In Emissions" [39]

"As Congress and now the Supreme Court stymie the Biden administration’s efforts to curb climate change, one thing the president doesn’t want - sky high gas prices - actually is nibbling away at emissions of heat-trapping gas."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [40], 07/08/2022
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DOT Proposal Would Require States To Track Carbon Emissions From Driving [41]

"The Department of Transportation on Thursday proposed a new requirement that states and metropolitan areas measure the amount of carbon dioxide being released through driving on interstate highways and other major roads."

Air [42]
Climate Change [2]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Transportation [43]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [44], 07/08/2022
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