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"AP Fact Check: Biden Takes Half-Steps on Electric Vehicles" [1]

"Eager to show benefits from his policies, President Joe Biden is overstating the number of electric vehicle charging stations that would be built with his infrastructure law and claiming a speedy shift to electric in the federal fleet that isn’t so."

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Source: AP [8], 02/16/2022
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EPA Shrugs After HuffPost Investigates Toxic Gulf Chemical Dump [9]

"After a HuffPost investigation last year brought to light a vast, decades-old chemical dumping ground in the Gulf of Mexico, the Environmental Protection Agency has officially declared that the site is nothing to worry about ― without reviewing any recent scientific data or visiting the site."

Chemicals [10]
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Source: HuffPost [17], 02/16/2022
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"US Could See a Century's Worth of Sea Rise in Just 30 Years" [18]

"America’s coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days, a government report warns."

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Source: AP [19], 02/16/2022
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"California Returns as Climate Leader, With Help From the White House" [20]

"The Biden administration is restoring the state’s power to set its own limits on tailpipe pollution and is largely adopting the state’s rules regarding heavy trucks."

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Source: NYTimes [21], 02/16/2022
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In Misinformation Wars, Renewable Energy Is The Latest To Be Attacked [22]

"The spread of misinformation about solar and wind energy is leading some states and counties to restrict or even reject projects. The Energy Department calls it a key threat to decarbonizing the grid."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [11]
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Science [25]
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Source: NPR [26], 02/15/2022
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"Feds Propose Protection For A Texas Border Plant" [27]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service today [Monday] proposed Endangered Species Act protections for the prostrate milkweed, a plant found in Texas that’s been awaiting action for quite some time."

Biodiversity [28]
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Source: E&E News [30], 02/15/2022
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"Joe Manchin’s Closest Political Ally Cashes In On Senator’s Rise" [31]

"A longtime friend of the West Virginia senator has a growing lobbying business in Washington as companies seek to understand and influence the key lawmaker".

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Source: Washington Post [32], 02/15/2022
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US Corn-Based Ethanol Worse For The Climate Than Gasoline, Study Finds [33]

"Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday."

Agriculture [34]
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Source: Reuters [35], 02/15/2022
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Palin Judge Will Dismiss Her Libel Case, Finding No Malice By NY Times [36]

"A judge on Monday said he will dismiss Sarah Palin’s libel case against the New York Times, saying she had not met the legal standard showing that the newspaper acted with “actual malice” in publishing a 2017 editorial that included an inaccurate claim about her."

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Source: Washington Post [37], 02/15/2022
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Western Megadrought Worst In 1,200 Years, Linked To Climate: Study [38]

"The extreme dryness that has ravaged the American West for more than two decades now ranks as the driest 22-year period in at least 1,200 years, and scientists have found that this megadrought is being intensified by humanity’s heating of the planet."

Agriculture [34]
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Source: LA Times [41], 02/15/2022
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