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"Executives Call for Deep Emission Cuts to Combat Climate Change" [1]

"More than 300 corporate leaders will ask the Biden administration to nearly double the emission reduction targets set by the Obama administration."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [7], 04/14/2021
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Does Climate’s Future Depend on Better Batteries? [8]

The path of our planetary climate may depend largely on our transition away from energy sources that cause global warming. And that, in turn, may rely on one thing: improved batteries. The new Backgrounder explores the future of energy storage — how batteries work, the progress the technology has made and the brutal battery competition ahead between the United States and China.

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Backgrounders [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Science [13]
Technology [14]
Transportation [15]
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National (U.S.) [6]
International [16]
Asia [17]
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Public [5]
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Flexibility in the Face of the Unexpected [18]

When a Chicago-based freelancer was just about to hit the road to report a three-part story and TV segment on the potential impacts of two proposed copper mines in the Great Lakes basin, there was a little hitch: The COVID-19 pandemic hit. The new FEJ StoryLog has the story of how Lorraine Boissoneault found the flexibility to complete her grant-supported project.

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FEJ StoryLog [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
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Public [5]
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"‘Tiger King’ Fallout Unites PETA, Feds to Fight Cub Petting" [26]

"Netflix’s “Tiger King” burst into a new world of pandemic streaming and gave viewers exotic animals, personal and professional drama, and a man with a mullet’s attempt to launch a political career in Oklahoma."

Economy & Business [11]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Wildlife [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 04/13/2021
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"5 Ways Biden Wove Climate Action Into His Budget" [29]

"President Biden's first budget proposal sketches a vision for greening the entire federal government, and it includes areas that have been traditional afterthoughts to climate policy, such as prisons."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [31], 04/13/2021
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"Neighborhoods United: Highway Removal Gains Steam In U.S. Cities" [32]

"Biden proposal includes first major focus on restructuring roadways that divided cities and cut off minority neighborhoods".

Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [34]
Planning & Growth [35]
Transportation [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [36], 04/13/2021
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2.3 Million Americans Exposed To High Levels Of Strontium In Drinking Water [37]

"About 2.3 million Americans are exposed to high natural strontium levels in their drinking water, a metal that can harm bone health in children, according to a United States Geological Survey study."

Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: EHN [40], 04/13/2021
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Driven by Industry, More States Pass Tough Laws vs. Pipeline Protesters [41]

"Bills to increase penalties for “impeding” the operations of a pipeline or power plant—in many cases elevating the offense to a felony—are pending in at least five states and have been enacted in 15 others."

Activism [42]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 04/13/2021
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Cruising EPA’s CompTox Chemicals Dashboard [44]

A massive database of databases maintained by EPA tracks more than 800,000 chemicals. And while CompTox is highly technical, it’s the source for important developments that environmental journalists need to know about, among them exploring whole classes of toxic chemicals, and understanding how big data and AI is transforming their regulation. Plus, alternate sources of chemical data for your reporting needs.

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Reporters Toolbox [45]
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Chemicals [38]
Environmental Studies [46]
Science [13]
Technology [14]
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National (U.S.) [6]
International [16]
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Public [5]
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Big Oil Fed State Educators Stats Used to Push Back on Biden Climate Goals [47]

"For years, Big Oil has cozied up to American public schools—and now they seem to be cashing in their chips. New emails appear to show that some elected officials in charge of public schools may have been helped in attacking the Biden administration’s recent decision to pause oil and gas leasing on federal land by powerful oil industry lobbying groups."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Earther [48], 04/13/2021
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