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Coalition of Greens and Industry Calls on EPA to Quickly Phase Out HFCs [1]

"A coalition of U.S. manufacturers and environmental organizations is calling on the federal government to quickly phase out the worst climate super-polluting chemicals currently used in air conditioners, refrigerators and other appliances, as well as in aerosols and foam insulation."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [9], 04/14/2021
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"Schumer Pushes Plan to Ax Trump Methane Rule With Lawmaker Tool" [10]

"The Senate will consider, as soon as next week, whether to kill a Trump administration methane-emissions rule, in what would be the first time this Congress that the full upper chamber deliberates using its power to overturn regulations."

Climate Change [3]
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Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [11], 04/14/2021
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"Executives Call for Deep Emission Cuts to Combat Climate Change" [12]

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

Climate Change [3]
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Source: NYTimes [13], 04/14/2021
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Does Climate’s Future Depend on Better Batteries? [14]

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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Flexibility in the Face of the Unexpected [23]

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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Energy & Fuel [17]
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"‘Tiger King’ Fallout Unites PETA, Feds to Fight Cub Petting" [31]

"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 [4]
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Wildlife [32]
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Source: Bloomberg Environment [33], 04/13/2021
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"5 Ways Biden Wove Climate Action Into His Budget" [34]

"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 [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [35]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [36], 04/13/2021
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"Neighborhoods United: Highway Removal Gains Steam In U.S. Cities" [37]

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

Environmental Justice [38]
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Infrastructure [39]
Planning & Growth [40]
Transportation [20]
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Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [41], 04/13/2021
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2.3 Million Americans Exposed To High Levels Of Strontium In Drinking Water [42]

"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 [43]
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Source: EHN [45], 04/13/2021
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Driven by Industry, More States Pass Tough Laws vs. Pipeline Protesters [46]

"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."

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Source: Inside Climate News [47], 04/13/2021
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