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Congressional Infrastructure Bill Loaded With Local Stories [1]

The massive infrastructure measure signed into law last week is a potential mother lode of stories for environmental journalists. If that is, they can figure out where the money is going. The latest TipSheet takes an initial look at the $1.2 trillion plan and offers guidance on how to track down reportable local and regional projects.

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Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Policy [13]
Transportation [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
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"Northeast States Abandon Cap-And-Trade Plan For Cars" [19]

"The Transportation and Climate Initiative — a cap-and-trade program covering cars in three Northeastern states and the District of Columbia — was abandoned last week after Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) pulled the plug on the program."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [14]
Public [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: E&E News [21], 11/23/2021
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Powell Committed To Tackling Climate Change In Talks With Biden: WH [22]

"U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscored his commitment to putting climate change at the center of the central bank's policymaking decisions during his conversations with President Joe Biden, the White House said on Monday."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [23], 11/23/2021
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"COP26: The Truth Behind The New Climate Change Denial" [24]

"As world leaders met at the COP26 summit to debate how to tackle climate change, misleading claims and falsehoods about the climate spiralled on social media. ... We've looked at some of the most viral claims of the past year, and what the evidence really says."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [11]
Science [25]
Public [18]
International [26]
Source: BBC News [27], 11/22/2021
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"A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution" [28]

"The quest for Congo’s cobalt, which is vital for electric vehicles and the worldwide push against climate change, is caught in an international cycle of exploitation, greed and gamesmanship."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [8]
Natural Resources [30]
Technology [31]
Public [18]
International [26]
Africa [32]
Source: NYTimes [33], 11/22/2021
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Canada’s Tar Sands Destruction Challenges Existence of Land and People [34]

"Oil companies have replaced Indigenous people’s traditional lands with mines that cover an area bigger than New York City, stripping away boreal forest and wetlands and rerouting waterways."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Forests [37]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [18]
Canada [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 11/22/2021
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"Brazil Accused Of 'Greenwashing' The Amazon's Deforestation" [42]

"Deforestation in the Amazon region has risen for the fourth straight year, despite international pressure and pledges from Brazil's government to preserve the rainforest."

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [37]
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [30]
Public [18]
South America [45]
Source: DW [46], 11/22/2021
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"Wildfires Torched Up To A Fifth Of All Giant Sequoia Trees" [47]

"Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said Friday."

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Forests [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [48], 11/22/2021
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"How The House Spending Bill Addresses Climate Change" [49]

"The budget reconciliation proposal passed by the House would mark the biggest climate investment in U.S. history at half a trillion dollars. It would also move President Biden closer to his administration’s ambition goals of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [50], 11/22/2021
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"Flood-Hit Canada Province Braces For Heavy Rain, Three Bodies Found" [51]

"Searchers located three bodies swept away by landslides in British Columbia, officials said on Saturday, after record rainfall that paralyzed parts of the province, leading to food and fuel shortages."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [18]
Canada [40]
Source: Reuters [52], 11/22/2021
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