Environment
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EPA finalizes air pollution standards that critics say will cost jobs and hurt the economy
According to the National Association of Manufacturers, the EPA standards could reduce the GDP by nearly $200 billion and cost as many as 1 million U.S. jobs through 2031.
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SEC appears ready to back down from stringent greenhouse gas disclosure requirements
Critics questioned if the rule would survive legal challenges, as well as the difficulties and expense of data collection and measurement.
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California proposes banning single-use cups at chain restaurants
By defining reusable drinking vessels as those that are cleaned and reused by the restaurant, the bill appears to overcome the possibility that these businesses would simply provide thicker cups customers could theoretically reuse but would largely be thrown away and generate more plastic waste than before.
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National Archives Rotunda closes after climate activists dump red powder on US Constitution
One of the men responsible for the incident was apparently arrested the previous day blocking traffic in another climate protest.
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Energy nonprofit leader predicts Congress will move to protect LNG industry
President Joe Biden paused approvals of new exports of liquefied natural gas.
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After first plastic bag rules backfire, California Democrats take a second shot
In 2014, California passed a ban on grocery stores giving customers thin, single-use plastic bags, and allowed grocers to not only sell thicker “reusable” plastic bags but keep the profit on the ten cents charged to consumers. According to State Sen. Brian Dahle, R-Bieber, the addition of allowing grocers to keep the bag fee is what ultimately led grocers to withdraw their opposition to the measure.
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Hawaii hit with 5.7 magnitude earthquake
Friday's quake appears to have centered around the Hawaii Volcanoes National Forrest on Hawaii's primary island.
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Report: Farm, food prices rise under net-zero climate rules
The report said Biden and Congress revived parts of the “Green New Deal” through the Inflation Reduction Act, and Biden used executive powers to restrict oil and natural gas supply, make chemical feedstocks more expensive and use the Securities and Exchange Commission to require new reports to track carbon emissions from farm to table.
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New study finds that CO2 is increasing the rate by which the globe is greening, even under drought
The study found that increased plant growth, called "greening," accelerated in 55.15% of the globe, while browning, which is where plants are decreasing in greening, occurred in only 7.28%.
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Major rainfall prompts flood warnings in Southern California
The adverse weather conditions are reportedly the result of an "atmospheric river," which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) describes as "relatively long, narrow regions in the atmosphere – like rivers in the sky – that transport most of the water vapor outside of the tropics."
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New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham unveils 50-year water conservation plan
The governor unveiled a 23-page plan on Tuesday to combat the issue. Among other things, it proposes public education campaigns, infrastructure improvements, updated wastewater treatment plants and watershed restoration.
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State agriculture officials press banks on involvement with climate bloc: 'We hold serious concerns'
Of particular concern to the agricultural officers are what they deemed the "severe consequences for American farmers—including cutting America’s beef and livestock consumption in half."