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Top US regulators agree: Climate change is a major threat to the economy

“Our most financially stable future is our most environmentally sustainable future." Quelle: https://grist.org/economics/financial-stability-oversight-council-climate-change-report/...

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The US was on the verge of passing real climate policy. Then Manchin happened.

The Clean Electricity Performance Program would have put America's utilities on track to producing 100 percent clean electricity by 2035.…

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Two years and a pandemic later, climate protests return to Washington

Indigenous activists came to D.C. with a message for Biden. Quelle: https://grist.org/protest/indigenous-climate-protests-against-fossil-fuels-biden-pandemic/...

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Report: Biden has the power to prevent 1.6 billion metric tons of emissions annually

Protesters want Biden to stop fossil fuel infrastructure — and a new analysis shows just how much of a difference…

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Report: Corporations are tanking America’s best shot at fighting climate change

"Climate positive" companies say they want climate action. Their lobbying activity often says otherwise. Quelle: https://grist.org/accountability/report-corporations-are-tanking-americas-best-shot-at-fighting-climate-change/...

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US corporations talk green but are helping derail major climate bill

Apple and Amazon are among dozens of companies whose lobbying groups are fighting to stop the Democrats’ reconciliation package. Quelle:…

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Report: Texas oil and gas regulators are awash in fossil fuel money

Conflicts of interest plague the Texas Railroad Commission, a powerful agency charged with environmental protection in Lone Star oilfields. Quelle:…

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States, tribes, and NGOs hold polluters accountable in a ‘tidal wave’ of greenwashing lawsuits

A new complaint from the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe adds to the list, alleging Seattle’s “green” hydropower kills fish. Quelle: https://grist.org/politics/states-tribes-ngos-hold-polluters-accountable-greenwashing-lawsuits-sauk-suiattle-indian-tribe/...

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Here’s how Congress could hold the EPA accountable for its ‘dereliction of duty’

Upcoming congressional hearings would interrogate the EPA's relaxation of environmental enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quelle: https://grist.org/equity/epa-enforcement-pause-covid-congress-dereliction-of-duty-report/...

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FEMA’s new flood insurance plan is drawing the battle lines over climate adaptation

“The new system confirms what we knew about the National Flood Insurance Program — which was that it’s a deeply…

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