"Poll: Two-Thirds Of Voters Support Biden Climate Plan"
"New polling indicates Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s climate plan is doing well with voters even as they are split on their support for fracking."
Source: The Hill, 10/21/2020
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More Electric Vehicles: Automakers Prepare For Potential Biden Win
"Automakers are gearing up for tough new vehicle emissions rules and policies favoring electric vehicles if Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wins the White House."
Source: Reuters, 10/21/2020
"As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place"
"A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms."
Source: NYTimes, 10/20/2020
"Wave of Lawsuits Coming Over Pendley's BLM Decisions"
"A federal judge's order invalidating three land use plans approved by the Bureau of Land Management during William Perry Pendley's "unlawful" tenure could spark a wave of litigation challenging oversight of millions of acres."
Source: E&E News, 10/20/2020
"China Delivers Diatribe Against U.S. Climate Policies"
"China delivered a diatribe against U.S. climate policies on Monday, saying that under President Trump, the United States “is widely viewed as a consensus-breaker and a troublemaker.” Beijing’s Foreign Affairs Ministry blamed Trump’s “negative stance” and “retrogression on climate change” for undermining progress on an international climate accord."
Source: Washington Post, 10/20/2020
"Watchdog To Investigate Allegations Of Trump Interference at CDC, FDA
"An independent government watchdog will investigate the Trump administration's alleged political interference with public health agencies, Democratic senators announced Monday."
Source: The Hill, 10/20/2020
Climate Assessment Delayed? Plus, High Court To Hear Enviro FOIA Case
A forthcoming U.S. National Climate Assessment, due in 2022, faces delays, thanks to Trump administration foot-dragging, according to the new WatchDog Opinion column. And the Supreme Court, possibly with a new Justice Amy Coney Barrett aboard, is about to hear arguments on a freedom of information case involving the Endangered Species Act.
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Climate Money Meets the Super PACs
Amid the frenzy of Election 2020 comes a quieter development: The emergence of Big Climate money. Green groups and climate-focused fundraisers are now starting to take their place as major players alongside Big Oil as campaign contributors. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox suggests databases and other resources to help track climate (and other election) money.
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Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’
A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.
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