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"Blinken Presses Congo Leaders to Slow Oil-and-Gas Push in Rainforests"

"Pushing for a reconsideration of plans by the Democratic Republic of Congo to auction parts of its vast rainforests and peatlands, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced that American and Congolese officials would form a team to examine proposed oil-and-gas extraction in those areas."

Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2022

"Climate Bill Targets Transmission to Unjam Clean Energy Backlog"

"Senate Democrats’ climate bill includes $3 billion in loans and grants for electric transmission projects—money that, in addition to tax incentives for electricity generators, would break down a significant barrier to a large-scale clean energy rollout, advocates said."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/10/2022

EPA OKs Plan To Truck Contamination From One Black Community To Another

"Contaminated soil from a Superfund site in Navassa [N.C.] will be shipped to one of three landfills outside Brunswick County, likely moving toxic pollution from one non-white or low-income community to another."

Source: States Newsroom, 08/10/2022

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