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Trump Administration Rolls Back Key Climate Policies
The Trump administration announced Wednesday the rollback of over a dozen climate policies, impacting vehicle and power plant emissions, clean air and water regulations, and potentially undermining the EPA's authority to regulate climate change.
Trump Administration Rolls Back Key Climate Policies
The Trump administration announced Wednesday the rollback of over a dozen climate policies, impacting vehicle and power plant emissions, clean air and water regulations, and potentially undermining the EPA's authority to regulate climate change.
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56% Bias Score
Air Pollution: Seven Million Premature Deaths Annually
Air pollution, primarily from burning fossil fuels, causes seven million premature deaths yearly and contributes significantly to global warming; the average monthly CO2 concentration in April 2019 was 413 ppm, sharply increased from pre-industrial levels.
Air Pollution: Seven Million Premature Deaths Annually
Air pollution, primarily from burning fossil fuels, causes seven million premature deaths yearly and contributes significantly to global warming; the average monthly CO2 concentration in April 2019 was 413 ppm, sharply increased from pre-industrial levels.
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40% Bias Score
Uncertainty Clouds Doñana's €28 Million Farmland Restoration Plan
The Spanish government's €28 million plan to compensate farmers near Doñana National Park for abandoning their land faces uncertainty due to unanswered questions about penalties for illegal water extraction, potentially jeopardizing the project and causing farmers to lose confidence in the program.
Uncertainty Clouds Doñana's €28 Million Farmland Restoration Plan
The Spanish government's €28 million plan to compensate farmers near Doñana National Park for abandoning their land faces uncertainty due to unanswered questions about penalties for illegal water extraction, potentially jeopardizing the project and causing farmers to lose confidence in the program.
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56% Bias Score
Netherlands Lags in Meeting Ammonia Emission Targets Despite Progress on Air Quality
A new PBL report reveals that while the Netherlands is on track to meet air quality goals, primarily due to reduced nitrogen oxide emissions, it significantly lags in achieving ammonia emission targets, largely due to agricultural practices, necessitating urgent policy changes and potentially major ...
Netherlands Lags in Meeting Ammonia Emission Targets Despite Progress on Air Quality
A new PBL report reveals that while the Netherlands is on track to meet air quality goals, primarily due to reduced nitrogen oxide emissions, it significantly lags in achieving ammonia emission targets, largely due to agricultural practices, necessitating urgent policy changes and potentially major ...
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48% Bias Score
Netherlands Meets Air Quality Goals, but Lags on Nature Protection Due to Agricultural Emissions
A new PBL report shows the Netherlands is meeting air quality goals, improving public health, but significantly lagging on legal targets to protect nature due to insufficient ammonia emission reduction from agriculture, despite a 15% projected decrease by 2030; achieving targets requires a 70-80% re...
Netherlands Meets Air Quality Goals, but Lags on Nature Protection Due to Agricultural Emissions
A new PBL report shows the Netherlands is meeting air quality goals, improving public health, but significantly lagging on legal targets to protect nature due to insufficient ammonia emission reduction from agriculture, despite a 15% projected decrease by 2030; achieving targets requires a 70-80% re...
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44% Bias Score
Canadian Public Supports Pollution Payments, Defying Political Opposition
A Research Co. poll reveals that 67-73 percent of Canadians support paying for pollution, defying political opposition and offering a strategic advantage in trade negotiations with the US, potentially using pollution tariffs to target high-polluting American companies while mitigating negative conse...
Canadian Public Supports Pollution Payments, Defying Political Opposition
A Research Co. poll reveals that 67-73 percent of Canadians support paying for pollution, defying political opposition and offering a strategic advantage in trade negotiations with the US, potentially using pollution tariffs to target high-polluting American companies while mitigating negative conse...
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52% Bias Score
Sudden Closure of UK Farming Incentive Scheme Causes Alarm
The UK government's unexpected closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, which paid 37,000 farmers in England to adopt environmentally friendly practices, has caused significant concern among farmers and environmental groups, with some facing large financial shortfalls, and fears th...
Sudden Closure of UK Farming Incentive Scheme Causes Alarm
The UK government's unexpected closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, which paid 37,000 farmers in England to adopt environmentally friendly practices, has caused significant concern among farmers and environmental groups, with some facing large financial shortfalls, and fears th...
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56% Bias Score
UK Government Halts Post-Brexit Farming Payment Scheme
The UK government unexpectedly halted its post-Brexit Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) program, leaving 224 farmers without funding and causing widespread anger among agricultural groups due to the lack of a replacement plan and slow application processes.
UK Government Halts Post-Brexit Farming Payment Scheme
The UK government unexpectedly halted its post-Brexit Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) program, leaving 224 farmers without funding and causing widespread anger among agricultural groups due to the lack of a replacement plan and slow application processes.
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52% Bias Score
Muhamad's Decisions Halt Komodo 1, Impact Bogotá Infrastructure
Former Colombian Environment Minister María Susana Muhamad halted the Komodo 1 oil and gas exploration project, overriding existing permits and jeopardizing energy security for 18 million households, while also imposing a new environmental resolution impacting Bogotá's infrastructure, potentially in...
Muhamad's Decisions Halt Komodo 1, Impact Bogotá Infrastructure
Former Colombian Environment Minister María Susana Muhamad halted the Komodo 1 oil and gas exploration project, overriding existing permits and jeopardizing energy security for 18 million households, while also imposing a new environmental resolution impacting Bogotá's infrastructure, potentially in...
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64% Bias Score
Bogotá Mayor Rejects National Savanna Environmental Resolution, Threatening Legal Action
Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán rejected a national government environmental resolution for the Bogotá savanna, citing illegality and unconstitutionality, threatening legal action and claiming it jeopardizes key infrastructure projects and violates territorial autonomy; the former environment min...
Bogotá Mayor Rejects National Savanna Environmental Resolution, Threatening Legal Action
Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán rejected a national government environmental resolution for the Bogotá savanna, citing illegality and unconstitutionality, threatening legal action and claiming it jeopardizes key infrastructure projects and violates territorial autonomy; the former environment min...
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56% Bias Score
Trump Administration Seeks to Overturn Key Climate Change Finding
The Trump administration seeks to overturn the 2009 EPA "Endangerment Finding," which declared greenhouse gas emissions a threat to public health, potentially weakening climate action despite 2024's record-breaking climate disasters costing over a billion euros in damages and 568 deaths in the US al...
Trump Administration Seeks to Overturn Key Climate Change Finding
The Trump administration seeks to overturn the 2009 EPA "Endangerment Finding," which declared greenhouse gas emissions a threat to public health, potentially weakening climate action despite 2024's record-breaking climate disasters costing over a billion euros in damages and 568 deaths in the US al...
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48% Bias Score
NEPA: A Model for Technocratic Governance, but in Need of Reform
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), while criticized for hindering development, provides a model for evidence-based governance through analysis, oversight by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and judicial review; however, its burden-of-proof default and vague processes need refor...
NEPA: A Model for Technocratic Governance, but in Need of Reform
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), while criticized for hindering development, provides a model for evidence-based governance through analysis, oversight by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and judicial review; however, its burden-of-proof default and vague processes need refor...
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44% Bias Score
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