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SEC's Gensler set for congressional grilling on climate change, crypto

Oversight hearings are normally a snoozefest, but this one has the potential for fireworks.
Politics

Will New Mexico lawmakers fund oil and gas oversight in budget bill?

Environmental regulators in New Mexico worried they might not have the funds needed to control pollution from state industries like oil and gas, based on the budget proposed by lawmakers and awaiting approval during the ongoing 2023 Legislative Session.

Politics
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Oversight Republicans target SEC climate disclosure proposal

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are targeting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule that would make companies disclose information about their contributions to climate change.

Impacts
Iowa’s toxic brew
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Iowa’s toxic brew

The convergence of two rivers in Des Moines, Iowa, is a bullseye illustrating the connection between climate change and toxins in drinking water. Legislation and litigation haven’t worked. So the Des Moines Water Works is getting into the farming business.
Causes
Fee hike more than doubles price for shale gas drilling permits in Pa.
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Fee hike more than doubles price for shale gas drilling permits in Pa.

The fees are meant to cover the state’s cost to regulate drillers, but with companies pulling fewer permits, the increase may still fall short. 
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Vanishing Bayous: On a boat at ground zero for sea level rise

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Department of Energy allocates $134 million for fusion funding

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Study finds Indigenous territories of Amazon rainforest can protect humans from disease

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New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

CLIMATE
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Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants

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Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs