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A
new bill would
reinstate incentives
from the Inflation
Reduction Act and
provide assistance for
consumer electricity
costs.
By
Arcelia Martin
U.S.
House Democrats
proposed legislation
on Wednesday to
restore clean energy
tax credits revoked by
Republicans last year
through the One Big
Beautiful Bill Act.
 
Hardly
anyone in the natural
wine world is talking
about environmental
justice for those who
pick the grapes, labor
advocates say. The
Guardian Vital label
aims to change that.
By
Liza Gross
When
Cary Quintana learned
about a new initiative
to promote fair
treatment and safe
conditions for
vineyard workers, the
Northern California
winemaker immediately
signed on.
Passed
in 2020, the law
requires environmental
regulators to consider
the effect of projects
on overburdened poor
and minority
communities, as well
as the cumulative
impact of pollution
from all industries.
By
Emilie Lounsberry
When
New Jersey’s landmark
environmental justice
law was enacted in
September 2020, there
was plenty to
celebrate for
activists who had
fought so hard to
prevent more of the
unrelenting pollution
that has long plagued
the Ironbound section
of Newark, the state’s
largest city.
Since
2021, global media
coverage of climate
change has dropped 38
percent. Blame wars,
political chaos and
Jeffrey Epstein.
Kate
Yoder, Grist
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The
governor’s office said
the city’s two main
reservoirs could dry
up by May, much sooner
than previous
timelines. But
authorities still
offer no plan for
curtailment of water
use.
By
Dylan Baddour
City
officials in Corpus
Christi on Tuesday
released modeling that
showed emergency cuts
to water demand could
be required as soon as
May as reservoir
levels continue to
decline.
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