Gabriel Filippelli
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Environmental Scientist
Holy leaded Robins, Batman! Now you know how organisms like the ubiquitous American Robin are impacted by urban pollution
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Region- and season-specific exposure to lead in a common North American songbird - Ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology - Although birds have been used globally as bioindicators of heavy metals, the determinants and physiological consequences of their exposure to heavy metals remain poorly understood....
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10646-026-03070-3
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Drinking water questions?đđ»
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When and how to test for clean drinking water in Indiana
These are some potential solutions for Hoosiers who are worried about contaminants in their drinking water.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2026/03/31/testing-and-fixing-clean-drinking-water-in-indiana/89184369007/
9 days ago
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Well, look at that-under cover of darkness, finally a commemoration of the valiant Capitol Police who had to fight off an Insurrection
about 1 month ago
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The rising environmental and health costs of unregulated data center growth, including some thoughts from me How data centers in Indy will impact your health and environment
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How data centers in Indy will impact your health and environment
Southsiders worry about health risks. A data center company isnât answering questions.
https://mirrorindy.org/data-center-health-pollution-environment-impacts-indianapolis-marion-county/
about 1 month ago
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More from me on much-needed funding to protect children from lead poisoning
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Federal Aid for Lead Cleanup Is Receding. Thatâs a Problem for Cash-Strapped Cities. - KFF Health News
Congress and the Trump administration are rolling back some lead remediation resources. Case studies of two cities and a state that faced lead contamination problems could give cash-strapped cities id...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/lead-pipes-soil-cleanup-new-orleans-benton-harbor-michigan-indianapolis-rhode-island/
about 1 month ago
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My new Commentary on the disasterous decision to pull back from pollution controls that protect children from toxic mercury Also bad for climate, btwâŠ
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How poisonous mercury can get from coalâfired power plants into fish you eat
For years, people fishing along the banks of the White River that winds through Indianapolis were met by ominous signs warning about eating the fish they catch. One of those risks was mercury poisonin...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/poisonous-mercury-coal-fired-power-093036901.html
about 1 month ago
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With some thoughts from me⊠Get the Lead Out: How New Orleans can reduce toxic heavy metal exposure
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Get the Lead Out: How New Orleans can reduce toxic heavy metal exposure - Verite News New Orleans
Case studies of two cities and a state that faced lead contamination problems may give New Orleans a roadmap to cleaning its pollution.
https://veritenews.org/2026/02/25/how-new-orleans-can-reduce-lead-exposure/
about 1 month ago
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Seems a rebrand for the EPA is due How about the âEnvironmental Pollution Agency?â My thoughts on the disastrous decision to keep coal plants Spewing toxic mercury into our air
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How poisonous mercury can get from coal-fired power plants into fish you eat â EPA weakens rules meant to lower the risk
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/how-poisonous-mercury-can-get-from-coal-fired-a21521586
about 2 months ago
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Kate Marvel
about 2 months ago
How has your country's climate changed over the past century? Find out here:
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Massive raw sewage spill into the Potomac this month-barely made the news even though it is likely the biggest such spill in US history (stat courtesy of
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about 2 months ago
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Just Kevin
about 2 months ago
Have you heard that Iowa is looking to become a player in the hydrogen economy?
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Clean, green hydrogen is on the ropes because of this Administrationâs philosophy of âpollution good, clean badâ Some thoughts from me and others
www.therepublic.com/2026/02/07/c...
about 2 months ago
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Had a great opportunity to have a lunch with Erin Brokovich when she visited Indiana University this week, along with phenomenal colleagues! What a force of nature, and dogged supporter of environmental justice
about 2 months ago
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When you regulate carbon emissions, you are also regulating direct and indirect contamination that sickens and kills millions This Administration continues to go the wrong way for Americans, and the health of the planet
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Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change â The Associated Press
The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.
https://apple.news/AK2Jk0UD1RBqJEqAhVSbxdA
about 2 months ago
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Gavin Foster
about 2 months ago
The scientific case is won, the Paris Agreement means all the countries of the world agreed to action, yet it still remains a challenge to shift the dial. Some good news here but depressing that climate change action remains political. đ§Ș
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Communicating the need for climate action - Nature Climate Change
It is essential to understand the best way to frame a persuasive message aimed at increasing concern about climate change and support for pro-environmental action. Now a Registered Report presents a l...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02503-x?utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CONR_41558_AWA1_GL_DTEC_054CI_TOC-260210&utm_content=20260210
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The long legacy of soil lead continues to burden children-particularly horrifying that this occurs in childrenâs playgrounds!
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Unsafe lead levels found in half of New Orleans playgrounds
Verite News tested lead levels at more than 80 parks. Even trace amounts of the toxic metal can cause learning problems and behavioral issues in children.
https://veritenews.org/2026/02/05/poison-at-play-playgrounds-lead-levels/
2 months ago
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We are awash in dirty oil already! The world has too much oil right now. Will companies want Venezuelaâs? - NPR
3 months ago
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âDeath by 1,000 cuts': How EPA policy changes will affect Indiana Some thoughts from me and others (but my quote got the headline!)
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'Death by 1,000 cuts': How EPA policy changes will affect Indiana
The Environmental Protection Agency methodically deregulated and rolled back environmental protections this year under the Trump administration. Here's how Hoosiers have been affected.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2026/01/06/epa-protections-rollbacks-indiana-environment-hoosier-health/87152235007/
3 months ago
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Check out our newest work in Springer on the sources of excess nutrients in urban watersheds
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Assessing Nitrogen Risks in Urban Watersheds: Insights from the Upper White River in Marion County, Indiana
https://rdcu.be/eXKAb
3 months ago
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Just Kevin
3 months ago
Duke Energy Florida trolls Republicans over their love affair with coal by releasing a press release describing how they've avoided the cost to buy fossil fuels by generating renewable energy resulting in 44% savings.
#EnergySky
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Duke Energy Florida customers will save more than $1 billion in energy costs from company's 2025 infrastructure investments
/PRNewswire/ -- Throughout 2025, Duke Energy Florida teams have completed many targeted investments designed to boost energy reliability, reduce customer rates...
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/duke-energy-florida-customers-will-save-more-than-1-billion-in-energy-costs-from-companys-2025-infrastructure-investments-302650211.html
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Michael E. Mann
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Sunday News: âThe Year in Climateâ; âTrumpâs top 25 lies of 2025â; âPausing Dominionâs Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is lunacyâ and more | A powerful collection of todayâs headlines via Lowkell for
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
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bluevirginia.us/2025/12/sund...
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Sunday News: âThe Year in Climateâ; âZelensky says Russia âdoesnât want peace'â; âWhat America Might Look Like With Zero Immigrationâ; âTrumpâs top 25 lies of 2025â; âPausing Dominionâs Coastal Virgin...
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 28. The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trumpâs Second Ter...
https://bluevirginia.us/2025/12/sunday-news-the-year-in-climate-zelensky-says-russia-doesnt-want-peace-what-america-might-look-like-with-zero-immigration-trumps-top-25-lies-of-2025-pausing-domin/
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4 months ago
Today's
ChicagoTribune.com
covers a study I've been working on w/
gabefilippelli.bsky.social
(IUI Center for Urban Health), other researchers & SE Chi env justice groups. We used citizen science to find env toxins in & around a brownfield steel plant.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/c...
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Southeast Side residents push for benefits as Chicago quantum campus moves forward
Activists want a meet with the developer and state representatives to secure a community benefits agreement.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/chicago-quantum-campus-remediation-jobs/
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Our latest on water pollution and human health risks
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Seasonal dynamics of groundwater pollution and health risks in municipal solid waste-affected urban settlements of Bengaluru, Kolkata and Durgapur, India - Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Groundwater contamination is a concern for drinking and domestic supply across India. Escalating volumes of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, and unsystematic dumping with the rapid urbanization...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10653-025-02928-5
4 months ago
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Happy to be part of the team to explore human impacts on a critical global nutrient cycle
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Human alterations to global riverine phosphorus fluxes to the ocean
River phosphorus flux has declined in the Northern Hemisphere but increased in the Southern Hemisphere.
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.ady5884?af=R
4 months ago
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Check out our newest work, which is open access and quantifies a policy-relevant âfloor effectâ in environmental justice: even with perfect spatial equity, substantial health disparities remain driven by susceptibility
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https://www.mdpi.com/2813-4168/3/4/33
4 months ago
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Cost of installed solar is Australia? $1/W Cost of installed solar in the USA? $2.50/W This is why Australia is killing it wrt solar and wind generation
4 months ago
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Prognostication from the Profđđ»
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IU expert explains extremes of this weekâs weather
The temperature is expected to reach a high of 70 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday.
https://www.ipm.org/news/2025-11-12/iu-expert-explains-extremes-of-this-weeks-weather
5 months ago
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What an amazing presentation,
@katharinehayhoe.com
at our Spirit & Place event tonight, and thanks for the kind shoutouts to our programs and fellows at the Indiana University Environmental resilience Institute!
5 months ago
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Recent consumer reports find some protein powders contain lead
How much protein you need depends on your goals and should be tailored to your body and training plan.
https://www.wrtv.com/health/recent-consumer-reports-find-some-protein-powders-contain-lead
5 months ago
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Lead poisoning at shooting ranges-plus some of my thoughts on this tragic issue
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Avon gun range closes amid state investigation into reports of high lead levels
13 Investigates has confirmed the state is investigating an Avon gun range after a former employee said he developed lead poisoning on the job.
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/investigations/13-investigates/avon-gun-range-parabellum-closes-amid-state-investigation-into-reports-of-high-lead-levels/531-1e546eff-cc20-4753-b54d-a0461df3f89e
6 months ago
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Some farmers see dry conditions as a positive âcorn and soybeans could dry more quickly after harvest; however, thereâs a downside - grain dust. Not only would the dust be produced from harvesting them, the plants have accumulated dust from soil around them
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Grain dust as Hoosier farmers harvest millions of acres of corn and soybeans stirs up risk of lung ailments
While grain dust is an occupational hazard for farmers, it can also trigger asthma symptoms in others living nearby
https://indianaeconomicdigest.net/Content/Default/Major-Indiana-News/Article/Grain-dust-as-Hoosier-farmers-harvest-millions-of-acres-of-corn-and-soybeans-stirs-up-risk-of-lung-ailments/-3/5308/120217
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Indy researchers join effort to fill gaps in climate science
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Science organizations working to collect climate science after Trump budget cuts
Local governments use predictions about heat and weather to plan things like mosquito control and where to build levees.
https://mirrorindy.org/indianapolis-scientists-helping-collect-climate-science/
6 months ago
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Ed Maibach
7 months ago
Yikes! Typhus too? Another serious climate sensitive disease is making a huge comeback in the US. Let's clean up our energy supplies, transportation options, and food systems so we can protect our loved ones and the climate on which all human life depends.
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Typhus, a disease once nearly eradicated in the U.S., is on the rise in Texas
Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that â if untreated â can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it's making a comeback.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/12/nx-s1-5535784/typhus-a-disease-once-nearly-eradicated-in-the-u-s-is-on-the-rise-in-texas
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The lather, rinse and repeat cycle of climate denialism, all while climate-charged disasters are putting their lies on full display
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Trump team readies more attacks on mainstream climate science
The plans include a public debate on global warming. Scientists say that falsely implies the major tenets of climate research are unsettled.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-team-readies-more-attacks-on-mainstream-climate-science/
7 months ago
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Happy to be on the team that looked at exposure to smoke from low intensity wildfires and impacts on global health
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Increasing global human exposure to wildland fires despite declining burned area
Although half of Earthâs population resides in the wildland-urban interface, human exposure to wildland fires remains unquantified. We show that the population directly exposed to wildland fires incre...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu6408
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Summer brings warm days, and also increased risks of harmful lead exposure to your little kiddos
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Summer heat raises childhood lead exposure risk, experts warn - Indianapolis Recorder
Heat, drought and increased outdoor play are rising this summer in Indianapolis, and with them comes renewed concern over lead exposure.
https://indianapolisrecorder.com/summer-heat-raises-childhood-lead-exposure-risk/
8 months ago
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Great article by my Aussie friends on birds as a sentinel of urban pollution
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The canary in the concrete jungle: how polluted towns make sparrows frail, anxious and old before their time
New research on house sparrows in three Australian towns revealed subtle but disturbing effects of pollution. If city living is harming birds, what about people?
https://theconversation.com/the-canary-in-the-concrete-jungle-how-polluted-towns-make-sparrows-frail-anxious-and-old-before-their-time-262788?utm_medium=article_native_share
8 months ago
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8 months ago
A phenomenal episode with my two favorite Gabes working on environment and health in Indiana. Gabe it a listen!
@gbosslet.bsky.social
@gabefilippelli.bsky.social
#medsky
#energysky
#hoosiersky
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Extreme heat kills, in some subtle ways
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Summer heat raises childhood lead exposure risk, experts warn - Indianapolis Recorder
Heat, drought and increased outdoor play are rising this summer in Indianapolis, and with them comes renewed concern over lead exposure.
https://indianapolisrecorder.com/summer-heat-raises-childhood-lead-exposure-risk/
8 months ago
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Meg, DrPH, PPCNP
8 months ago
Timely
@goodtroubleindiana.org
podcast episode re: climate change and extreme weather as a public health concern With the always incredible prof
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Some amazing science, medicine, art, and activism is happening here. Who else should be on this list?
@kevinjkircher.com
@goodtroubleindiana.org
@enriquesaenz.bsky.social
@gabefilippelli.bsky.social
@gruberte.bsky.social
#hoosiersky
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Getting the Lead out
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Lead can present a danger to Hoosiers. Here's how to reduce your exposure
Old homes and industrial activity throughout Indiana can expose Hoosiers to lead. Experts explain how to stay safe.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2025/07/30/lead-in-paint-and-soil-poses-health-risk-heres-how-to-reduce-exposure/85194202007/
8 months ago
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The one where I go off on idiotic rollbacks of environmental protections
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Report: Head of EPA visits Indianapolis to announce major environmental policy change
Lee Zeldin, the head of the EPA, is set to visit Indianapolis to announce a major environmental policy change. Some say it may rollback key climate finding.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2025/07/28/epa-lee-zeldin-indianapolis-environmental-major-policy-change/85414548007/
8 months ago
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Climate change is now easy on the pocketbook⊠âA 300% spike in Australian lettuce prices. A 50% rise for European olive oil and 80% for US vegetablesâ
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How Climate Change Is Raising Your Grocery Bill â Bloomberg
Some spikes in food prices are temporary, but others, like those for coffee and beef, are set to last.
https://apple.news/A1hrigE7gRlyo1Xrd1pvgQw
9 months ago
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Tune in to me talking about the challenges of Sciencing in the Trump Administration
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7.8: Why Do These Cancelled Science Grants Matter? | Solarpunk Presents
https://shows.acast.com/solarpunk-presents/episodes/78-the-antidemocratic-attack-on-science-and-education-hurts
9 months ago
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Zack Labe
9 months ago
Changes in May
#Arctic
sea ice volume since the year 1901... Comparison between PIOMAS-20C and PIOMAS data sets now updated through 2025 with data information available at
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Mass Extinctions May Have Been Driven by the Evolution of Tree Roots - Urban Forest Dweller
Geologists find parallels between ancient, global-scale extinction events and modern threats to Earthâs oceans.
https://urbanforestdweller.com/mass-extinctions-may-have-been-driven-by-the-evolution-of-tree-roots/
10 months ago
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Center for Climate Integrity
10 months ago
By labeling methane gas as âclean" energy, Big Oil companies can continue profiting from fossil fuels while misleading the public. âItâs simply a grand effort at greenwashing a dirty energy source," said
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Fossil fuel lobbyists are rewriting clean energy laws to keep methane gas on top
A wave of state bills pushed by fossil fuel interests aims to label methane gas as âcleanâ energy, undermining climate policies and misleading the public.Emily Sanders reports for The Lever and ExxonK...
https://www.ehn.org/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-are-rewriting-clean-energy-laws-to-keep-methane-gas-on-top
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