Laws & Regulations

"EPA Plans To Revisit State Request For Tribal Land Oversight"

"OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it plans to withdraw and reconsider a decision made under the Trump administration that allowed the state, not tribal nations, to regulate environmental issues in Indian Country."

Source: AP, 12/23/2021

Behind Manchin’s Opposition, a Long History of Fighting Climate Measures

"Senator Joe Manchin III on Monday cited a litany of issues that drove him to oppose President Biden’s $2 trillion Build Back Better bill, from Democrats’ refusal to attach work requirements to social benefits to their failure to raise tax rates on the rich. But left almost unsaid was the issue that has always propelled his political career as a Democratic maverick: climate change."

Source: NYTimes, 12/22/2021

"EPA Reviews Bayer Herbicide Blamed For Widespread U.S. Crop Damage"

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether the weed killer dicamba can be sprayed safely on soybean and cotton plants genetically engineered to resist the chemical, without the procedure posing "unreasonable risks" to other crops, an agency official said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 12/22/2021

"Biden Administration Moves To Expand Solar Power on US Land"

"U.S. officials announced approval Tuesday of two large-scale solar projects in California and moved to open up public lands in other Western states to potential solar power development, as part of the Biden administration’s effort to counter climate change by shifting from fossil fuels."

Source: AP, 12/22/2021

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