Laws & Regulations

"EPA Ordered To Update Rules On Oil Spill-Fighting Chemicals"

"A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must update nearly three-decade-old regulations about the chemicals that can be used to disperse offshore oil spills, which some environmental groups contend cause serious health problems."

Source: AP, 08/11/2021

"Senate Approves Bipartisan, $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill"

"The Senate on Tuesday approved a roughly $1 trillion proposal to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections, advancing a historic burst in federal spending after years of failed attempts on Capitol Hill to invest anew in the country’s aging infrastructure."

Source: Washington Post, 08/11/2021

Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Funding Climate Programs

"The Senate took a major step early on Wednesday toward enacting a sweeping expansion of the nation’s social safety net, approving a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint along party lines that would allow Democrats to fund climate change, health care and education measures while increasing taxes on wealthy people and corporations."

Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2021

"Appeals Court Rejects Bayer’s Bid To Overturn Roundup Trial Loss"

"Monsanto owner Bayer AG has lost another appeals court decision in the sweeping U.S. Roundup litigation, continuing to struggle to find a way out from under the crush of tens of thousands of claims alleging that Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer."

Source: EHN, 08/10/2021

Worst Polluting Countries Must Make Drastic Carbon Cuts: COP26 Chief"

"The world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases must produce clear plans to cut their carbon output drastically, the president of vital UN climate talks has urged, after scientists warned there was only a small chance of escaping the worst ravages of climate breakdown."

Source: Guardian, 08/10/2021

"Biden Plans ‘Comprehensive’ Assault on Planet-Warming Methane"

"The Biden administration will soon unveil a broad plan for curtailing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, climate adviser Rick Duke says, amid mounting warnings of the potent greenhouse gas role in near-term warming."

Source: Bloomberg, 08/10/2021

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