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"Lawsuit: EPA Has Dragged Feet On Oil Spill Dispersant Rules"

"Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana are asking a federal court to make the Environmental Protection Agency set new rules for use of oil spill dispersants, citing worries about the chemicals’ health and environmental effects."

Source: AP, 01/31/2020

U.S. Carbon Emissions Will Fall Just 4 Percent By 2050: EIA

"U.S. carbon emissions are expected to fall just 4 percent by 2050, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), falling far short of the changes scientists say are necessary to avoid the worst effects of climate change."

Source: The Hill, 01/30/2020

Environmental Lawyer Who Won Huge Judgment vs. Chevron Loses Everything

"Last August, during the second-hottest year on record, while the fires in the Amazon rainforest were raging, the ice sheet in Greenland was melting, and Greta Thunberg was being greeted by adoring crowds across the U.S., something else happened that was of great relevance to the climate movement: An attorney who has been battling Chevron for more than a decade over environmental devastation in South America was put on house arrest."

Source: The Intercept, 01/30/2020

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