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"White House: Biden Imposes Flood Standard After Stumbling The First Time" [1]

"When Biden issued an expansive day one executive order on climate change and public health, it included a little-noticed provision that intended to reinstate a flood-mitigation policy that President Obama had established in 2015 and President Trump revoked in 2017."

Source: E&E News [2], 05/25/2021

"It’s Crunch Time and Biden’s Climate Gambit Faces Steep Hurdles" [3]

"The linchpin of President Biden’s climate plan faces a perilous path through the Congress, as scientists say nations must move now to aggressively reduce the pollution that is heating the planet and the United States is trying to reassert a leadership role in that global effort."

Source: NYTimes [4], 05/25/2021

"Supreme Court: Inside Barrett's Family Ties To Big Oil" [5]

"Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's father was a highly active and respected member of the American Petroleum Institute for more than two decades, according to interviews with four former colleagues. Michael Coney's time at the powerful oil and gas industry trade group has raised concerns from environmental lawyers about Barrett's participation in a high-profile climate case that the Supreme Court decided last week."

Source: E&E News [6], 05/25/2021

"Pesticides: Trump EPA Dodged Science Policy For Weedkiller" [7]

"Trump EPA officials purposely veered from the agency's principles of scientific integrity to approve continued use of the weedkiller dicamba on genetically modified crops, the agency has admitted."

Source: E&E News [8], 05/25/2021

Okefenokee Swamp a Battlefield in Epic Trump Waters Rule Fight" [9]

"A floating mat of muck on the surface of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, home to rare carnivorous pitcher plants, blooming lilies and countless alligators and insects, looks like any other patch of mud from a distance."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [10], 05/25/2021

"Top Court Revives Guam’s Superfund Cost Claim Against U.S." [11]

"Guam may pursue a Superfund cost recovery claim against the federal government for a $160 million landfill cleanup as its action was timely, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday in a significant victory for the territory."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [12], 05/25/2021

When No News Is Bad News — EPA Uncensors Climate Indicators [13]

A government website that tracked climate change is back after being frozen by the Trump administration. But the return of the EPA’s climate indicator page, argues the new WatchDog opinion column, is just one step in undoing a longer-term and more systematic assault on science that has hobbled truth-seeking journalists. WatchDog on what must come next.

"Fighting Attacks on Inconvenient Science — and Scientists" [14]

"The atrazine wars offer a cautionary tale for scientists whose work triggers blowback by regulated industries, and lessons for protecting scientific integrity."

Source: Inside Climate News [15], 05/25/2021

U.S. Environmental Journalist Arrested When Trying To Leave Myanmar [16]

"Danny Fenster, an American journalist working in Myanmar, was detained today by local authorities and prevented from leaving the country."

Source: Mongabay [17], 05/25/2021

Forest Inventory May Provide Trail Guide to Ongoing Policy Crisis [18]

U.S. forests face damage from drought, climate-driven disease and wildfire. To help track the state of our trees, Reporter’s Toolbox explores a massive set of Forest Service databases that details everything from deforestation and dead fuel status to deforestation and species mix. There’s even info on urban forests and grasslands. A closer look at the Forest Inventory and Analysis program.

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