"Former President Trump's rollback of clean car standards violated federal regulatory processes, obscured career staffers' concerns and failed to assess impacts on vulnerable communities, according to EPA's internal watchdog."
"The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it was kicking off a 100-day plan aimed at protecting the electric grid against cyberattacks."
"A Republican-dominated state Senate committee on Tuesday approved legislation allowing the state to hire private contractors to kill about 90% of the wolves roaming Idaho."
"The problem-plagued Suncor Energy oil refinery’s push to renew its operating permits, and questions about state regulatory oversight, have intensified fears of residents, business owners and elected officials that toxic pollution north of Denver won’t end."
"President Biden this week will pledge to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by the end of the decade, according to two people briefed on the plan, as part of an aggressive push to combat climate change at home and persuade other major economies around the world to follow suit."
The World Federation of Science Journalists is hosting a virtual conversation with science journalist Angela Posada-Swafford and Dr. Mario Londoño-Mesa to learn about the current transformation that Colombia is experiencing due to the changes in the Arctic. 6pm ET.
"Canada announced a more full-throated response to the potential extinction of the owl within its borders and boost the species".
"The fuel pellet industry is thriving. Supporters see it as a climate-friendly source of rural jobs. For others, it’s a polluter and destroyer of nature."
"An energy company has again underestimated the amount of gasoline that spilled from a crack in a pipeline running through a North Carolina nature preserve."
"A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that the federal government lacks “robust” processes to both ensure the integrity of active offshore pipelines and to deal with inactive ones that have been left on the seafloor."
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[4] https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/549188-biden-administration-kicks-off-100-day-plan-to-shore-up-cybersecurity-of
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[13] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/16/canada-last-three-spotted-owls
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[15] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/climate/wood-pellet-industry-climate.html
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[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/gao-raises-concerns-about-government-inspections-offshore-pipelines
[19] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/549111-gao-raises-concerns-about-government-inspections-of-offshore?rl=1
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