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"Brazil Sacks Official After Soaring June Deforestation Data" [1]

"Brazil’s government on Monday fired an official at the national space agency Inpe whose department is responsible for satellite monitoring of the Amazon rainforest, just three days after the release of June deforestation data reflected a continued increase in degradation."

Source: AP [2], 07/14/2020

‘It’s All On Hold’: How Covid-19 Derailed Fight Against Plastic Waste [3]

"Pandemic prompted states to temporarily ban reusable grocery bags and stalled legislation aimed at reducing plastic packaging".

Source: Guardian [4], 07/14/2020

Scientists Say Wood Pellet Business Boom Is Bad for Climate [5]

"Trump’s EPA is expected to propose a new rule declaring burning biomass to be carbon neutral, as industry looks to expand its domestic markets." "In rural Southern towns from Virginia to Texas, mill workers are churning out wood pellets from nearby forests as fast as European power plants, thousands of miles away, can burn them."

Source: InsideClimate News [6], 07/14/2020

"Judge Denies Nevada Off-Road Challenge To Grouse Protection" [7]

"A federal judge has upheld the U.S. Forest Service’s authority to keep a 250-mile (400-kilometer) motorcycle race out of sage grouse habitat in Nevada’s high desert, rejecting a lawsuit by off-road vehicle enthusiasts who argued the agency illegally short-circuited the environmental review process."

Source: AP [8], 07/14/2020

"GAO: Trump Boosts Deregulation by Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change" [9]

"A federal report expected to be released Tuesday found the Trump administration set a rock-bottom price on the damages done by greenhouse gas emissions, enabling the government to justify the costs of repealing or weakening dozens of climate change regulations."

Source: NYTimes [10], 07/14/2020

"Biden to Call for $2 Trillion in Spending on Clean Energy" [11]

"Joe Biden on Tuesday will call for setting a 100% clean-electricity standard by 2035 and investing $2 trillion over four years on clean energy, three people familiar with his plan said Monday."

Source: Bloomberg Green [12], 07/14/2020

"Diesel Engines Latest to Get EPA Rules Respite Due to Virus" [13]

"The EPA is giving diesel engine makers a break from meeting certain Clean Air Act requirements because of challenges from the coronavirus pandemic."

Source: Bloomberg [14], 07/14/2020

"EPA Proposes Keeping Obama-Era Ozone Limits Across Nation" [15]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to retain Obama-era air quality limits for ozone after rushing through a review of the standards that were set in 2015."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [16], 07/14/2020

Hunt For Battery Metals Threatens Sámi Reindeer Herders' Homeland [17]

"Tuomas Siilasjoki and Minna Näkkäläjärvi say they were taken by surprise when a mobile drill rig one day appeared in the horizon. Nobody had asked them about exploring for minerals inside their siida, a reindeer foraging area, in northern Finland. The Sámi families here in Tarvantovaara wilderness area fear the world's hunger for metals to ramp up the green economy will destroy their indigenous way of life."

Source: Barents Observer [18], 07/13/2020

"New U.S. Dietary Guideline Recommendations Take Aim At Sugar" [19]

"Anxiety-baking may be at a new high during the pandemic, but the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee sours on added sugar."

Source: Washington Post [20], 07/13/2020

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