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"DuPont Owes $50 Million in PFAS Cancer Cases, Jury Finds" [1]

"DuPont Co. must pay a combined $50 million to a testicular cancer survivor and his wife, an Ohio jury announced Monday, setting the bar for dozens of other cases in which people are suing the company for illnesses allegedly caused by drinking contaminated water."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [2], 03/03/2020

'Anti-Greta' Activist Called White Nationalist An Inspiration [3]

"A young campaigner who has been hailed by climate sceptics as the right’s answer to Greta Thunberg has previously described a white nationalist who appeared to promote “white genocide” theories as one of her “inspirations”."

Source: Guardian [4], 03/03/2020

Green New Deal Backers Go Head-To-Head With Koch Money In Texas Race [5]

"Backers of the Green New Deal are going head-to-head with the right-wing billionaire who bankrolled the modern climate denial movement on the oil industry’s home turf this weekend."

Source: HuffPost [6], 03/03/2020

"Supreme Court: Justices Accept Endangered Species FOIA Plea" [7]

"The Supreme Court today [Monday] agreed to hear a dispute over whether certain draft documentation of Endangered Species Act decisionmaking should remain off-limits to the public."

Source: Greenwire [8], 03/03/2020

"Sweeping Senate Energy Bill Could Come to a Vote This Week" [9]

"The U.S. Senate will consider a bipartisan energy package this week that could be this year’s best legislative hope to increase federal funding for a number of energy technologies, from solar, wind and batteries, to more efficient fossil fuel-fired power and carbon capture."

Source: Greentech Media [10], 03/03/2020

"Interior: Feds Ink Deal With Water District Tied To Bernhardt" [11]

"The Trump administration on Friday awarded a permanent water delivery contract to the country's largest agricultural district, brushing aside environmentalists' concerns about California's uncertain water future in the face of climate change."

Source: Greenwire [12], 03/03/2020

"A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research" [13]

"An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change — including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial — into the agency’s scientific reports, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Source: NY Times [14], 03/03/2020

Coronavirus Has Claimed 6 U.S. Lives; Patients Treated In 15 States [15]

"The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus rose to six on Monday, and patients were being treated in at least 15 states, deepening fears about the outbreak's rapid spread and the medical, psychological and economic toll it will exact on the United States."

Source: Washington Post [16], 03/03/2020

DEADLINE: BigPicture Emerging Photographer Grant [17]

Are you a photographer 18-25 years old? What ideas do you want to convey around the themes of conservation, biodiversity and sustainability of the natural world? Your fresh approach to this topic presenting your perspective in photographs and media could win you one of two $2,500 grants and mentorship.

"Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Ruled Invalid By Judge Zouhary" [18]

"The Lake Erie Bill of Rights was invalidated Thursday night by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary, who said in an eight-page ruling that his decision was “not a close call” because he believes the citizen-led referendum — though approved by a majority of Toledo voters in a special election last year — “is unconstitutionally vague and exceeds the power of municipal government in Ohio.”

Source: Toledo Blade [19], 03/02/2020

DEADLINE: BigPicture Emerging Photographer Grant [17]

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