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"EPA Chief Vows Tougher Tailpipe Rules by July, Unwinding Trump’s" [1]

"The Biden administration is on track to propose by the end of July new limits on the emission of greenhouse gases from automobiles that are strong enough to meet “the urgency of the climate crisis,” according to EPA Administrator Michael Regan."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg [11], 04/07/2021
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Louisville’s Polluting Chemical Plant Emits Two Potent Greenhouse Gases [12]

"The Chemours Louisville Works emits a chemical feedstock and a separate gas byproduct that do more damage to the climate than 750,000 passenger vehicles, and far more than the Environmental Protection Agency’s main industrial greenhouse gas inventory indicates."

Air [2]
Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [3]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 04/06/2021
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"Appeals Court Agrees To Pause Lawsuit Over Trump-Era Emissions Rule" [15]

"An appeals court judge on Friday agreed to pause a lawsuit seeking to overturn a Trump administration rule on [vehicle] emissions standards and fuel economy."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [16], 04/06/2021
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"Trump Landfill Methane Emissions Rule Scrapped by Appeals Court" [17]

"A Trump-era methane rule that delayed plans to control potent greenhouse gases from landfills was thrown out Monday by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [19], 04/06/2021
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Biden EPA Yanks Permit for St. Croix Refinery over Environmental Justice [20]

"The Biden administration handed environmental justice advocates a major victory on Thursday when it announced it was withdrawing a key pollution permit for an oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands that locals say has long fouled their air and water and endangered their health."

Air [2]
Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 03/26/2021
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Florida Lead Smelter Exposes Hundreds of Workers to Dangerous Neurotoxin [25]

"Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The consequences have been profound."

Air [2]
Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
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Source: Tampa Bay Times [27], 03/26/2021
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Wildfire Smoke Particularly Harmful To Kids’ Respiratory Health: Study [28]

"Wildfire smoke was associated with a far greater number of pediatric respiratory care visits than other sources of airborne fine particles, according to a new study, even when wildfires were less severe."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [22]
Forests [30]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: STAT [31], 03/24/2021
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Trump’s Parting Gift to St. Croix: One of America’s Largest Refineries [32]

"Environmentalists say Trump’s EPA bent rules to speed its restart. Now, they want President Biden to address what they call a textbook case of environmental injustice."

Air [2]
Chemicals [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Central America & the Caribbean [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 03/23/2021
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"EPA Deal With Alabama Polluter Undercuts Biden Equity Pledge" [35]

"When a special team of EPA inspectors first showed up at an industrial plant belching carcinogens on the worn outskirts of Birmingham, Ala., in 2011, their findings of flagrant regulatory violations were later deemed serious enough to warrant a referral to the Justice Department."

Air [2]
Chemicals [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [36], 03/23/2021
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Natural But Deadly: Huge Gaps in US Rules For Wood-Stove Smoke Exposed [37]

"The government spent millions subsidizing new wood heaters supposed to burn more cleanly. But an investigation has discovered critical flaws".

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Forests [30]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [38], 03/17/2021
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-chief-vows-tougher-tailpipe-rules-july-unwinding-trump-s [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [11] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/epa-chief-vows-tougher-tailpipe-rules-by-july-unwinding-trumps [12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/louisville-s-polluting-chemical-plant-emits-two-potent-greenhouse-gases [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [14] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05042021/chemours-lousiville-super-polluting-chemical-plant-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/appeals-court-agrees-pause-lawsuit-over-trump-era-emissions-rule [16] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/546470-appeals-court-agrees-to-pause-lawsuit-over-trump-era-emissions-rule?rl=1 [17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-landfill-methane-emissions-rule-scrapped-appeals-court [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [19] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/court-grants-biden-request-to-toss-landfill-methane-gas-rule [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-epa-yanks-permit-st-croix-refinery-over-environmental-justice [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [24] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25032021/biden-epa-limetree-oil-refinery-virgin-islands-permit/ [25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/florida-lead-smelter-exposes-hundreds-workers-dangerous-neurotoxin [26] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [27] https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2021/investigations/lead-factory/gopher-workers/ [28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wildfire-smoke-particularly-harmful-kids-respiratory-health-study [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [31] https://www.statnews.com/2021/03/23/wildfire-smoke-is-particularly-harmful-to-kids-respiratory-health-study-finds/ [32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-parting-gift-st-croix-one-america-s-largest-refineries [33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/central-america-caribbean [34] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21032021/trump-st-croix-virgin-island-oil-refinery/ [35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-deal-alabama-polluter-undercuts-biden-equity-pledge [36] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063728127 [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/natural-deadly-huge-gaps-us-rules-wood-stove-smoke-exposed [38] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/16/wood-smoke-alaska-state-regulators-air-quality [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=68 [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=65 [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=66 [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=67 [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=70 [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=71 [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=72 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=73 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=207