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"How The Housing Industry Is Working To Stop Energy Efficient Homes" [1]

"Home builders have used their political muscle to prevent states and cities from adopting the latest code, which would lower the climate impact of new houses".

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [10], 02/22/2024
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Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Wisc. [11]

"A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights."

Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Canada [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 02/22/2024
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Dead Livestock And Poisoned Water — Texas Farmers Sue Over PFAS Pollution [20]

"Two Texas farm families have seen their health decline, their pets and livestock sickened and killed, their water poisoned and and their property values wiped out due to high levels of chemical contamination linked to a company marketing treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer and soil conditioner, according to a lawsuit filed by the families."

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [15]
Waste [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: The New Lede [26], 02/22/2024
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"9th Circuit Ruling Axes Obama-Era Freeze On Coal Leasing" [27]

"A federal appellate court on Wednesday delivered a victory for the mining sector and scrapped a lower court ruling that froze new coal leases on public lands."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [28], 02/22/2024
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"Supreme Court Likely To Block EPA Ozone Regulation" [29]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies."

Air [30]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: SCOTUSblog [31], 02/22/2024
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Lax Calif. Pesticide Regulation Violates Civil Rights Laws, Coalition Charges [32]

"A broad coalition of pesticide-reform groups representing California farmworkers and their families called on the state attorney general to investigate systematic civil rights violations last week at a press briefing in Watsonville, a strawberry-growing stronghold about 90 miles south of San Francisco."

Activism [33]
Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
California [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 02/21/2024
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"How US Protectionism Is Holding Back The Country’s Offshore Wind Plans" [36]

"The Biden admin has an ambitious target for new offshore wind farms — but a 100-year-old law is slowing down construction and ratcheting up installation costs."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Hakai [38], 02/21/2024
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"Trump-ERA EPA Chemicals Chief To Lead Pesticides Group" [39]

"Alexandra Dunn, who led the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention for two years, has been named CropLife America’s new president and CEO."

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [40], 02/21/2024
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Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge To EPA's 'Good Neighbor' Pollution Rule [41]

"The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in an important environmental case that centers on the obligation to be a "good neighbor." Lawyers representing three states, companies and industry groups will ask the justices to block a federal rule that's intended to limit ozone air pollution."

Air [30]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [42], 02/21/2024
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"More Wall Street Firms Are Flip-Flopping on Climate. Here’s Why." [43]

"Many of the world’s biggest financial firms spent the past several years burnishing their environmental images by pledging to use their financial muscle to fight climate change. Now, Wall Street has flip-flopped."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [44], 02/20/2024
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