"Senators Face Roadblocks To Passing Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan" [1]
"Ten Democratic and Republican senators who crafted a bipartisan infrastructure plan are having trouble winning liberal senators to their cause."
"Ten Democratic and Republican senators who crafted a bipartisan infrastructure plan are having trouble winning liberal senators to their cause."
"New pledges by G7 leaders on climate change and biodiversity loss will boost efforts to strike a global pact to protect nature but an October deadline is likely to be missed without in-person talks, officials and observers said on Tuesday."
"A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters, in the first major legal roadblock for President Biden’s quest to cut fossil fuel pollution and conserve public lands."
"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he will convene a meeting with all 11 Democratic members of the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday to begin the process for passing a budget resolution, paving the way for Democrats to pass a major infrastructure bill on a party-line vote."
"In Houston and Corpus Christi, the impacted communities are predominantly Black and Latino. Scientists say the dangers of benzene, a carcinogen, are not well understood."
"The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says a large number of power plants are offline, but it could not provide details as to what may be causing the “very concerning” number of outages. At the same time, the state is experiencing near-record demand for electricity in June."
"The Brazilian government on Monday authorized the employment of the National Security Force (FNS) to protect the Yanomami indigenous people and their reservation lands for 90 days in the northern state of Roraima bordering Venezuela."
"Attorney General Merrick Garland held a closed-door meeting on Monday with news media representatives who’ve expressed outrage about Justice Department leak investigations that used subpoenas aimed at reporters’ phone and email records."
"The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed state regulators’ key approvals of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, in a dispute that drew over 1,000 protesters to northern Minnesota last week."
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has recommended in a confidential report that President Biden restore full protections to three national monuments diminished by President Donald Trump, including Utah’s Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and a huge marine reserve off New England."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
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[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/g7-brightens-outlook-new-nature-pact-pandemic-threatens-deadline
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[15] https://news.trust.org/item/20210615115651-u4w79/
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-says-biden-cant-pause-new-leases-drilling-public-lands
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
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[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/brazil-special-force-protect-yanomami-wildcat-gold-miners
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america
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[38] https://www.sej.org/headlines/garland-meets-news-executives-over-leak-probe-tactics
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