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"High-Stakes Talks To End Plastic Pollution Resume" [1]

"Negotiations on a global treaty to combat plastic pollution will resume Monday, with nations under pressure to stem the tide of trash amid calls from campaigners to limit industry influence on the talks."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [11]
Waste [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: AFP [17], 05/26/2023
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Environmental Racism: The Battle Over Long Island Brookhaven Landfill [18]

"The area of North Bellport on Long Island sits in the shadows of a massive landfill. This predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood also has the lowest life expectancy on Long Island, as well as the second-highest rates of asthma. Environmental activists do not think this is a coincidence, and for decades they have waged a battle to shut down the Brookhaven Landfill, which they believe is making their community sick."

Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [19]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Waste [12]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: STAT [21], 05/26/2023
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Court Delivers Blow To Wetlands Protections In Win For Idaho Landowners [22]

"The Supreme Court on Thursday significantly weakened a landmark water pollution law by ruling that an Idaho couple's property does not include wetlands subject to federal oversight under the law."

Agriculture [23]
Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NBC News [28], 05/26/2023
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"Interior Sec. Deb Haaland Talks With Arizona Tribes at the Grand Canyon" [29]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland paid unannounced visits to the Grand Canyon and several northern Arizona tribes over the weekend, ending with what the agency said was the first-ever visit of a sitting Interior Secretary to Supai in the Havasupai Tribe's lands on the Canyon's floor."

Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Arizona Republlic [31], 05/25/2023
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Pipeline Co. Spent Big on Police Gear Against Standing Rock Protesters [32]

"TigerSwan worked with law enforcement to fight an information war against the Indigenous-led water protectors."

Activism [33]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Military [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The Intercept [35], 05/25/2023
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"U.N. Slams Carbon Removal As Unproven And Risky" [36]

"A United Nations panel is casting doubt on the promise of using machines to remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and sea in order to fight climate change."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [37], 05/25/2023
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"Interior's Oil Plan Is Coming. Here's What To Watch." [38]

"Biden administration officials in recent weeks hosted private listening sessions with environmental groups and oil companies ahead of the release of proposed oil and gas regulations that could represent some of the White House’s most lasting steps on public lands to help address climate change."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [39], 05/25/2023
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In Panama, Legal Rights Given To Sea Turtles, Boosting 'Rights of Nature' [40]

"On a Panamanian beach long after dark, a group of undergraduate students dug into the sand to excavate a sea turtle nest, their lamps casting a soft red glow as they studied eggs, inventoried the success of the hatch and checked for any surviving hatchlings stuck at the bottom of the nest. Nearby, armed members of the National Border Service stood watch for protection in an area known for drug trafficking."

Biodiversity [24]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [41]
Source: AP [42], 05/25/2023
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"House Fails To Override Biden Veto Maintaining Solar Tariffs" [43]

"The House of Representatives fell short of the required two-thirds majority to override President Biden’s veto of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution resuming solar power tariffs."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The Hill [44], 05/25/2023
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IG Finds Violations In Park Police Force Against Media In 2020 Incident [45]

"Park Police officers violated policy when they hit a reporter with a baton and pushed another member of the media’s camera during the infamous 2020 clearing of protesters in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., an internal government watchdog has found."

Journalism & Media [46]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The Hill [47], 05/25/2023
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