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"Goodbye, Fish And Chips? New England Haddock Imperiled By Overfishing" [1]

"A staple seafood species caught by East Coast fishers for centuries is experiencing overfishing, and regulators have cut catch quotas by more than 80% to prevent the fish’s population from collapse. Haddock are one of the most popular Atlantic fish, and a favorite for fish and chips and other New England seafood dishes."

Biodiversity [2]
Consumer [3]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [10]
Source: AP [11], 05/17/2023
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"WSU Researchers Win Historic FDA Approval For Gene-Edited Pork" [12]

"At a barbecue on campus last week, flames licked a set of sausage links as scientist Blake Foraker worked on the perfect grill marks. ...  With permission from the Food and Drug Administration, WSU researchers made them from pigs whose DNA has been changed."

Agriculture [13]
Biodiversity [2]
Consumer [3]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Technology [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: OPB [15], 05/17/2023
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"Biden Vetoes Bipartisan Resolution Resuming Solar Tariffs" [16]

"President Biden on Tuesday vetoed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would have undone his two-year moratorium on solar tariffs."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [21], 05/17/2023
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"Plastic Pollution Could Be Slashed By 80% By 2040, UN Says" [22]

"Global plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, according to a report from the UN Environment Programme (Unep). The changes needed are major, but are also practical and affordable, the agency said."

Chemicals [23]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [25]
Waste [26]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [27]
Source: Guardian [28], 05/17/2023
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"Biden Administration Approves Key Permit for West Virginia Gas Pipeline" [29]

"The Biden administration has granted a crucial permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project championed by Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, despite opposition from climate experts and environmental groups."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Forests [30]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [24]
Transportation [32]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: NYTimes [34], 05/17/2023
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Enviro, Oil Companies Battle Ohio Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater [35]

"Ten years ago, Tim Kettler asked local officials to stop spreading liquid waste from fracking on the road near his home in Warsaw, Ohio, because he was worried that the fluid would contaminate a pond where he gets his drinking water."

Chemicals [23]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [37]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 05/16/2023
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Transportation ‘Revolution’? How The Infrastructure Law Fuels Freeways [40]

"The Biden administration is supporting a nearly $10 billion highway expansion in Houston that ignited a yearlong debate about its climate effects and the demolition of almost 1,000 homes."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [32]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: E&E News [43], 05/16/2023
  • Read more about Transportation ‘Revolution’? How The Infrastructure Law Fuels Freeways [40]

"Exxon Targets Standing in Largest-Ever Citizen Lawsuit Penalty" [44]

"Exxon Mobil Corp. and environmental groups will square off once again in circuit court on Tuesday in a 13-year-old lawsuit over pollution from the energy giant’s Baytown, Texas, refinery."

Chemicals [23]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Justice [41]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [45], 05/16/2023
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"EPA Looks To Toss ‘Deceptive’ Plastics Recycling Symbol" [46]

"EPA is urging the Federal Trade Commission to ditch the iconic chasing arrows recycling symbol for plastics, a move the environmental agency says will help prevent more plastic material from entering landfills and incinerators."

Chemicals [23]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Waste [26]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [47], 05/16/2023
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"Nature Lawyers Up" [48]

"A growing number of countries and courts say the environment should be endowed with legal rights."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Justice [41]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [27]
Source: NYTimes [49], 05/15/2023
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/goodbye-fish-and-chips-new-england-haddock-imperiled-overfishing [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast [11] https://apnews.com/article/overfishing-haddock-seafood-maine-fish-a947436671c58f499188cf0d5305d1c9 [12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wsu-researchers-win-historic-fda-approval-gene-edited-pork [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [15] https://www.opb.org/article/2023/05/07/washington-state-university-researchers-win-fda-approval-for-gene-edited-crispr-pork/ [16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-vetoes-bipartisan-resolution-resuming-solar-tariffs [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [21] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4006882-biden-vetoes-bipartisan-resolution-resuming-solar-tariffs/ [22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/plastic-pollution-could-be-slashed-80-2040-un-says [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [28] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/16/plastic-pollution-could-be-slashed-by-80-by-2040-un-says [29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-administration-approves-key-permit-west-virginia-gas-pipeline [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [34] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/climate/biden-mountain-valley-pipeline.html [35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/enviro-oil-companies-battle-ohio-over-dumping-fracking-wastewater [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [38] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [39] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14052023/ohio-pennsylvania-fracking-wastewater/ [40] https://www.sej.org/headlines/transportation-revolution-how-infrastructure-law-fuels-freeways [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [43] https://www.eenews.net/articles/a-transportation-revolution-how-the-infrastructure-law-is-fueling-freeways/ [44] https://www.sej.org/headlines/exxon-targets-standing-largest-ever-citizen-lawsuit-penalty [45] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/exxon-targets-standing-in-largest-ever-citizen-lawsuit-penalty [46] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-looks-toss-deceptive-plastics-recycling-symbol [47] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-looks-to-toss-deceptive-plastics-recycling-symbol/ [48] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nature-lawyers [49] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/climate/legal-rights-of-nature.html [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=320 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=317 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=318 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=319 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=322 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=323 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=324 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=325 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=1193