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"Misplaced Trust" [1]

"Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy."

Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Grist [8], 02/08/2024
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Court Bans Three Weedkillers And Finds EPA Broke Law In Approval Process [9]

"Dealing a blow to three of the world’s biggest agrochemical companies, a US court this week banned three weedkillers widely used in American agriculture, finding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broke the law in allowing them to be on the market."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [13], 02/08/2024
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"Biden Administration Toughens Limits on Deadly Air Pollution" [14]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday tightened limits on fine industrial particles, one of the most common and deadliest forms of air pollution, for the first time in a decade." "The E.P.A. says the new rule will prevent 4,500 premature deaths annually. Industry leaders are expected to challenge the regulation, saying it will harm the economy."

Air [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [17], 02/08/2024
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FDA Move To Ban Formaldehyde In Hair Straighteners Called Not Enough [18]

"In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the chemical in hair-straightening products."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: KFF Health News [21], 02/07/2024
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"The Changing Focus of Climate Denial: From Science to Scientists" [22]

"The scientist Michael Mann is challenging attacks on his work in a defamation suit that’s taken 12 years to come to trial."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Science [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [26], 02/07/2024
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"Green Amendments Gain Traction in More States Ahead of Elections" [27]

"A new wave of state legislators are pursuing the constitutional right to a safe environment, which attorneys say could strengthen climate lawsuits and policy if interpreted correctly. But the effectiveness of those amendments hinges on their legal language and other details."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 02/07/2024
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"‘In A Word, Horrific’: Trump’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint" [29]

"The United States’s first major climate legislation dismantled, a crackdown on government scientists, a frenzy of oil and gas drilling, the Paris climate deal not only dead but buried. A blueprint is emerging for a second Donald Trump term that is even more extreme for the environment than his first, according to interviews with multiple Trump allies and advisers."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [31], 02/07/2024
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"‘Symbol Of Polarisation’: EU Scraps Plans To Halve Use Of Pesticides" [32]

"The European Commission is shelving plans to cut pesticide use and is taking the pressure off agriculture in its latest emissions recommendations, as farmers around Europe continue protests demanding higher prices for their products and an easing of EU environment rules."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
Europe [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 02/07/2024
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The Industry ‘Scandal’ That Might Upend How America Builds Houses [35]

"Fossil fuel companies are trying to strip a series of climate-friendly measures out of the latest round of model building codes used to regulate construction virtually everywhere in the United States."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Planning & Growth [38]
Pollution [12]
Technology [39]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: HuffPost [40], 02/07/2024
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"Border Package Contains $2 Billion For Uranium Enrichment" [41]

"The Senate’s border and Ukraine spending package contains more than $2 billion in funds for uranium processing, as the U.S. works to reduce global reliance on Russian energy exports."

Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [42]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [43]
Source: The Hill [44], 02/06/2024
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