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"Rough Road For Farm Bill As Divided Congress Takes Hold" [1]

"A chaotic start to the new Republican-led House may spell trouble for the 2023 farm bill."

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Source: E&E News [18], 01/23/2023
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"EPA to Regulate PFAS Effluent From Landfills, Launch Studies" [19]

"The EPA will begin a rulemaking aiming to reduce PFAS in landfill leachate discharges and will expand or begin studies on PFAS pollution from textile manufacturers and sewage treatment plants, the agency said."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [8]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [20]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 01/23/2023
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"1st Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Certified For Use In US" [22]

"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified the design for what will be the United States’ first small modular nuclear reactor."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [25], 01/23/2023
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"Georgia Regulators Release Plans For Mine Near Okefenokee" [26]

"Georgia regulators released detailed plans Thursday for a titanium mine near the fabled Okefenokee swamp, a project that’s drawn the ire of environmental groups and the head of the Interior Department."

Environmental Politics [10]
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Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [20]
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Source: E&E News [28], 01/23/2023
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"Environmental Groups Sue U.S. To Stop Deepwater Oil-Export Facility" [29]

"Environmental groups on Thursday sued the United States to overturn its approval of a deepwater oil-export facility off the Texas Gulf Coast, saying it would boost oil-production and greenhouse gas pollution."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [30], 01/20/2023
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Enviro Groups, Justice Company Reach Settlement Over Cleanup Of Va. Mines [31]

"Environmental groups announced Thursday they had reached a settlement with A&G Coal Corporation, a business owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family, over the cleanup of three coal mines in Virginia’s Wise County."

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Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Source: States Newsroom [33], 01/20/2023
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Shell To Spend $450M On Possibly Worthless Carbon Offsets [34]

"British multinational to spend huge sums on schemes that do not bring genuine carbon reductions, analysis shows".

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
International [35]
Source: Guardian [36], 01/20/2023
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"Trump’s Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Ethics Rules, Watchdog Finds" [37]

"The inspector general for the Interior Department said on Thursday it had found no evidence that the former secretary, David Bernhardt, violated federal ethics or conflict-of-interest rules when the department made decisions that affected one of his former clients, a California water district."

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Water & Oceans [20]
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Source: NYTimes [38], 01/20/2023
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"‘It’s Time To Start Suing’: States Tee Up Next WOTUS War" [39]

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday he filed a challenge against the new EPA and Army Corps of Engineers definition of which waterways and wetlands are subject to federal permitting requirements."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Planning & Growth [40]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [41], 01/19/2023
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‘Advanced’ Plastic Recycling Is Costly and Polluting: Study [42]

"Industry is pursuing various technologies to help solve the global plastic waste problem, but environmentalists say new recycling techniques only make environmental problems worse."

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Source: Inside Climate News [44], 01/19/2023
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