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Chemical Safety Board May Have Finally Cleaned Its Slate. What Now? [1]

A key U.S. federal agency tasked with investigating the nation’s industrial chemical accidents has been limping along for years. Now, the latest Issue Backgrounder reports that replenished staffing and a funding boost may mean it’s found its footing. But as the pace of chemical accidents accelerates and safety regulations stagnate, will it make a difference?

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Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [8]
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National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
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Public [12]
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EPA Questions Georgia Approval Of State Utility’s Ash Disposal Plan [13]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised concerns in a letter to its Georgia counterpart about the state utility’s storage of coal ash."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: The Hill [19], 02/26/2024
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"Poland's New Government Deprograms Its Once Far-Right Public Media" [20]

"It's 7:30 in the evening in Warsaw, and public news broadcaster TVP Info is about to broadcast live to millions of viewers across Poland. Producers in a crowded control room scurry in and out, sometimes stopping to peer through a narrow window into a studio where the host reads from a teleprompter."

Government [6]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
Europe [22]
Source: NPR [23], 02/23/2024
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NewsNation Journalist Lambert Wins $80,000 Judgment Vs. Ohio City, County [24]

"A city and county in Ohio have agreed to pay $112,000 to resolve NewsNation journalist Evan Lambert’s federal civil rights lawsuit, which stemmed from his unlawful arrest last year while covering a press conference about the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio."

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Source: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [26], 02/23/2024
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EPA Will Let 8 States Sell Gasoline With More Ethanol Year-Round In 2025 [27]

"The Biden administration will allow gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol to be sold year-round in eight states starting in 2025, it announced Thursday."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [30], 02/23/2024
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SEC Drops Key Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules [31]

"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from corporate climate risk rules it is preparing to adopt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [33], 02/23/2024
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"A Major EPA Climate Rule Is Stuck In Limbo" [34]

"EPA Administrator Michael Regan and White House climate adviser Ali Zaidi arrived at international climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates late last year with a big announcement: The Biden team had finalized a major climate rule aimed at slashing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. But nearly three months later, the rule hasn’t been officially printed by the government."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [35], 02/23/2024
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"Here’s Where Biden’s Climate Law Is Working, and Where It’s Falling Short" [36]

"Electric vehicles are booming as expected, a new analysis found, but renewable power isn’t growing as quickly as hoped."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [37], 02/23/2024
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Green Power Would Save Infant Lives, Help Millions Of Kids Breathe: Report [38]

"The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and clean power could save infants’ lives and help millions of children breathe easier, according to new research from the American Lung Association."

Air [39]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [16]
Science [42]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [43], 02/22/2024
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"How The Housing Industry Is Working To Stop Energy Efficient Homes" [44]

"Home builders have used their political muscle to prevent states and cities from adopting the latest code, which would lower the climate impact of new houses".

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [46], 02/22/2024
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