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"Oil Spills And Near Misses: More Ghost Tankers Ship Sanctioned Fuel" [1]

"An oil tanker runs aground off eastern China, leaking fuel into the water. Another is caught in a collision near Cuba. A third is seized in Spain for drifting out of control. These vessels were part of a "shadow" fleet of tankers carrying oil last year from countries hit by Western sanctions, according to a Reuters analysis of ship tracking and accident data and interviews with more than a dozen industry specialists."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [9]
Source: Reuters [10], 03/24/2023
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"House Fails To Override Biden’s First Veto" [11]

"The Republican-led House on Thursday failed to override President Biden’s first veto, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to revive the resolution targeting an administration rule related to ESG investing, which takes environmental and social factors into account."

Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 03/24/2023
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DOE To Require More Efficient Window Air Conditioners, Air Cleaners [17]

"The Biden administration is finalizing more stringent efficiency requirements for both window air conditioners and portable air cleaners on Thursday, the first set of efficiency standards that are new and not just a reversal of a Trump-era rollback."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Technology [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [20], 03/24/2023
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"Army Corps Further Delays Decision On Great Lakes Oil Tunnel" [21]

"A federal review of plans for a Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel will take more than a year longer than originally planned, officials said Thursday, likely delaying completion of the project — if approved — until 2030 or later."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Source: AP [26], 03/24/2023
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"Marines, Toxic Water and Lawyers: A Fight Over Billions in Fees" [27]

"A small South Carolina law firm angling to be the lead litigator in the Camp Lejeune toxic water cases spent $1.9 million lobbying US lawmakers in the last two years, as Congress approved a multibillion-dollar payout to sickened veterans that dropped a provision to limit the fees their lawyers could charge."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [30], 03/24/2023
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"Amendments Could Scramble House GOP Energy Bill" [31]

"House Republicans were hoping to iron out last-minute wrinkles in their massive energy package during their Florida retreat this week, but demands for amendments are complicating leadership’s plans."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [32], 03/24/2023
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"Big Sky Bison Battles Spell Trouble For Haaland" [33]

"While Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wants to restore more bison across the country, Yellowstone’s famous herd suffered through one of the deadliest winters on record, with the animals easy prey for hunters as they sauntered across the park’s northern border in search of food."

Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [36]
Wildlife [37]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [38], 03/23/2023
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"Norfolk Southern CEO Dodges Question On Support For Railway Reform Bill" [39]

"Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Alan Shaw said Wednesday that he supports certain aspects of a bipartisan railroad safety bill introduced after a train operated by the company crashed in East Palestine, Ohio, but declined to endorse the bill as a whole."

Chemicals [28]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [40], 03/23/2023
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"Brazil Evicts Miners From Yanomami Territory, Prepares For More Removals" [41]

"Brazil has ousted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, and will remove miners from six more reserves this year, the head of the federal police's new environmental crimes division said Tuesday."

Chemicals [28]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [43]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [44]
Public [8]
South America [45]
Source: Reuters [46], 03/22/2023
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"Biden Will Let Calif. Lead On Electric Trucks, Despite Industry Protest" [47]

"The EPA plans to grant California a waiver that will allow the state to phase out diesel-powered trucks, helping communities burdened by truck pollution".

Air [48]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [49]
Source: Washington Post [50], 03/22/2023
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