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Court Delivers Blow To Wetlands Protections In Win For Idaho Landowners [1]

"The Supreme Court on Thursday significantly weakened a landmark water pollution law by ruling that an Idaho couple's property does not include wetlands subject to federal oversight under the law."

Agriculture [2]
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Climate Change [4]
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Water & Oceans [12]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NBC News [16], 05/26/2023
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"Interior Sec. Deb Haaland Talks With Arizona Tribes at the Grand Canyon" [17]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland paid unannounced visits to the Grand Canyon and several northern Arizona tribes over the weekend, ending with what the agency said was the first-ever visit of a sitting Interior Secretary to Supai in the Havasupai Tribe's lands on the Canyon's floor."

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Source: Arizona Republlic [20], 05/25/2023
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Pipeline Co. Spent Big on Police Gear Against Standing Rock Protesters [21]

"TigerSwan worked with law enforcement to fight an information war against the Indigenous-led water protectors."

Activism [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
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Source: The Intercept [25], 05/25/2023
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"U.N. Slams Carbon Removal As Unproven And Risky" [26]

"A United Nations panel is casting doubt on the promise of using machines to remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and sea in order to fight climate change."

Climate Change [4]
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Source: E&E News [27], 05/25/2023
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"Interior's Oil Plan Is Coming. Here's What To Watch." [28]

"Biden administration officials in recent weeks hosted private listening sessions with environmental groups and oil companies ahead of the release of proposed oil and gas regulations that could represent some of the White House’s most lasting steps on public lands to help address climate change."

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Source: E&E News [29], 05/25/2023
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In Panama, Legal Rights Given To Sea Turtles, Boosting 'Rights of Nature' [30]

"On a Panamanian beach long after dark, a group of undergraduate students dug into the sand to excavate a sea turtle nest, their lamps casting a soft red glow as they studied eggs, inventoried the success of the hatch and checked for any surviving hatchlings stuck at the bottom of the nest. Nearby, armed members of the National Border Service stood watch for protection in an area known for drug trafficking."

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Central America & the Caribbean [31]
Source: AP [32], 05/25/2023
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"House Fails To Override Biden Veto Maintaining Solar Tariffs" [33]

"The House of Representatives fell short of the required two-thirds majority to override President Biden’s veto of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution resuming solar power tariffs."

Climate Change [4]
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Energy & Fuel [23]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [34], 05/25/2023
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IG Finds Violations In Park Police Force Against Media In 2020 Incident [35]

"Park Police officers violated policy when they hit a reporter with a baton and pushed another member of the media’s camera during the infamous 2020 clearing of protesters in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., an internal government watchdog has found."

Journalism & Media [36]
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Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [37], 05/25/2023
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"Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer" [38]

"Utility officials in Maine and elsewhere around the country are developing first-of-their-kind plans to eliminate toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” from sewage sludge spread as fertilizer on farmland."

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 05/24/2023
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"EPA Grants Expose Cybersecurity, Trade Secrets to Foreign Threat" [44]

"The EPA’s internal watchdog is growing increasingly worried about hostile nations stealing sensitive information from groups that get agency funding, according to an official with the Inspector General’s office."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [45], 05/24/2023
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