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"U.N. Slams Carbon Removal As Unproven And Risky" [1]

"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 [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [7], 05/25/2023
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"Interior's Oil Plan Is Coming. Here's What To Watch." [8]

"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."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [10], 05/25/2023
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In Panama, Legal Rights Given To Sea Turtles, Boosting 'Rights of Nature' [11]

"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."

Biodiversity [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [14]
Public [5]
Central America & the Caribbean [15]
Source: AP [16], 05/25/2023
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"House Fails To Override Biden Veto Maintaining Solar Tariffs" [17]

"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 [2]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [19], 05/25/2023
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IG Finds Violations In Park Police Force Against Media In 2020 Incident [20]

"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 [21]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [22], 05/25/2023
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"Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer" [23]

"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."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [25]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Source: Guardian [31], 05/24/2023
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"EPA Grants Expose Cybersecurity, Trade Secrets to Foreign Threat" [32]

"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."

Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 05/24/2023
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Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Community Health [35]

"Environmental advocates and community groups already exposed to high levels of air pollution fear that additional lanes will exacerbate health risks in Southwest Side neighborhoods."

Air [36]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [33]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [38]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times [40], 05/24/2023
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"EPA Under Pressure To Revive Noise Pollution Program" [41]

"More than 40 years have passed since EPA’s noise regulation program was silenced by a Reagan-era rollback. It’s time to start again, in the view of an advocacy group that accuses the agency of turning its back on a major peril."

Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [42], 05/24/2023
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"Chemours’ PFAS Challenge Affects Semiconductors, State Cleanups" [43]

"The outcome of a Chemours Co. lawsuit challenging a PFAS health advisory the EPA set for drinking water could affect cleanups, public health, and regulatory processes, attorneys said in recent interviews. The lawsuit focuses on a particular PFAS used to make a type of chemical, perfluoroalkoxy alkanes (PFA), important to the semiconductor industry."

Chemicals [25]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [28]
Technology [44]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [45], 05/23/2023
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