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"GOP Boycotts Committee Vote On Federal Reserve Nominees" [1]

"Republicans today blocked the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin and several other Federal Reserve nominees, creating confirmation chaos for the pro-climate bank regulator pick in what Democrats labeled a “smear campaign.”"

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [8], 02/16/2022
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"AP Fact Check: Biden Takes Half-Steps on Electric Vehicles" [9]

"Eager to show benefits from his policies, President Joe Biden is overstating the number of electric vehicle charging stations that would be built with his infrastructure law and claiming a speedy shift to electric in the federal fleet that isn’t so."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [10]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [11], 02/16/2022
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EPA Shrugs After HuffPost Investigates Toxic Gulf Chemical Dump [12]

"After a HuffPost investigation last year brought to light a vast, decades-old chemical dumping ground in the Gulf of Mexico, the Environmental Protection Agency has officially declared that the site is nothing to worry about ― without reviewing any recent scientific data or visiting the site."

Chemicals [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: HuffPost [20], 02/16/2022
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"Feds Propose Protection For A Texas Border Plant" [21]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service today [Monday] proposed Endangered Species Act protections for the prostrate milkweed, a plant found in Texas that’s been awaiting action for quite some time."

Biodiversity [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [23]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [24], 02/15/2022
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"Joe Manchin’s Closest Political Ally Cashes In On Senator’s Rise" [25]

"A longtime friend of the West Virginia senator has a growing lobbying business in Washington as companies seek to understand and influence the key lawmaker".

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [26], 02/15/2022
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"How the Sugar Industry Makes Political Friends and Influences Elections" [27]

"A city commissioner race in Florida provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests."

Agriculture [28]
Air [29]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [17]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Palm Beach Post [32], 02/15/2022
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"Alberta To Toughen Oil Sands Emission Rules That Reward Big Polluters [33]

"The province of Alberta will toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oil sands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada’s highest-emitting facilities with millions of dollars’ worth of tradeable credits, its environment ministry told Reuters."

Air [29]
Chemicals [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Canada [34]
Source: Reuters [35], 02/15/2022
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Europe’s Tough BPA Proposal Puts More Scrutiny On US Regulatory Inaction [36]

"If a scientific opinion recently proposed by European officials is upheld, the recommended daily dose of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in Europe will be more than a million-fold lower than what U.S. regulators say is safe."

Chemicals [13]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Europe [38]
Source: EHN [39], 02/15/2022
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US Corn-Based Ethanol Worse For The Climate Than Gasoline, Study Finds [40]

"Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [41], 02/15/2022
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Palin Judge Will Dismiss Her Libel Case, Finding No Malice By NY Times [42]

"A judge on Monday said he will dismiss Sarah Palin’s libel case against the New York Times, saying she had not met the legal standard showing that the newspaper acted with “actual malice” in publishing a 2017 editorial that included an inaccurate claim about her."

Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [44], 02/15/2022
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