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"Biden Gas Tax Call Lands With A Thud" [1]

"President Biden made his latest push to ease prices for Americans on Wednesday by calling for a gasoline tax holiday. But he faces an uphill climb on Capitol Hill to enact it as Democratic leaders gave the proposal a lukewarm reception."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [7], 06/23/2022
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"Biden’s New Regulatory Playbook Targets Climate, Opioids" [8]

"President Joe Biden released his third regulatory to-do list Tuesday, detailing his ambitions to regulate consumer data use, treat opioid addiction, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [10], 06/22/2022
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Young People Go To European Court To Stop Treaty That Aids Fossil Fuel [11]

"Young victims of the climate crisis will on Tuesday launch legal action at Europe’s top human rights court against an energy treaty that protects fossil fuel investors."

Climate Change [9]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Europe [12]
Source: Guardian [13], 06/22/2022
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"Will EPA Use Special Power To Prod Trump Holdovers On Climate?" [14]

"EPA has a rarely used power to prod other agencies to act if it determines that their actions don’t adequately protect the environment."

Climate Change [9]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [15], 06/22/2022
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"Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Roundup Maker Over Cancer Claims" [16]

"The Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a multimillion-dollar verdict against the manufacturer of the popular weedkiller Roundup for failing to warn of cancer risks. The decision by the justices not to intervene clears the way for thousands of similar lawsuits against the company Bayer."

Agriculture [17]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [20], 06/22/2022
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"U.N. Nature Summit Set For Montreal as COVID-Hit China Steps Aside" [21]

"U.N. negotiations to seal a global pact to protect nature - already delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic - are set to be moved to Canada in December after an agreement was made with host nation China, environmentalists said on Monday."

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [5]
International [25]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [26], 06/21/2022
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"Canada Lays Out Rules Banning Single-Use Plastics" [27]

"Canada laid out its final regulations on Monday spelling out how it intends to apply a ban on plastic bags, straws, takeout containers and other single-use plastics."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [28]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Waste [29]
Public [5]
Canada [30]
Source: Guardian [31], 06/21/2022
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Court Says Calif. Utilities Commission Must Obey State Public Records Act [32]

"In a broad victory for government transparency, an appeals court has ruled that the California Public Utilities Commission must comply with a state law requiring all agencies to promptly release information to the public."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
California [34]
Source: LA Times [35], 06/21/2022
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WTO Finally Nets Deal Curbing Fisheries Subsidies, But Tables Key Bits [36]

"Talks aimed at curbing harmful subsidies for fisheries concluded in Geneva in the first multilateral trade agreement the World Trade Organization (WTO) has struck in almost a decade. The body’s Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) was scheduled for June 12–15, but overtime negotiations didn’t conclude until early June 17."

Fish & Fisheries [37]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
International [25]
Source: Mongabay [38], 06/21/2022
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"Clean Energy, Water Projects Get Boost In Spending Bill" [39]

"House Democrats’ $56.3 billion fiscal 2023 Energy-Water spending bill released last night seeks to bolster a host of Biden administration clean energy and water infrastructure deployment goals that are running into funding limitations this year."

Climate Change [9]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [41], 06/21/2022
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