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"Clean Water Act Policy Could Spur Widespread Disarray" [1]

"The Biden administration last week quietly and abruptly announced that developers can no longer rely on decisions made under a high-profile Trump-era Clean Water Act rule about which waters are federally protected to obtain new permits."

Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [7], 01/17/2022
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [8]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

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TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Government [16]
Infrastructure [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [20]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
California [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
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Public [5]
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The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Efforts to Protect the Environment [26]

"The potential ramifications of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency are profound."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: New Yorker [28], 01/14/2022
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Powell Says Climate Stress Tests Likely A 'Key Tool Going Forward' [29]

"Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday said climate stress tests will “very likely” be a “key tool going forward,” a comment that may assuage progressives' concerns regarding his renomination to chief of the central bank."

Economy & Business [12]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [30], 01/13/2022
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"EPA OKs Weedkiller ‘Cocktail’ With New Wildlife Protections" [31]

"EPA yesterday approved new seven-year registrations for two widely used weedkillers, adding "robust" label restrictions to protect endangered species."

Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [33]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Wildlife [34]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [35], 01/13/2022
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"An Alabama Town’s Sewage Woes Test Biden’s Infrastructure Ambitions" [36]

"The new law allocates $11.7 billion for wastewater and stormwater projects. Will it get to the impoverished communities who need it most?"

Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [37]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [38], 01/13/2022
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"Biden To Hold Wind Power Auction Off New York, New Jersey Coast" [39]

"The Biden administration said Wednesday it will hold its first offshore wind auction next month, offering nearly 500,000 acres off the coast of New York and New Jersey for wind energy projects that could produce enough electricity to power nearly 2 million homes."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [40], 01/13/2022
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"EPA To Review Rules For Largest Source Of Lead In Air" [41]

"EPA today [Wednesday] announced plans to “review and evaluate” whether emissions from piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded fuel — the largest source of atmospheric lead pollution — endanger public health and welfare."

Air [42]
Chemicals [33]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Transportation [43]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [44], 01/13/2022
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Fashion Industry May Finally Face Accountability for Its Toxic Footprint [45]

"A bill before the New York State Assembly could finally impose some standards on an incredibly polluting but little-regulated industry: fashion."

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [46]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Source: Earther [47], 01/12/2022
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"Stirring Up Lead Dust In NYC Housing" [48]

"“You can have the best law on the books. But if it's not enforced, it's meaningless.”"

Activism [10]
Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [37]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: EHN [49], 01/12/2022
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