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"Environmental Groups Sue U.S. To Stop Deepwater Oil-Export Facility" [1]

"Environmental groups on Thursday sued the United States to overturn its approval of a deepwater oil-export facility off the Texas Gulf Coast, saying it would boost oil-production and greenhouse gas pollution."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 01/20/2023
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Enviro Groups, Justice Company Reach Settlement Over Cleanup Of Va. Mines [8]

"Environmental groups announced Thursday they had reached a settlement with A&G Coal Corporation, a business owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family, over the cleanup of three coal mines in Virginia’s Wise County."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: States Newsroom [12], 01/20/2023
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Shell To Spend $450M On Possibly Worthless Carbon Offsets [13]

"British multinational to spend huge sums on schemes that do not bring genuine carbon reductions, analysis shows".

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 01/20/2023
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"Trump’s Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Ethics Rules, Watchdog Finds" [17]

"The inspector general for the Interior Department said on Thursday it had found no evidence that the former secretary, David Bernhardt, violated federal ethics or conflict-of-interest rules when the department made decisions that affected one of his former clients, a California water district."

Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [19], 01/20/2023
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"‘It’s Time To Start Suing’: States Tee Up Next WOTUS War" [20]

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday he filed a challenge against the new EPA and Army Corps of Engineers definition of which waterways and wetlands are subject to federal permitting requirements."

Agriculture [21]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Planning & Growth [22]
Pollution [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [23], 01/19/2023
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‘Advanced’ Plastic Recycling Is Costly and Polluting: Study [24]

"Industry is pursuing various technologies to help solve the global plastic waste problem, but environmentalists say new recycling techniques only make environmental problems worse."

Chemicals [25]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [11]
Technology [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 01/19/2023
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Granholm Says GOP Bill Would Weaken SPR, Result In Higher Gas Prices [29]

"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is pushing back on a Republican proposal to put stipulations on withdrawing oil from the country’s strategic reserve, arguing that the measure would curtail the use of a key security tool and drive up prices."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [30], 01/19/2023
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"Federal Government Advances Big Water Projects" [31]

"Before ending its session and swearing in new members, Congress passed a fiscal year 2023 budget with key provisions for water infrastructure and disaster recovery. That’s in addition to approving legislation that authorizes Army Corps of Engineers projects for flood protection, navigation, and environmental restoration."

Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [33]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Circle of Blue [34], 01/18/2023
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Whither the Permitting Reform Bill in 2023? [35]

The complex legal obstacles that face U.S. energy projects prompted political machinations over permitting reform in the last Congress and likely will again in the new one. The latest Backgrounder explores how the energy permitting system works (or doesn’t), why Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin may really be pushing for its reform and the reason some environmentalists concede reform may have green benefits.

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Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
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Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Policy [38]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [40]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
International [15]
Canada [43]
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Particulate Air Pollution — An Old Story Made Newer, and More Local, in 2023 [44]

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set in motion a long-overdue requirement to update a key Clean Air Act rule involving fine particulate air pollution, or PM 2.5. The latest TipSheet reviews PM 2.5’s health harms and its checkered regulatory history, while offering story ideas and key resources on how to tell the story locally.

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Air [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [48]
Journalism & Media [49]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [11]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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