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"Biden To Hold Wind Power Auction Off New York, New Jersey Coast" [1]

"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 [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [9], 01/13/2022
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"EPA To Review Rules For Largest Source Of Lead In Air" [10]

"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 [11]
Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [16], 01/13/2022
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Fashion Industry May Finally Face Accountability for Its Toxic Footprint [17]

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

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [14]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
Source: Earther [20], 01/12/2022
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"Stirring Up Lead Dust In NYC Housing" [21]

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

Activism [22]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [23]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: EHN [24], 01/12/2022
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EPA To Assess Impact On Endangered Species Before Approving Pesticides [25]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will evaluate the potential impact of new pesticide active ingredients on endangered species before registering them, reversing a decades-long policy."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [29]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [30], 01/12/2022
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"Biden Spending Bill Ignites Debate Over Dairy Methane Pollution" [31]

"As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [33], 01/12/2022
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"US Navy To Drain Hawaii Tank System Blamed For Tainted Water" [34]

"After initially resisting, the U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii’s order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor blamed for contaminating drinking water, officials said Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Military [35]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
Source: AP [37], 01/12/2022
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"EPA Moves To Crack Down On Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds" [38]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined storage ponds and speed up plans to close leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash sites."

Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [39], 01/12/2022
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"U.S. Supreme Court Leaves In Place Limits On Higher-Ethanol Fuel Blend" [40]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an industry group's bid to revive a decision made by the Environmental Protection Agency under former President Donald Trump to allow expanded sales of gasoline that has a higher ethanol blend, called E15."

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [41], 01/11/2022
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"Dank, Ancient And Quite Fantastic: Scotland’s Peat Bogs Breathe Again" [42]

"Flanders Moss bog is slumped on the flat, farmed landscape of the Carse of Stirling in Scotland like a jelly fungi. It wobbles when you walk on it, and a metal pole goes down eight metres before reaching hard ground. This lowland-raised bog is a dome of peat fed mainly by rainfall and it acts like a single organism – the whole thing has to be looked after for any part to be in really good shape."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [43]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Europe [44]
Source: Guardian [45], 01/10/2022
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