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House, Setting Marker for Talks, Passes $715 Billion Infrastructure Bill [1]

"The House on Thursday laid down its marker for this month’s infrastructure negotiations, approving a five-year, $715 billion transportation and drinking water bill that would do more to combat climate change than the Senate’s bipartisan measure embraced by President Biden."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 07/02/2021
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As Western Wildfires Worsen, FEMA Is Denying Most People Who Ask For Help [12]

"Brenda and Francis Dairy's small ranch house, tucked into the Oregon woods, was built to withstand a wildfire. The siding was concrete, the roof metal. It didn't matter. On Sept. 7 of last year, as the sky turned dark orange and the air grew thick with smoke, flames tore through nearby trees and engulfed the house entirely."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Forests [15]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [18], 07/01/2021
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"White House Escalates Push For Clean Electricity Standard" [19]

"White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy is laying out a case for Congress to pass a clean electricity standard in a budget reconciliation package, re-upping the push for climate legislation as Democratic leadership deals with competing infrastructure priorities on Capitol Hill."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [21], 07/01/2021
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"Biden Says Climate Change Is Driving Wildfires And Historic Heat Wave" [22]

"President Joe Biden on Wednesday said climate change is driving an increased threat from wildfires as he announced new federal response plans during a meeting with governors from western states facing a record-breaking heat wave."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [13]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: CNN [24], 07/01/2021
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"In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action" [25]

"On the tape, made in a Greenpeace sting, he described working with “shadow groups” to fight climate science, and detailed efforts to weaken President Biden’s proposals to burn less oil."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [27], 07/01/2021
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"The Department of Yes" [28]

"How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America"

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [30]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [31]
Science [32]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Intercept [33], 07/01/2021
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WH Says Bipartisan Deal Will Get Rid Of All Of The Country's Lead Pipes [34]

"The bipartisan infrastructure agreement reached last week will get rid of all of the country's lead pipes and service lines, according to a new White House memo, but it's not clear how long it will take."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [35], 06/30/2021
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"Environmentalists Allege Pollution From West Virginia Mine" [36]

"A group of environmentalists said Tuesday it intended to sue West Virginia over evidence of pollutants running into waterways from a coal mine site."

Activism [37]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [14]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: AP [40], 06/30/2021
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"Supreme Court Backs Pipes on Land-Use Suits in PennEast Win" [41]

"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that natural-gas pipeline projects with federal approval can seize state-owned land, boosting PennEast Pipeline Co.’s planned 116-mile line through Pennsylvania and New Jersey."

Energy & Fuel [20]
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Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 06/30/2021
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Judge Tosses Scrapyard's Lawsuit Seeking Chicago Permit [43]

"A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit brought against the city by the owner of a controversial car-shredding operation that wants to operate on the city’s Southeast Side.

Environmental Health [3]
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Source: Chicago Sun-Times [46], 06/30/2021
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