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"Biden Says Climate Change Is Driving Wildfires And Historic Heat Wave" [1]

"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 [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: CNN [10], 07/01/2021
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"In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action" [11]

"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 [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [17], 07/01/2021
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"The Department of Yes" [18]

"How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America"

Agriculture [19]
Chemicals [20]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [21]
Science [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Intercept [23], 07/01/2021
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WH Says Bipartisan Deal Will Get Rid Of All Of The Country's Lead Pipes [24]

"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 [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [27], 06/30/2021
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"Environmentalists Allege Pollution From West Virginia Mine" [28]

"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 [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Source: AP [33], 06/30/2021
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"Supreme Court Backs Pipes on Land-Use Suits in PennEast Win" [34]

"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 [12]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [35], 06/30/2021
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Judge Tosses Scrapyard's Lawsuit Seeking Chicago Permit [36]

"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 [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Waste [37]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times [39], 06/30/2021
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After Trump Named Perdue Ag Secretary, ADM Sold Him Land For a Song [40]

"It was a curious time for Sonny Perdue to close a real estate deal. In February 2017, weeks after President Donald Trump selected him to be agriculture secretary, Perdue’s company bought a small grain plant in South Carolina from one of the biggest agricultural corporations in America."

Agriculture [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [41], 06/30/2021
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"The Chamber of Commerce's Sordid History of Climate Denial" [42]

"A new report from Brown University’s Climate and Development Lab deconstructs the messaging from one of the most aggressive climate denier organizations in the U.S."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Earther [43], 06/30/2021
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"Damaging ‘Fly-Shooting’ Fishing In Channel Sparks Concerns" [44]

"The UK has been accused of allowing a fleet of mainly EU “fly-shooting” fishing boats “unfettered access” to the Channel, without a proper assessment of the impact on fish populations, the seabed or the livelihoods of small-scale fishers."

Fish & Fisheries [30]
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Water & Oceans [26]
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Europe [45]
Source: Guardian [46], 06/29/2021
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