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"EPA Again Orders Amazon To Stop Selling Illegal Pesticides" [1]

"For the third time in three years, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Amazon to stop selling illegal pesticides on its online marketplace, saying the chemicals pose “a significant and immediate health risk to consumers, children, pets, and others exposed to the products.”"

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Seattle Times [7], 02/11/2021
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"Construction Starts On Disputed $1B Electricity Corridor" [8]

"Construction on part of a $1 billion electricity transmission corridor through sparsely populated woods in western Maine is on hold because of legal action, but that doesn’t mean all building has been halted."

Energy & Fuel [9]
Forests [10]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [11]
Canada [12]
Source: AP [13], 02/11/2021
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"U.S. Trade Authorities Deal Blow To Biden’s Electric Vehicle Plans" [14]

"The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday banned one of the world’s biggest electric vehicle battery manufacturers from selling its cells in the United States, striking  a blow to the Biden administration’s ambitious plan to electrify the nation’s auto fleet."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Technology [17]
Transportation [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HuffPost [19], 02/11/2021
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"Deep South Towns Are Counting on Biden to Keep His Climate Promises" [20]

"The president promised to direct cash toward communities on the front lines of climate change. Lowndes County is one of them."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Green [25], 02/10/2021
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"Senate Advances Nomination Of Biden EPA Pick Regan" [26]

"Senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee voted on Tuesday to advance the nomination of Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The committee voted 14-6 to move Regan's nomination to the full Senate."

Environmental Politics [27]
Government [28]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [29], 02/10/2021
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"Biden Faces Calls To Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline" [30]

"President Biden is facing calls to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline after a court ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when allowing for the pipeline’s construction."

Activism [31]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [32], 02/10/2021
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Black Community Fights Project On Coast Land Fouled By Arsenic, Lead [33]

"One last time, residents of North Gulfport have mustered to fight development of Mississippi State Port Authority property contaminated with lead and arsenic."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [23]
Waste [34]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald [36], 02/09/2021
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"Biden's Promise For Justice Tested In Tribal Coal Fields" [37]

"When three 775-foot-tall smoke stacks at the Navajo Generating Station came tumbling down in December, sending plumes of dust into the sky and thundering reverberations off the mesas of the Arizona high desert, it marked the end of an era."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [38], 02/09/2021
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"What Can Parents Do About Toxic Baby Food? Not Much" [39]

"A House report finding that top baby food products contain heavy metals has sparked panic among parents — and a lawsuit. But experts want parents to keep calm."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [21]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [41], 02/09/2021
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House Panel Renews Probe Into Trump Interference With Covid-19 Response [42]

"The head of a House oversight panel on Monday renewed its investigation into political interference in the nation’s coronavirus response, releasing new allegations of meddling in scientists’ work."

Disasters [43]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [27]
Government [28]
Health [44]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Science [45]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [46], 02/09/2021
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