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"Democrats Might Be Able To Halt Most New Offshore Oil And Gas Drilling" [1]

"A slew of climate provisions in Democrats' roughly $2 trillion social spending bill face an uncertain future in the Senate. But there's one big exception: limits on offshore oil and gas drilling."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 12/06/2021
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Honolulu Shuts Down Largest Well Due To Navy Oil Contamination [8]

Honolulu's Board of Water Supply (BWS) shut down the Halawa Shaft, Oahu's largest water source, on Thursday after the Navy said it found "a likely source of the contamination," the Navy said in a virtual town hall meeting."

Chemicals [9]
Consumer [10]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Military [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: CNN [16], 12/06/2021
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"SCOTUS Rejects Lobster Union Plea To Undo Whale Protections" [17]

"The nation’s highest bench today [Friday] rejected lobstering groups’ call to unwind fishing restrictions designed to protect endangered whales off the coast of Maine."

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [21], 12/06/2021
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"Trump Rule Meant To Save Coal Is Forcing Plants To Close" [22]

"A wastewater rule the Trump administration pushed through as a Hail Mary for struggling coal plants is now being cited as a reason some of those same units are opting to close."

Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [24], 12/03/2021
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‘They Can’t Silence Us’: Female Lawyers Defending Colombia’s Environment [25]

"Legal team faces daily threats as it works to protect displaced families from landowners, ecosystems from mining and indigenous groups from oil companies".

Activism [26]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
South America [27]
Source: Guardian [28], 12/03/2021
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Coal Provinces ‘Co-Ordinated’ Fight Against Federal Water Pollution Rules [29]

"Internal government documents show Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia worked in opposition to proposed regulations to crack down on contaminated wastewater from coal mines".

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
Canada [30]
Source: The Narwhal [31], 12/03/2021
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"EPA Outlines $7.4B For Water Infrastructure Headed To States" [32]

"States, Native American tribes and U.S. territories will receive $7.4 billion in 2022 to improve water quality and access, the first installment from the infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed into law last month, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday."

Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [34], 12/03/2021
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"Retiring DeFazio Leaves Climate, Infrastructure Legacies" [35]

"While Oregon Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio stunned many in Washington with his retirement announcement yesterday, he’ll leave behind a career of more than three decades fighting for big infrastructure and climate change spending."

Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [37], 12/02/2021
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Fossil Fuel Firms To Make Billions From Tax Break in Dems’ Budget Bill [38]

"The legislation would increase tax breaks for carbon capture and carbon removal by 70 percent, potentially yielding payouts large enough to wipe out some companies’ income tax bills."

Climate Change [39]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 12/02/2021
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Jordan Cove Developers Abandon Plans For Pipeline, Coos Bay LNG Terminal [41]

"The developers that had hoped to build the Pacific Connector Pipeline and Jordan Cove Energy Project have told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission they do not intend to move forward with the project."

Climate Change [39]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [42]
Source: Roseburg News-Review [43], 12/02/2021
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