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EPA Falsifying Risk Assessments For Dangerous Chemicals: Whistleblowers [1]

"Whistleblowers say the US Environmental Protection Agency has been falsifying dangerous new chemicals’ risk assessments in an effort to make the compounds appear safe and quickly approve them for commercial use."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
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Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [10], 08/31/2021
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"Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Rule Governing Water Pollution" [11]

"A federal judge on Monday struck down a Trump-era environmental rule that drastically limited federal restrictions against pollution of millions of streams, wetlands and marshes across the country."

Agriculture [12]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Planning & Growth [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [18], 08/31/2021
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Minn. Cops Shared Intelligence on Protest Organizers With Pipeline Company [19]

"Documents reveal Enbridge’s close relationship with police, including offering training on responding to protests."

Activism [20]
Environmental Justice [4]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Intercept [22], 08/30/2021
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"Line 3 Protesters Arrested At Minnesota Capitol" [23]

"Minnesota troopers on Friday arrested four people protesting Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 replacement pipeline project at the state Capitol."

Activism [20]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [25], 08/30/2021
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"California’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Also Raise Costs" [26]

"A recent building code change for new construction could reduce emissions by requiring use of solar panels and batteries, raising prices in an already expensive state."

Climate Change [27]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
California [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 08/30/2021
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"Environmental Group Outbids Rancher For Idaho Grazing Lease" [33]

"An environmental group that wants to end public-land grazing has outbid a rancher in central Idaho for a grazing lease on state land that includes habitat for bull trout and steelhead."

Activism [20]
Agriculture [12]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [34], 08/30/2021
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"Trump EPA Ignored Scientists’ Warnings On Miss. Project: Docs" [35]

"EPA senior scientists say they were shoved aside last year by Trump appointees racing to revive a massive Mississippi flood control project vetoed in 2008 by the George W. Bush administration, according to documents obtained by E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act."

Environmental Justice [4]
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Journalism & Media [21]
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Natural Resources [14]
Science [7]
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Source: E&E News [37], 08/30/2021
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"Rights Of Nature' Cases Could Bolster Treaty Guarantees" [38]

"A lawsuit filed over the rights of wild rice or manoomin in the White Earth Nation’s tribal court could offer new tools for tribes battling to protect treaty rights."

Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Indian Country Today [40], 08/27/2021
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"How Government Decisions Left Tennessee Exposed to Deadly Flooding" [41]

"Choices about building rules, insurance programs, flood maps and more put residents at higher risk, according to climate and disaster experts."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [42]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Planning & Growth [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [43], 08/27/2021
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"Oil Producers Push Democrats To Preserve Key Drilling Deduction" [44]

"Oil producers are ramping up their lobbying efforts to ensure that Democrats don’t repeal a lucrative tax deduction in the $3.5 billion reconciliation bill."

Climate Change [27]
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Energy & Fuel [24]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [45], 08/27/2021
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