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Trump Weakened Migratory Bird Law. Biden Just Moved To Restore It. [1]

"Months after the Trump administration weakened the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, allowing industry and individuals to unintentionally kill any number of birds, the Biden administration proposed a new rule Thursday that would revoke that change."

Biodiversity [2]
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Wildlife [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 05/07/2021
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"Biden Admin Unveils Massive Conservation Plan" [8]

"The Biden administration today [Thursday] unveiled the framework for its ambitious conservation plan, emphasizing the role of "voluntary efforts" by states, private landowners and tribal nations over an expansion of the federal estate."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Forests [11]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [14], 05/07/2021
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"U.S. EPA To Hand Over Biofuel Exemption Documents To GAO Probe" [15]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is handing over to the Government Accountability Office information on oil refiners that petitioned for exemptions to biofuel blending mandates, in an effort to help the government watchdog investigate the exemption program."

Agriculture [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Transportation [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [19], 05/06/2021
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"Controversial Mining Operation Ignoring Orders To Halt" [20]

"A Tennessee gravel and sand mining operator has been ignoring a cease and desist letter for months, and opponents say its continued construction on the banks of North America’s most biodiverse river may already be harming wildlife."

Biodiversity [2]
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Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: AP [23], 05/06/2021
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"Environmental Enforcement Tool Still Stymied by Trump Regulation" [24]

"A Trump-era Justice Department regulation is preventing the EPA from resuming broad use of a popular enforcement tool that the Biden administration has been asked to revive."

Environmental Justice [25]
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Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [26], 05/06/2021
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"Maine Fishing Interests Seek Total Ban On Offshore Wind Energy" [27]

"More than 60 commercial fishermen and their supporters testified Tuesday in favor of a bill that would block any attempt to develop offshore wind projects anywhere along the Maine coast."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: Portland Press Herald [30], 05/06/2021
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Streams And Lakes Have Rights, A County Decided. Now They’re Suing Fla. [31]

"A novel lawsuit is taking advantage of a local ‘rights of nature’ measure passed in November in effort to protect wetlands".

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Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: Guardian [32], 05/05/2021
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"Why Won’t This Giant Oil Pipeline Reveal Its Secret Backers?" [33]

"Expansion will stretch hundreds miles and is fiercely opposed by numerous groups – but despite repeated calls the Canadian government has not forced the pipeline reveal its insurers".

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
Canada [35]
Source: Guardian [36], 05/05/2021
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"Senate Democrats Announce $73 Billion Clean Bus Plan" [37]

"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) announced a new $73 billion plan on Tuesday aimed at replacing the country’s mass transit buses with clean vehicles."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Transportation [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [39], 05/05/2021
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"Electricity: Report Offers Biden Framework For A Clean Energy Standard" [40]

"Over a quarter-century, proposals for a clean energy standard (CES) have flared up and sputtered out, done in by political indifference or opposition to mandatory federal controls to shrink power plant carbon emissions. President Biden's climate team is searching now for the right design for a CES — an essential pathway toward his far-reaching clean energy goals — making the definition a high-stakes question."

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Source: E&E News [41], 05/05/2021
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