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"Biden Officials Push To Hike Lightbulb Efficiency After Trump Reversal" [1]

"The Biden administration is proposing the restoration of Obama-era rules aimed at increasing efficiency of consumer lightbulbs by including more types of bulbs in regulations."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [8], 08/11/2021
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"EPA Ordered To Update Rules On Oil Spill-Fighting Chemicals" [9]

"A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must update nearly three-decade-old regulations about the chemicals that can be used to disperse offshore oil spills, which some environmental groups contend cause serious health problems."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [15], 08/11/2021
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"FDA Raises Alarm Over PFAS-Tainted Food Containers" [16]

"FDA is warning the food industry that certain processes for producing plastic used for food containers may result in PFAS leaching into food. "

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [18], 08/11/2021
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"Senate Approves Bipartisan, $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill" [19]

"The Senate on Tuesday approved a roughly $1 trillion proposal to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections, advancing a historic burst in federal spending after years of failed attempts on Capitol Hill to invest anew in the country’s aging infrastructure."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [22]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [23], 08/11/2021
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Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Funding Climate Programs [24]

"The Senate took a major step early on Wednesday toward enacting a sweeping expansion of the nation’s social safety net, approving a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint along party lines that would allow Democrats to fund climate change, health care and education measures while increasing taxes on wealthy people and corporations."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [27], 08/11/2021
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"Appeals Court Rejects Bayer’s Bid To Overturn Roundup Trial Loss" [28]

"Monsanto owner Bayer AG has lost another appeals court decision in the sweeping U.S. Roundup litigation, continuing to struggle to find a way out from under the crush of tens of thousands of claims alleging that Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer."

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: EHN [30], 08/10/2021
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Worst Polluting Countries Must Make Drastic Carbon Cuts: COP26 Chief" [31]

"The world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases must produce clear plans to cut their carbon output drastically, the president of vital UN climate talks has urged, after scientists warned there was only a small chance of escaping the worst ravages of climate breakdown."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 08/10/2021
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"Biden Plans ‘Comprehensive’ Assault on Planet-Warming Methane" [34]

"The Biden administration will soon unveil a broad plan for curtailing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, climate adviser Rick Duke says, amid mounting warnings of the potent greenhouse gas role in near-term warming."

Agriculture [29]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [32]
Source: Bloomberg [35], 08/10/2021
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Biden FWS Renews Permit Allowing Oil Companies To Disturb Polar Bears [36]

"The oil industry will be able to continue working around polar bears on the North Slope for the next five years, thanks to a renewed authorization from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [37]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Arctic Today [38], 08/10/2021
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"Carmakers’ EV Pledge Gives Burned Environmentalists Deja Vu" [39]

"The chief executives of the world’s biggest automakers gathered with President Barack Obama at the Washington Convention Center in 2011 to announce they had agreed to double the average fuel economy of their vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon -- the largest increase in history."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Green [40], 08/10/2021
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