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"What Will Trump’s Most Profound Legacy Be? Possibly Climate Damage" [1]

"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will use the next four years to try to restore the environmental policies that his predecessor has methodically blown up, but the damage done by the greenhouse gas pollution unleashed by President Trump’s rollbacks may prove to be one of the most profound legacies of his single term."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [9], 11/12/2020
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How Biden Aims To Amp Up The Government’s Fight Against Climate Change [10]

"A new administration would enlist departments like Transportation, Agriculture and Treasury to advance its climate goals"

"President-elect Joe Biden is poised to embed action on climate change across the breadth of the federal government, from the departments of Agriculture to Treasury to State — expanding it beyond environmental agencies to speed U.S. efforts to mitigate global warming and to acknowledge that the problem touches many aspects of American life.

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [12], 11/12/2020
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"Men Sentenced For Cooking Chicken In Yellowstone Hot Spring" [13]

"Three tourists boiled dinner in national park, leading to fines, a ban and some apt puns"

Food [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [16], 11/11/2020
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"Shell Wants Biden to Reverse Methane Emissions Rollback" [17]

"Royal Dutch Shell Plc will push for the reversal of President Donald Trump’s rollback of methane emissions rules and the introduction of carbon pricing when Joe Biden moves into the White House next year.

“Some of the regulatory rollbacks that we’ve seen under the current administration haven’t actually benefited our industry,” Shell U.S. President Gretchen Watkins said Tuesday on a webcast hosted by the Greater Houston Partnership.

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 11/11/2020
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"Public Lands: Concern, Anger Grow Over Outdoor Act Implementation" [19]

"The Interior Department yesterday submitted to Congress its lists of Land and Water Conservation Fund projects to be prioritized for fiscal 2021 — a week late and amid fierce backlash from members of both parties and environmental advocates."

Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [20], 11/11/2020
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"4th Circuit Freezes Key Mountain Valley Pipeline Approval" [21]

"The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed yesterday to pause developers' use of a streamlined water permit for the Mountain Valley pipeline, dealing another setback for a multibillion-dollar project beset by years of delays and cost overruns."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Source: E&E News [23], 11/11/2020
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Biden Transition Team For Environment Includes Former Obama Officials [24]

"President-elect Joe Biden’s transition teams for the Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department will be run by several agency alumni who served under President Barack Obama and helped craft regulations like the Clean Power Plan and tougher fuel economy standards for vehicles."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [26], 11/11/2020
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"In First For Fed, US Central Bank Says Climate Poses Stability Risks" [27]

"The U.S. Federal Reserve for the first time called out climate change among risks enumerated in its biannual financial stability report, and warned about the potential for abrupt changes in asset values in response to a warming planet."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [28]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
International [29]
Source: Reuters [30], 11/10/2020
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"Ex-BLM Chief Helping Transition That Might Reverse HQ Move" [31]

"President-elect Joe Biden's transition team is tapping a former Obama-era Bureau of Land Management director to help reset the bureau's priorities under the new administration."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [32], 11/10/2020
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"Biden Victory to Boost DOJ’s Environmental Agenda, Enforcement" [33]

"The Justice Department’s environment division is poised to ramp up pollution policing and sideline Trump-era policies when President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January—joining agencies across the executive branch in making a sharp turn to the left."

Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg [36], 11/10/2020
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