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GOPers in Campaign Mode For Top Spots On House Environmental Committees [1]

"Even with vote tallying still underway, some House Republicans are already eyeing the next race, laying the groundwork for leadership positions on Congress’s environmentally-focused committees."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Hill [6], 11/06/2020
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"Agriculture: Peterson's Defeat Ends An Era, Rattles Rural Politics" [7]

"In one of the day's biggest political flips, House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) solidly lost his bid for reelection after a 30-year career in Congress, and a few other seats on the committee were either lost or in jeopardy for Democrats."

Agriculture [8]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: E&E News [9], 11/06/2020
  • Read more about "Agriculture: Peterson's Defeat Ends An Era, Rattles Rural Politics" [7]

"Voters Approved Billions For Climate, Parks And Recreation" [10]

"As pundits and political observers continue to sift through the various categories of 'winners' and 'losers' of the 2020 election, conservation advocates say that parks and public lands clearly came out on top."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: E&E News [12], 11/06/2020
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"Judge Orders FDA to Rethink Approval of GMO Salmon" [13]

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration must rethink its approval of a plan to breed genetically altered salmon because it did not fully consider what would happen if those fish escaped into the wild, a federal judge ruled Thursday."

Fish & Fisheries [14]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Technology [15]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Courthouse News Service [16], 11/06/2020
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"Nevada Voters Approve Renewable Energy Mandate" [17]

"Nevada voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that requires the state to get at least half its electricity from renewable sources by 2030."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Source: Law360 [21], 11/05/2020
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"GOP Climate Denier Prevails In Critical Texas Energy Regulator Race" [22]

"Jim Wright, a hardcore climate change denier and owner of an oil-field services company, is projected to win the race to be Texas’ next energy regulator, preserving the Republicans’ quarter-century hold on the Texas Railroad Commission and defeating a better-funded Democrat."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Science [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: HuffPost [24], 11/05/2020
  • Read more about "GOP Climate Denier Prevails In Critical Texas Energy Regulator Race" [22]

"Some Areas Protected As Formosa’s Louisiana Work Continues" [25]

"A Taiwan-based company and opponents to plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex have agreed that site preparation can continue except in wetlands and in five known or possible sites of enslaved people’s graves."

Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: AP [30], 11/05/2020
  • Read more about "Some Areas Protected As Formosa’s Louisiana Work Continues" [25]

"Dakota Access Pipeline Fate Uncertain After Court Hearing" [31]

"Dakota Access pipeline supporters faced a tough bench Wednesday in the latest round of a long-running legal feud over the project’s future, with federal judges appearing to lean in favor of requiring additional environmental review but conflicted on other issues."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Studies [32]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [33], 11/05/2020
  • Read more about "Dakota Access Pipeline Fate Uncertain After Court Hearing" [31]

"Biden’s Bold Climate Plans Could Be Thwarted in GOP-Run Senate" [34]

"Even if Joe Biden wins the White House, his ambitious climate agenda could be thwarted by a Senate that is increasingly likely to remain in Republican control."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [35]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Bloomberg [36], 11/05/2020
  • Read more about "Biden’s Bold Climate Plans Could Be Thwarted in GOP-Run Senate" [34]

"U.S., Mexico Sign Rio Grande Water Agreement" [37]

"U.S. and Mexican officials settled a water dispute that had been simmering for several months and led to protests by Mexican farmers concerned about water access."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Mexico [39]
Source: Circle of Blue [40], 11/04/2020
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