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'More People May Die': Biden Chides Trump For Blocking Transition [1]

"President-elect Joe Biden on Monday outlined his plan for rehabilitating the U.S. economy, emphasizing the importance of getting control of the coronavirus pandemic."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [9], 11/17/2020
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For Waste Industry, PFAS Disposal Leads to Controversy, Regulation, Mounting Costs [10]

The toxic compounds known as PFAS are causing a crisis in the waste and recycling industry, which faces mounting regulation and litigation over handling its presence in the waste stream. One reporter on the PFAS front lines explains the industry’s dilemma, as well as the challenges of covering the story and how a financial prism led to important insights into industry’s response.

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Features [11]
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Chemicals [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
California [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Northwest (OR WA) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
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"Analysis: Mississippi Pump Proposal Evokes Strong Reactions" [24]

"Farmers, rural shopkeepers and Mississippi politicians from both major parties are speaking out to support a proposed flood control project that would pump water from parts of the south Delta. Environmental groups remain opposed to the Yazoo Backwater Project."

Agriculture [25]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [26]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: AP [28], 11/16/2020
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"Bernhardt Order Gives States Veto Authority Over LWCF" [29]

"The Interior Department is seeking to make sweeping changes to how Land and Water Conservation Fund dollars can be spent in what critics say is tantamount to a rewrite of the Great American Outdoors Act."

Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [30], 11/16/2020
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"Trump to Rush Drilling Leases in Arctic Before Biden Takes Over" [31]

"The Trump administration is advancing plans to auction drilling rights in the U.S. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who has vowed to block oil exploration in the rugged Alaska wilderness."

Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [27]
Wildlife [33]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [34]
Source: Bloomberg [35], 11/16/2020
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"The Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s Parting Gifts" [36]

"Three rules set to finalize before Joe Biden’s inauguration could create a headache for his administration."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HuffPost [37], 11/16/2020
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"Whitmer Moves To Shut Down Enbridge's Line 5" [38]

"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is moving to shut down Line 5 by revoking and ending a 1953 easement that allows Enbridge Energy to run the dual pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [39]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Source: Detroit News [40], 11/16/2020
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November 18, 2020

Navigating Liability and Legal Issues As a Freelance Writer [41]

Joining The Writers' Co-op for this webinar are Umair Kazi of The Author's Guild and media attorney Carolyn Schurr Levin. 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST.

Other Events [42]
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Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]

"Lawsuit Seeks To Stop Construction Of $1B Transmission Line" [43]

"Three conservation groups are asking a judge to stop construction of a 145-mile (230-kilometer) power transmission line corridor to bring Canadian hydropower to the New England grid."

Energy & Fuel [32]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Canada [44]
Source: AP [45], 11/13/2020
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"Air Pollution: 4 Trump Rules Likely Early Targets for Biden EPA" [46]

"Incoming leaders of the EPA air office will face a consequential choice: Which Trump administration rollbacks will they undo first?"

Air [47]
Climate Change [48]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [49], 11/13/2020
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