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"Biden Team Prepares $3 Trillion in New Spending for the Economy" [1]

"President Biden’s economic advisers are pulling together a sweeping $3 trillion package to boost the economy, reduce carbon emissions and narrow economic inequality, beginning with a giant infrastructure plan that may be financed in part through tax increases on corporations and the rich."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Transportation [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [13], 03/23/2021
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"U.S. Army Corps Suspends Wetlands Permit For Polymet Copper Mine" [14]

"A federal regulator has suspended the permit it issued to PolyMet Mining Corp. to fill or dredge more than 900 acres of wetland for Minnesota's first copper mine, handing a victory to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa."

Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune [17], 03/22/2021
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"FERC Makes Major Shift On Pipeline Co2 Emissions" [18]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission assessed a natural gas pipeline project's contribution to climate change for the first time ever yesterday, advancing a key priority of Chairman Richard Glick."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [19], 03/22/2021
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"How The Infrastructure Bill Might Tackle Climate Change" [20]

Obama focused his agenda on greenhouse gas regulations, with some investments on the side. President Biden has promised to unveil pollution rules as well — but the heart of his climate plan is a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure package that's taking shape now."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [21], 03/22/2021
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"Clean Water Act: Trump Rule Imperils More Than 40,000 Waterways" [22]

"More than 70% of U.S. waterways reviewed under a controversial Trump-era rule could be permanently damaged after they were not afforded federal protection, according to Army Corps of Engineers data obtained and reviewed by E&E News."

Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [26], 03/22/2021
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"Chuck Schumer Stalls Climate Overhaul of Flood Insurance Program" [27]

"The Senate leader is objecting to a plan that would raise costs for some of his constituents by bringing flood insurance rates in line with climate risks."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [29], 03/19/2021
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"'Environmental Racism'? Tenn. Pipeline Sparks Uproar" [30]

"The Memphis City Council yesterday stepped into the path of a proposed oil pipeline through the Tennessee city, casting its opposition as a fight against 'environmental racism.'"

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: E&E News [33], 03/18/2021
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Company Wants To Mine Gold Near Death Valley. Tribes Are Fighting It [34]

"LONE PINE, Calif. — Perched high in the craggy Inyo Mountains, between the dusty Owens Valley floor and Death Valley National Park, looms a rugged, nearly roadless chunk of desert terrain teeming with wildlife and scarred by mining operations."

Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Public [11]
California [35]
Source: LA Times [36], 03/18/2021
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"EV Turning Point: Momentum Builds for US Electric Vehicle Transition" [37]

"Driven by GM, Tesla, and the Biden administration, the U.S. is now poised to press ahead in the transformation to electric vehicles. Big challenges still loom, but technological advances, government support, and growing consumer appeal will drive the inevitable switch to EVs."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: YaleE360 [38], 03/18/2021
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Last Texas Utility Commissioner Resigns After Leaked Call Pledging Profits [39]

"The last standing member of Texas’s Public Utility Commission handed in his resignation on Tuesday following a report that he assured out-of-state investors who made big profits from last month’s blackouts that he was working to make sure they could keep their money."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Earther [41], 03/18/2021
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