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"Appeals Court Agrees To Pause Lawsuit Over Trump-Era Emissions Rule" [1]

"An appeals court judge on Friday agreed to pause a lawsuit seeking to overturn a Trump administration rule on [vehicle] emissions standards and fuel economy."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [9], 04/06/2021
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"Trump Landfill Methane Emissions Rule Scrapped by Appeals Court" [10]

"A Trump-era methane rule that delayed plans to control potent greenhouse gases from landfills was thrown out Monday by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Waste [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [12], 04/06/2021
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Replacing the Nation’s Lead Lines Begins With Locating Them [13]

One especially ambitious element of the Biden infrastructure plan would swap out millions of lead pipes. It’s a massive, costly endeavor, but could remove from the country’s water supply a neurotoxin that harms human health, especially of kids and the poor. TipSheet looks at the new plan and offers ideas for reporting the story in your area.

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TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
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Public [7]
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April 26, 2021

DEADLINE: VLS / ASPCA Animal Law Media Fellowship [24]

This new, paid fellowship at Vermont Law School's Environmental Law Center, Jul 12-22, 2021, is open to journalists who cover issues related to agriculture, factory farming and/or animal welfare, and related environmental/public health risks. Apply by Apr 26.

Workshops and Fellowships [25]
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Public [7]
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Agriculture [26]
Environmental Health [15]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Policy [27]

"Two New Mexico Tribal Communities Suing EPA Over Clean Water Rule" [28]

"Two New Mexico Native American communities have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a revision to federal rules regarding waterways they argue violated federal responsibilities toward tribes."

Environmental Justice [29]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: The Hill [31], 04/05/2021
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"Energy Dept. Pushes To Reverse Trump-Era Rule On Efficiency Standards" [32]

"The Biden administration is set to push for a reversal of Trump-era changes that made it harder to impose energy efficiency standards for commercial products and industrial equipment."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [34], 04/05/2021
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Greens Attack Australian Plan To Relax Rules For Chemicals, Pesticides [35]

"Environment and health groups have fiercely criticised proposals to relax the regulation of chemicals and pesticides in Australia, saying they are “totally at odds” with public health and safety expectations."

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
Australia & Oceania [37]
Source: Guardian [38], 04/05/2021
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"“Kenneled, Strip Searched, Shackled And Held"" [39]

"The Biden administration remains silent while Indigenous women continue to battle Line 3 with their bodies."

Activism [40]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Canada [41]
Source: HEATED [42], 04/02/2021
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FEMA Unveils New Flood Insurance Calculation It Calls More Equitable [43]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Thursday unveiled changes to the National Flood Insurance Program that it says will be aimed at being more equitable."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [44]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [45], 04/02/2021
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"Supreme Court Hands Win to Georgia in State Water War" [46]

"The U.S. Supreme Court won’t force Georgia to curb its water usage, a defeat for downstream Florida in the two states’ long legal war over limited resources."

Fish & Fisheries [47]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 04/02/2021
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