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"US Stops Trump-Era Effort To Loosen Safety Rules For Arctic Drilling" [1]

"The United States on Friday said it had revoked a last-minute effort by the Trump Administration to loosen safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [9]
Source: Reuters [10], 05/10/2021
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"3 Arrested Can Challenge Louisiana Pipeline Trespass Law" [11]

"Protesters from New Orleans and Mississippi and a journalist from New York arrested during a protest against pipeline construction may continue their challenge of a Louisiana law carrying a possible five-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of trespassing in the area of a pipeline, a federal judge has ruled."

Activism [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [17], 05/10/2021
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Minnesota 'Clean Cars' Rules May Move Forward, Judge Says [18]

"More electric vehicles could soon be for sale on Minnesota car lots after an administrative law judge ruled Friday that the Walz administration can set new emissions standards without the OK of lawmakers."

Air [19]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [21]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune [23], 05/10/2021
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California Pollution Regulators Place New Rules On Warehouse Industry [24]

"Southern California air quality officials have adopted first-of-their-kind rules on warehouse distribution centers in an effort to cut truck pollution, increase electrification and reduce health risks in communities hit hardest by lung-damaging diesel exhaust."

Air [19]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [21]
Public [7]
California [25]
Source: LA Times [26], 05/10/2021
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Hacked Pipeline May Stay Shut for Days, Raising Concerns About Supply [27]

"The operator of the largest petroleum pipeline between Texas and New York, which was shut down after a ransomware attack, declined on Sunday to say when it would reopen, raising concerns about a critical piece of infrastructure that carries nearly half of the East Coast’s fuel supplies."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Military [29]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [30], 05/10/2021
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"Feud Breaks Out Among GOP Lawmakers Over Snake River Dams" [31]

"Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic governor of Oregon over a controversial proposal to breach four dams on the Snake River to save endangered salmon runs."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
Source: AP [35], 05/07/2021
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After 3rd Leak, EPA Probes Whether St. Croix Refinery Poses ‘Imminent Risk' [36]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it was weighing whether a controversial refinery on St. Croix posed “an imminent risk to people’s health” after a third accident in the span of three months sickened local residents and forced three schools to close."

Air [19]
Chemicals [37]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Central America & the Caribbean [39]
Source: Washington Post [40], 05/07/2021
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"EU Court Upholds Ban On Insecticides Linked To Harming Bees" [41]

"The European Union’s top court has upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming bees, preventing their use on certain crops."

Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [43]
Chemicals [37]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Wildlife [44]
Public [7]
Europe [45]
Source: Reuters [46], 05/07/2021
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BC Hydro, BC Ordered To Release Secret Site C Dam Docs To First Nations [47]

"A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered BC Hydro and the B.C. government to release secret Site C dam financial and safety documents to West Moberly First Nations, but the public will not be permitted to see the information."

Activism [12]
Environmental Justice [14]
Infrastructure [28]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Canada [48]
Source: The Narwhal [49], 05/07/2021
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EPA Watchdog Questions Standards For Carcinogenic Chemical Emissions [50]

"An internal government watchdog on Thursday questioned the adequacy of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions standards for an air pollutant that the agency considers carcinogenic and another that it considers likely carcinogenic."

Chemicals [37]
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Laws & Regulations [4]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [51], 05/07/2021
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