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"Court Temporarily Pauses EPA Methane Emissions Rollback" [1]

"A court has temporarily halted an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that rescinded Obama-era standards for methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, preventing the rollback from taking effect for the time being."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [8], 09/18/2020
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"As Wildfires Rage, California Presses Insurers to Cut Rates" [9]

"Faced with the twin climate crises of historic wildfires and spiraling insurance costs, California on Wednesday laid out new rules to make insurance more affordable in fire-prone areas. But the changes could backfire, experts say — pushing insurers to stop offering insurance in those areas and further imperiling communities on the front lines of climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
California [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 09/17/2020
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"EPA Postpones Environmental Justice Training After White House Memo" [16]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will postpone training on environmental inequity faced by communities of color and low-income communities following a White House order calling for agencies to stop training involving what it described as 'anti-American propaganda.'"

Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [18], 09/17/2020
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"House Democrats Tee Up Vote On Climate-Focused Energy Bill Next Week" [19]

"House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) says the chamber will vote next week on a more-than-900-page energy package billed as a response to climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [20], 09/17/2020
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‘We’ve Always Known Ours Was Contaminated’: The Trouble With U.S. Water [21]

"Ageing infrastructure, legacy pollution and emerging contaminants across the US are driving a growing urgency to do something about America’s water crisis".

Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [24], 09/16/2020
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"Poaching Pressure Mounts On Jaguars, The Americas’ Iconic Big Cat" [25]

"In the past seven years, trafficking of jaguars and their body parts has become a major threat to the species, with China the main destination."

Biodiversity [26]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Wildlife [27]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mexico [28]
Central America & the Caribbean [29]
South America [30]
Source: Mongabay [31], 09/15/2020
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"20 States Sue EPA Over Methane Emissions Standards Rollback" [32]

"A coalition of 20 states and four municipalities sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday over its rollback of methane emissions standards for oil and gas production."

Air [33]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [34], 09/15/2020
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"Daimler AG To Pay $1.5B To Settle Emissions Cheating Probes" [35]

"Automaker Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations, officials said Monday."

Air [33]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [36]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [37], 09/15/2020
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"New EPA Guidance Rule Could Backfire on Business, Lawyers Say" [38]

"The EPA’s new rule restraining how it creates guidance documents could backfire on businesses that want to trim the use of such informal documents, according to legal scholars and environmentalists."

Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 09/15/2020
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LNG Transport Proposal Flags Worries Over Rail Hazmat [40]

A Trump administration push to allow trains to carry liquified natural gas raises larger concerns about allowing hazardous materials to be carried around the United States by rail, per the latest TipSheet. Get the latest on the LNG transport plan, along with the backstory about the risks of numerous other rail hazmat, plus story ideas and reporting resources.

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