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Jackson, Miss., Won’t Release Email About 2020 Water System Problems [1]

"The city of Jackson, Mississippi, has denied a TV station’s public records request for email about problems with the city water treatment system. WLBT-TV recently requested all city email related to the Environmental Protection Agency telling Jackson in March 2020 to bring its water treatment system into compliance with federal law."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [10], 04/20/2021
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"Joe Biden To Reveal US Emissions Pledge In Key Climate Crisis Moment" [11]

"Joe Biden faces a key test of his commitment to climate action this week, when he sets out his core plans for tackling the climate crisis and calls on all of the world’s major economies to join him in bold action to slash greenhouse gas emissions in the next ten years."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 04/20/2021
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"US West Prepares For Possible 1st Water Shortage Declaration" [19]

"The man-made lakes that store water supplying millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink to historic lows in the coming months, dropping to levels that could trigger the federal government’s first-ever official shortage declaration and prompt cuts in Arizona and Nevada."

Climate Change [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [20], 04/19/2021
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EPA Knows Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels Emit Harmful Chemicals [21]

"The agency has been aware for more than a decade that companies are underreporting emissions, using equations developed by the petroleum industry that are often wrong."

"Brittany Liscord was at her job at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in 2018 when, out of nowhere, she received a warning from a colleague. It was about the massive petroleum storage tanks near her home.

Chemicals [22]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [2]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 04/19/2021
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"Science Could Aid Climate Cases. Big Oil Is Fighting It" [24]

"States and municipalities that are suing oil and gas companies over climate change may have a new weapon in court: scientific studies."

Climate Change [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [26], 04/19/2021
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"Interior Order Revokes Trump Moves on Coal Leasing Moratorium" [27]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday revoked the Trump administration’s rollback of a federal coal leasing moratorium, but it’s unclear whether Haaland’s order fully reinstates the Obama-era decision."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 04/19/2021
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On Infrastructure, Lofty Ideas Collide With Congressional Reality [29]

"Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D-N.Y.) says he will oppose President Biden’s infrastructure package if a cap on state and local tax deductions is not erased. “No SALT, no deal,” he said in an interview."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [32], 04/19/2021
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Wastewater Ponds Often a Local Story Worth Stirring Up [33]

The tale of a toxic wastewater pit menacing a Florida community is a story that could be told in communities around the nation. As the latest TipSheet warns, these waste sites can turn into ticking time bombs. But in reporting the story locally, the first thing to know is which of the many kinds of wastewater ponds to look for. Here’s a rundown.

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Agriculture [35]
Chemicals [22]
Disasters [36]
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [38]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
International [17]
Canada [41]
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Public [8]
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"‘Tiger King’ Stars’ Legal Woes Could Transform Cub-Petting Industry" [42]

"Citing rotten food, separating young cubs from their mothers, missing animals, and fraud, court cases aim to end the most exploitive practices."

Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [43]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: National Geographic [44], 04/16/2021
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"Environmental Group Sues Over Protections For 20 Species" [45]

"An environmental group filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging the federal government has failed to act on petitions to protect nine species under the Endangered Species Act and hasn’t designated critical habitat for 11 other species that are already protected."

Biodiversity [46]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [43]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [47], 04/16/2021
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