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"Warren Urges SEC to Require Climate Change Disclosures" [1]

"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is urging the SEC to require public companies to discuss the impact and risk of climate change as the regulator considers overhauling its rules for management disclosures."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [8], 05/01/2020
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"FEMA: Agency Official Nods At Flood Disclosure Effort" [9]

"An official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency signaled support for policies backed by climate advocates that would require a property's flood risk to be disclosed before it's sold."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Climatewire [14], 05/01/2020
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Billions in Clean Energy Loans Go Unused as Coronavirus Ravages Economy [15]

"As the government struggles to keep businesses afloat through the pandemic, the Trump administration is sitting on about $43 billion in low-interest loans for clean energy projects, and critics are accusing the Energy Department of partisan opposition to disbursing the funds."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [17], 05/01/2020
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"In Montana, Children File Suit to Protect ‘the Last Best Place’" [18]

"She's identified only as Kathryn Grace S., one of 16 youths who've sued to keep the state of Montana from promoting the use of fossil fuels, threatening their future."

Activism [19]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [11]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [20]
Public [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Source: InsideClimate News [22], 04/30/2020
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"Coronavirus Causes Delay in EPA’s Rule for Managing Wastewater" [23]

"The EPA has been too busy responding to the deadly coronavirus to work on its long-awaited proposal to manage huge volumes of pathogen-infested sewage and stormwater during heavy rains, the agency’s top wastewater official said Wednesday."

Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 04/30/2020
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Oil Execs On Trump’s ‘Opening The Country’ Council Are Major GOP Donors [28]

"Eight fossil fuel executives tapped for a White House task force advising President Donald Trump on how to reopen the U.S. economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic have donated millions to Trump and other Republican campaigns and political committees in recent years."

Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: HuffPost [29], 04/30/2020
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More Than 150 Groups Write Opposing EPA Coronavirus Enforcement Policy [30]

"A coalition of more than 150 groups wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to oppose a controversial memo in which the agency said it temporarily might not seek penalties against companies that don’t monitor their pollution."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [31], 04/30/2020
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"Pandemic: Texas Releases Plan To Cut Oil Production" [32]

"Texas regulators released the details of a plan yesterday to cut oil production as other states looked for ways to reduce the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the energy industry."

Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [24]
Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Energywire [33], 04/30/2020
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"Enviros Sue To Stop 'Unreasonably Narrow' Trump Wetland Rule" [34]

"Environmental groups launched their legal assault on the Trump administration's Clean Water Act rule today, filing a lawsuit that claims it would have 'devastating consequences on water quality across the country.'"

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [35], 04/30/2020
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EPA Board: 'Secret Science' Proposal May 'Reduce Scientific Integrity' [36]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) independent board of science advisers had harsh words for an agency plan to limit the types of studies it considers when crafting regulations, saying the EPA had failed to justify the need for the policy."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [37]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [38], 04/30/2020
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