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High Court: Barrett's First Ruling Hands Feds A Win In EPA Records Feud [1]

"The federal government does not need to disclose draft documents that informed its conclusions about the harm an EPA rule would pose to vulnerable plants and animals, the Supreme Court ruled today."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Studies [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
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Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [9], 03/05/2021
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"Things To Watch In Democrats' Big Climate Bill" [10]

"Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats yesterday rolled out an enhanced version of their climate bill, an ambitious effort to overhaul the power sector and decarbonize the economy."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [13], 03/04/2021
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"Biden Admin Ditches Trump 'Open Science' Order" [14]

"The Interior Department today scrapped its version of the Trump administration's controversial "open science" dictate that critics say unduly constrained research important for environmental policy decisions."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [18], 03/04/2021
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Popular Flea Collar Linked To Almost 1,700 Pet Deaths. EPA Silent. [19]

"Rhonda Bomwell had never used a flea and tick collar before. Pierre, her 9-year-old Papillon service dog, was mostly an indoor animal."

Chemicals [20]
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Source: Investigate Midwest [21], 03/04/2021
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Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Sign of Trouble for Plummeting Coal Industry [22]

"A federal bankruptcy judge in West Virginia could soon decide whether to allow the Blackjewel coal mining company, once the nation’s sixth-largest coal producer, to shed responsibility for thousands of strip-mined acres, setting up a potential crisis over clean-up and reclamation of the land."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [26]
Waste [27]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 03/04/2021
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Fractured: Harmful Chemicals Haunt Pennsylvanians Surrounded By Fracking [29]

"We tested families in fracking country for harmful chemicals and revealed unexplained exposures, sick children, and a family's "dream life" upended."

Chemicals [20]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: EHN [30], 03/04/2021
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"Democrats in U.S. House Introduce Wide-Ranging Climate Bill" [31]

"Three Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a wide-ranging climate bill on Tuesday that embraces President Joe Biden’s goals to curb climate change including decarbonizing the electric grid by 2035."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [32], 03/03/2021
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"Environmental Settlement Tool’s Reboot Leaves Target on its Back" [33]

"A popular tool brought back by the Biden administration is expected to fuel future legal challenges for the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency in their shared enforcement of anti-pollution laws."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 03/02/2021
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Biden Admin To Consider Carbon Border Tax As Part Of Trade Agenda: USTR [35]

"The Biden administration said on Monday it would consider carbon border adjustment taxes to help cut greenhouse gas emissions in global trade and to combat China’s use of forced labor among Uighur Muslims in its western Xinjiang region."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [24]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [36]
Asia [37]
Source: Reuters [38], 03/02/2021
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New Deal Electric Coops Struggle to Democratize and Make Green Transition [39]

"FDR program to electrify rural America is now beset by expensive coal plants and often-hidebound governing boards, as members clamor for transparency and renewables."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 03/02/2021
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