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"Fighting Attacks on Inconvenient Science — and Scientists" [1]

"The atrazine wars offer a cautionary tale for scientists whose work triggers blowback by regulated industries, and lessons for protecting scientific integrity."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [11], 05/25/2021
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After Chemical Fire, Texas Close To New Safety Rules For Industry [12]

"Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, spent years negotiating with industry groups to get new regulations placed on the chemical industry after the ITC fire in 2019. The bill has passed both chambers, but small changes need to be ironed out before it is sent to Gov. Greg Abbott."

Chemicals [3]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Source: Texas Tribune [14], 05/24/2021
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Minnesota Tribe Fights Line 3 For Putting Water, Wild Rice at Risk [15]

"In northern Minnesota, Anishinaabe people are fighting an oil pipeline that threatens their sustenance and spiritual connection to the land."

Agriculture [2]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Food [18]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [19]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [20]
Public [9]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [21]
Source: Civil Eats [22], 05/24/2021
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"White House: Executive Order Ignites Action On Climate Finance" [23]

"President Biden thrust his administration into a race to confront the economic risks of global warming by signing an executive order yesterday that brought the once niche issue of climate finance into the highest levels of government."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [27], 05/24/2021
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"Tribe Allowed To Join Mount Rushmore Lawsuit" [28]

"A federal judge will allow a tribe to join legal arguments opposing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's efforts to put on a July Fourth fireworks display at Mount Rushmore."

Activism [29]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [30], 05/24/2021
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Biden Holds Firm On Climate Provisions In Infrastructure Counterproposal [31]

"President Biden is holding firm on energy and climate provisions in the White House infrastructure proposal but has expressed a willingness to cut some research and development funds, according to a memo to Senate Environment Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) obtained by The Hill."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [34], 05/24/2021
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"Biden Says He Won’t Allow His DOJ To Seize Reporters’ Records" [35]

"President Joe Biden on Friday responded to reports that the former administration secretly obtained records belonging to a reporter covering the Pentagon during Donald Trump’s presidency. “Absolutely, positively it’s wrong,” Biden told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins ..."

Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: HuffPost [36], 05/24/2021
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"Greenland Votes to Move Whaling Away from Tourists’ Eyes" [37]

"In a bid to boost the whale watching economy, a new law bars Greenlanders from taking humpback whales near the capital."

Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [39]
Public [9]
Europe [40]
Source: Hakai [41], 05/21/2021
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"U.S. Proposes Big Increase In Forest Management To Tackle Wildfires" [42]

"The United States must double or quadruple the rate at which it thins and removes dead wood from its forests to reduce the threat of wildfires that have become more frequent and severe due to climate change, the Biden administration said on Thursday."

Disasters [25]
Forests [43]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [44], 05/21/2021
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"Judge Halts Georgia Dredging Plan Over Threat To Sea Turtles" [45]

"A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge a shipping channel on the Georgia coast, citing a threat to sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches."

Biodiversity [46]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [39]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: AP [48], 05/21/2021
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