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"Incinerator That Turns Waste To Energy Is Shutting Down" [1]

"A company can no longer burn trash at a Detroit incinerator as part of an agreement with the state. Detroit Renewable Power has entered into an agreement to resolve violations of air quality and waste management rules, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy."

Air [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: AP [11], 02/08/2021
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"House Democrats Reintroduce Green Energy Tax Package" [12]

"Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday put forward a sweeping green energy bill that would extend several clean energy tax credits, expand electric vehicle tax credits and set the stage for putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [15], 02/08/2021
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"Biden Admin Delays Trump Rule Slashing Migratory Bird Protections" [16]

"The Biden administration on Thursday delayed the implementation of a Trump-era rule that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds."

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Wildlife [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HuffPost [19], 02/05/2021
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"Justice Department Tosses Trump-Era Environmental Directives" [20]

"The Justice Department has withdrawn a series of Trump-era policies that constrain the agency’s environmental enforcement tools."

Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 02/05/2021
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"Judge Orders US Officials To Weigh Coal Mine’s Climate Costs" [22]

"A judge says U.S officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border, in a case that could test how far the Biden administration is willing to go to unwind its predecessors’ decisions."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [23], 02/05/2021
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Biden Admin To Restart Permitting For Major Offshore Wind Project [24]

"The Biden administration said on Wednesday it would restart permitting for the first major U.S. offshore wind farm, reversing a Trump administration decision that canceled the process late last year."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [26], 02/04/2021
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"Trump’s Last Minute Flubs Gift Biden Time to Rewrite Regulations" [27]

"Skeptical courts are giving President Joe Biden a window to reopen last-minute rules that the Trump administration tried to rush out to beat a regulatory freeze."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 02/04/2021
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"Biden Orders Sweeping Review Of Government Science Integrity Policies" [29]

"President Joe Biden today [Jan. 27] created a task force that will conduct a 120-day review of scientific integrity policies across the U.S. government, including documenting instances in which “improper political interference” interfered with research or led to the suppression or distortion of data."

Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [30]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Science [31], 02/03/2021
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Toyota, Fiat Chrysler Quit Trump Effort To Bar Calif. Emissions Rules [32]

"Toyota Motor Corp, Fiat Chrysler and other major automakers said on Tuesday they were joining General Motors in abandoning support for former President Donald Trump’s effort to bar California from setting its own zero emission vehicle rules."

Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [34]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [35], 02/03/2021
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"Vehicle Mile Tax Draws Fresh Attention as Buttigieg Takes Post" [36]

"Pete Buttigieg, confirmed by the Senate Tuesday as transportation secretary, will take office with a funding crisis confronting the nation’s highway system."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [34]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [37], 02/03/2021
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