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EPA Staff Slam Trump Anti-Diversity Orders as "Punitive And Demeaning" [1]

"Environmental Protection Agency staffers are organizing against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning diversity trainings, mounting what may be the fiercest opposition to Trump administration policy from within to date."

Diversity [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HuffPost [9], 11/03/2020
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"Justices Fret Over FOIA Evasion but Struggle for Better Test" [10]

"The U.S. Supreme Court seemed wary Monday of limiting government disclosure requirements, but unsure where to draw the line in a complex clash over Endangered Species Act records."

Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [12], 11/03/2020
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"Trump Signs Bipartisan Bill Funding Conservation Grants" [13]

"President Trump on Friday approved a bipartisan bill that funds several popular conservation grants."

Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [17], 11/02/2020
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"FirstEnergy Fires CEO Jones in Wake of Ohio Bribery Scandal" [18]

"FirstEnergy Corp. fired Chief Executive Officer Charles Jones and two other senior executives after a board review set up in the wake of a federal corruption scandal found they violated the company’s policies and its code of conduct."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [23], 11/02/2020
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Analysts See Dem Win in Senate, Opening the Door to Climate Legislation [24]

"Democrats mount strong challenges to Republican incumbents in Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Montana, North Carolina and South Carolina."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [25]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: InsideClimate News [26], 11/02/2020
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"EPA Limits Enforcement Of Pesticide Application Boundaries" [27]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday finalized a rule that narrows the areas where farmers are required to limit human presence during the application of pesticides."

Agriculture [28]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [31], 10/30/2020
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"Dozens of Chlorpyrifos Lawsuits Coming Over Children’s Health" [32]

"The recent lawsuits filed against Corteva Inc. and Dow Chemical Co. in California are the beginning of an expected wave of toxic tort cases in the Golden State that take aim at the widely-used insecticide chlorpyrifos."

Agriculture [28]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [33], 10/30/2020
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Trump’s USGS Chief Violated Whistleblower Protection Law, Watchdog Says [34]

"The head of the U.S. Geological Survey violated the federal whistleblower protection law when he retaliated against an agency employee who had filed a complaint about his conduct, according to a new report from the Interior Department’s internal watchdog."

Environmental Justice [3]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HuffPost [35], 10/30/2020
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"Wolves to Lose Protection" [36]

"As expected the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a rule that would remove gray wolves (Canis lupus) from the protection of the Endangered Species Act."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Wildlife [38]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Revelator [39], 10/30/2020
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Interior 'Propaganda' Video And Tweets May Violate Ethics Laws: Experts [40]

"A new video from the Interior Department praising President Trump’s efforts in office — and subsequent Twitter comments defending it — have raised questions from ethics experts who say the content veers closely toward propaganda."

Activism [41]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [42], 10/29/2020
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