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New Trump Rules Could Allow More Logging And Roadbuilding In US Forests [1]

"In a last minute change before leaving office, the Trump administration finalized a rule Wednesday that will allow the U.S. Forest Service to log and otherwise manage 2,800 acres of forest in the West without an environmental review."

Environmental Politics [2]
Forests [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [8], 11/19/2020
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"Trump Pushes New Environmental Rollbacks On Way Out The Door" [9]

"Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [14], 11/19/2020
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"The Last Free River Of Manitoba" [15]

"The Seal River is Manitoba’s only major waterway that hasn’t been dammed — and five Indigenous communities have banded together to keep it that way by establishing a protected area".

"A five-year-old Stephanie Thorassie sat in front of her father on his snowmobile, nestled between his legs as he drove away from their home in Tadoule Lake, Man. They went over two hills before descending to a beach. Thorassie was stunned.

“On the beach, there were thousands of caribou — right behind my house!” she said, reminiscing about her childhood in the 1990s.

Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [19]
Public [6]
Canada [20]
Source: The Narwhal [21], 11/18/2020
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"Pet Flea Treatments Poisoning Rivers Across England, Scientists Find" [22]

"Highly toxic insecticides used on cats and dogs to kill fleas are poisoning rivers across England, a study has revealed. The discovery is “extremely concerning” for water insects, and the fish and birds that depend on them, the scientists said, who expect significant environmental damage is being done."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [13]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [19]
Public [6]
Europe [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 11/18/2020
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"Trump Plan to Sell Arctic Oil Leases Will Face Challenges" [26]

"Even if in its waning days the Trump administration succeeds in selling oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, the leases may never be issued, legal and other experts said Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Source: NYTimes [28], 11/18/2020
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"Biden Plans to Move Fast With a ‘Climate Administration.’ Here’s How." [29]

"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., eager to elevate climate change issues throughout his administration, is already drafting orders to reduce planet-warming pollution and seeking nominees who will embed climate policy not only in environmental agencies but in departments from Defense to Treasury to Transportation."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [31], 11/18/2020
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Solar Companies Ask Biden To Reverse Trump’s Tariff on Panel Imports [32]

"In January 2018, President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on imported solar panels despite protests from much of the industry, sending jobs in one of the nation’s fastest-growing employment engines tumbling for the following two years. Now the solar industry is asking President-elect Joe Biden to cut short what was widely seen as Trump’s biggest blow to solar energy during his single term."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: HuffPost [33], 11/18/2020
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"Shingle Mountain" [34]

"Marsha Jackson didn’t go to the mountain. The mountain came to her. ... The mountain is human-made — an environmental nightmare of discarded roofing shingles stretching more than a city block. Even though it’s an illegal toxic waste dump on the edge of a neighborhood, it took months of pressure to get city officials to even acknowledge its existence and finally make plans to take it down."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [35]
Waste [36]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
Source: Washington Post [38], 11/18/2020
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PM Johnson's Green Plan Bans Petrol, Diesel Cars in UK After 2030 [39]

"New cars and vans powered wholly by petrol and diesel will not be sold in the UK from 2030, Boris Johnson has said."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [40]
Public [6]
Europe [24]
Source: BBC News [41], 11/18/2020
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"Biden Could Revive Enforcement Tool, With New Focus on Climate" [42]

"The incoming Biden administration could not only resurrect a recently nixed environmental enforcement tool—but also wield it to fight climate change, former government officials say."

Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [43], 11/17/2020
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