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"EPA: Pruitt's Phone Booth Revealed [1]

"It's not much — white exterior walls, a chair and office phone inside, behind a door the EPA administrator could close behind himself. A photo obtained by E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act shows the secure phone booth EPA installed for then-Administrator Scott Pruitt."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [9], 09/01/2020
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"US Wildlife Officials Aim To Remove Wolf Protections in 2020" [10]

"The Trump administration plans to lift endangered species protections for gray wolves across most of the nation by the end of the year, the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Wildlife [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [13], 09/01/2020
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"Biden Pushes Back On Trump Claims: 'I Am Not Banning Fracking'" [14]

"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Pennsylvania on Monday sharply refuted claims from President Trump that he plans to ban fracking, a key drilling method for oil producers in the swing state."

Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [18], 09/01/2020
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Proposal Fast Tracks Oil Development In National Forests, Enviros Say [19]

"Environmental groups fear a new proposal from the Trump administration would greenlight more oil and gas development within national forest land."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [20]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [22], 09/01/2020
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Feds To Ship Toxic Radioactive Metal Out of SC After Years Of Disputes [23]

"The U.S. Department of Energy, after years of legal disputes with South Carolina officials, says it will haul away tons of deadly atomic material it had shipped to the Palmetto State for use in a nuclear fuel factory that was never built."

Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The State [25], 09/01/2020
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"EPA: Provocative Enforcement Chief Finds 'Few Friends'" [26]

"EPA's controversial coronavirus enforcement policy ends today as the pandemic continues to rage across the country. Critics blasted enforcement chief Susan Bodine when she issued the March 26 policy, which signaled laxer enforcement of pollution rules during the pandemic."

Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [29], 09/01/2020
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"Appeals Court Tosses Trump Bid To Roll Back Fuel Efficiency Penalties" [30]

"A U.S. appeals court on Monday overturned the Trump administration’s July 2019 rule that sought to suspend a regulation that more than doubled penalties for automakers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements."

Air [31]
Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [32]
Transportation [33]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [34], 09/01/2020
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"Water Pollution: EPA Eases Limits On Coal Plants' Toxic Discharges" [35]

"EPA is relaxing Obama-era regulations for wastewater coming from coal-fired power plants, discharges that can contain high levels of toxic chemicals like mercury, arsenic, nitrogen and selenium."

Chemicals [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [37], 09/01/2020
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"21 States Sue White House Over Rollback Of Bedrock Environmental Law" [38]

"A coalition of 21 states sued the Trump administration Friday for rolling back what they say is a “rule that is, at its heart, the gutting” of America’s bedrock environmental law."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [40]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [41], 08/31/2020
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"Green Groups Fight EPA Rollback Limiting States From Blocking Projects" [42]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is facing another suit over its rule that limits states’ ability to block pipelines and other controversial projects that cross their waterways."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [43], 08/28/2020
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