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"Honolulu Sues Petroleum Companies For Climate Change Damages to City" [1]

"Honolulu city officials, lashing out at the fossil fuel industry in a climate change lawsuit filed Monday, accused oil producers of concealing the dangers that greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum products would create, while reaping billions in profits."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [8], 03/10/2020
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"Senators Move To Expedite Debate On Conservation Legislation" [9]

"The Senate moved last night to expedite major bipartisan conservation legislation to the floor for consideration."

Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E Daily [11], 03/10/2020
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Energy: "'Remarkable Leap.' Va. Backs 100% Carbon-Free Electricity" [12]

"Virginia's General Assembly sent a bill to the governor's desk last week that would create the South's first mandate for 100% carbon-free power and effectively remake the state's grid with clean energy."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: EnergyWire [15], 03/10/2020
  • Read more about Energy: "'Remarkable Leap.' Va. Backs 100% Carbon-Free Electricity" [12]

"The Refuge Revealed" [16]

"Oil rigs may soon be coming to the nation’s largest wildlife refuge. We find out what that could mean to the people who live there."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [10]
Wildlife [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [7]
Source: Reveal [19], 03/09/2020
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"Maryland Climate Ruling a Setback for Oil and Gas Industry" [20]

"A lawsuit for damages related to climate change brought by the city of Baltimore can be heard in Maryland state courts, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The decision is a setback for the fossil fuel industry, which had argued that the case should be heard in federal court, where rulings in previous climate cases have favored the industry."

Climate Change [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [21], 03/09/2020
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GAO Report Says Trump's BLM HQ Move Lacked Justification [22]

"The administration failed to follow key practices to show the reason for reforming a workplace and why employees were asked to relocate"

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [24], 03/09/2020
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"Exhibit A: Science Advisers' Critiques of EPA Rules" [25]

"An EPA advisory panel's sharp rebukes of the Trump administration's Clean Water Act protections and vehicle emissions standards have provided a partial blueprint for how critics could challenge the rules in court."

Laws & Regulations [4]
Science [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [28], 03/09/2020
  • Read more about "Exhibit A: Science Advisers' Critiques of EPA Rules" [25]

"Democrats Focus On Two Amendments For Senate Energy Bill" [29]

"Senate Democrats appear to be narrowing their efforts to battle climate change through a fast-moving energy bill, focusing on two amendments that have proven controversial in the upper chamber."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [30], 03/09/2020
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"Judge Enmeshed In Clean Power Plan Battle To Retire" [31]

"An appeals court judge who helped preserve Obama-era ozone protections, chided energy regulators for inadequate climate analysis and played a key role in legal wrangling over the Clean Power Plan is set to retire later this year."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [32], 03/06/2020
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"Senators Urge Changes To Reduce Missouri River Flooding" [33]

"Republican senators from four states that have seen severe flooding from the Missouri River are backing legislation that would require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to change its management of the river to reduce flooding risk."

Disasters [34]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [5]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [35]
Source: AP [36], 03/06/2020
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