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"White House To Withdraw Pendley's BLM Nomination" [1]

"President Trump is withdrawing his controversial nomination of William Perry Pendley to lead the Bureau of Land Management."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [7], 08/17/2020
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"Civil Rights Complaint Filed Over Chicago Plant Relocation" [8]

"Community leaders on the southeast side of Chicago have filed a civil rights complaint accusing the city of pushing heavy industry into Black and Latino communities while enabling luxury developments in wealthy parts of the city.

The Fair Housing Act complaint with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development centers on the Chicago City Council and Mayor Lori Lightfoot's recent approval of moving a recycling facility from the city's wealthy Lincoln Park neighborhood to southeastern Chicago.

Environmental Justice [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: E&E News [11], 08/14/2020
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Trump Admin Scraps Limits On Methane Leaks At Oil And Gas Sites [12]

"The Trump administration is scrapping limits on methane leaks, allowing oil and gas companies to decide how much of the potent greenhouse gas can escape into the atmosphere from wells, pipelines and storage tanks."

Air [13]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [17], 08/14/2020
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"Let It Flow: Trump Administration Eases Showerhead Rules" [18]

"The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn’t getting wet enough."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [20], 08/13/2020
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"Mexico To Phase Out Use Of Herbicide Glyphosate" [21]

"Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product."

Agriculture [22]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
Mexico [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 08/13/2020
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"6 Former EPA Bosses Call For Agency Reset After Election" [27]

"Six former Environmental Protection Agency chiefs called Wednesday for a “reset” at the agency after President Donald Trump’s regulation-chopping, industry-minded first term, backing a detailed plan by former EPA staffers that ranges from renouncing political influence in regulation to boosting climate-friendly electric vehicles."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [28], 08/13/2020
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Interior Memo Scaling Back Bird Protections Is Illegal, Court Rules [29]

"A U.S. district court struck down the legal opinion used to justify the Trump administration’s coming rollback of protections for migratory birds late Monday, writing that the Department of the Interior memo was “contrary to law.”"

Biodiversity [30]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Wildlife [31]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [32], 08/12/2020
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"Interior Investigators: Department Slow-Walked FOIA Releases" [33]

"The Interior Department withheld publicly disclosing several hundred pages involving then-Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt prior to his secretarial confirmation hearing, investigators say in a new report."

Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [35], 08/12/2020
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‘Green Recovery’ Policies an Elusive Promise [36]

As Democratic and Republican parties plan their nominating conventions beginning next week amid a pandemic and a recession, it’s instructive to examine the state of thinking about a “green recovery.”  Backgrounder looks at the politicking and policies behind the notion that a massive clean energy plan could be good not just for addressing climate change, but also the economy.

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Groups Threaten To Sue DOE Over 26 Delayed Efficiency Standard Updates [44]

"A coalition of environmental and other groups on Monday threatened to sue the Department of Energy (DOE) over missed deadlines to update energy efficiency standards for products such as appliances."

Activism [38]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [45], 08/11/2020
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