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"Courts: D.C. Girds For Exxon Climate Battle" [1]

"The District of Columbia's top lawyer is preparing for a potential courtroom fight against one of the biggest oil companies in the world."

Climate Change [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: ClimateWire [6], 03/19/2019
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Pentagon Pushes for Weaker Standards On PFAS Chemicals In Drinking Water [7]

"Facing billions of dollars in cleanup costs, the Pentagon is pushing the Trump administration to adopt a weaker standard for groundwater pollution caused by chemicals that have commonly been used at military bases and that contaminate drinking water consumed by millions of Americans."

Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Military [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [14], 03/19/2019
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"EPA’s Pruitt Faced Hill Pressure on Glider Truck Rule Repeal" [15]

"The EPA’s yearslong, tenuous effort to ease air pollution limits on trucks with rebuilt engines can be traced back to a day early in Scott Pruitt’s tenure as administrator."

Air [16]
Government [17]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [12]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 03/18/2019
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Trump Admin Loosens Sage Grouse Protections, Benefiting Oil Companies [19]

"The Trump administration on Friday finalized its plan to loosen Obama-era protections on the habitat of the sage grouse, an imperiled ground-nesting bird that roams across 10 oil-rich Western states."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: , 03/18/2019
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EPA Scales Back Proposed Ban, Limits Deadly Chemical in Paint Strippers [23]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday new limits on a lethal chemical found in paint stripping products that has been linked to more than 50 deaths since the 1980s."

Chemicals [8]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [25], 03/18/2019
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"BLM Will Pay You $1,000 To Adopt A Wild Horse" [26]

"The Bureau of Land Management is offering people $1,000 if they’ll adopt a wild horse."

Agriculture [27]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Wildlife [22]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NPR [28], 03/15/2019
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"5 Governors Oppose Trump Plan To Cut Great Lakes Spending" [29]

"Governors of five states oppose President Donald Trump’s call for a 90 percent spending cut for a Great Lakes cleanup program."

Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Source: AP [31], 03/15/2019
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"Senate GOP Expected To Force Vote on Green New Deal in March" [32]

"Senate Republicans will bring the Green New Deal resolution to the floor as they try to jam Democrats on the progressive proposal."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Hill [33], 03/15/2019
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"Proposed Yaphank Fish Farm To Pay $1.3M Fine For Illegal Sand Dig" [34]

"The owners of a long-proposed Yaphank fish farm have agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty for taking more than 200,000 yards of sand and gravel without a permit, one of the largest actions for illegally digging sand in state history, the Department of Environmental Conservation said Thursday."

Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: Newsday [36], 03/15/2019
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"Maryland Could Be The First State To Ban Foam Food Containers" [37]

"Maryland could soon be the first state to completely ban polystyrene food containers."

Laws & Regulations [3]
Waste [38]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: HuffPost [40], 03/15/2019
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