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"3M, Minnesota Settle Water Pollution Claims For $850 Million" [1]

"Industrial group 3M Co and Minnesota’s attorney general have agreed to settle a lawsuit over polluted groundwater, with the company agreeing to grant $850 million to the state for groundwater projects, the attorney’s office said on Tuesday."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: Reuters [9], 02/21/2018
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"Making America Toxic Again" [10]

"Scott Pruitt’s job is to protect the environment. Unfortunately, God has other plans for him."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Science [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Mother Jones [14], 02/21/2018
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Trump, Congress Face Test on Infrastructure Politics, Funding [15]

Infrastructure is much in the news these days, with battles over politics and funding yielding stories for environment reporters. In play are a Trump plan, who gets to pick projects, who pays and much more. But in an election year, how likely are infrastructure plans to move forward? The backstory, with angles for environment and energy, plus what to watch for in 2018, in our Backgrounder on infrastructure.

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Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Planning & Growth [21]
Policy [22]
Technology [23]
Transportation [24]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [6]
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National (U.S.) [13]
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Public [7]
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Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [26]

Covering local infrastructure projects often means covering energy and the environment. This week’s TipSheet offers a companion to our special backgrounder on the national infrastructure story emerging out of Washington. We’ve got dozens of resources and links for finding infrastructure news and information from Congress, executive agencies, infrastructure organizations and environmental groups.

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Activism [28]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [20]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [31]
Planning & Growth [21]
Policy [22]
Pollution [5]
Technology [23]
Transportation [24]
Waste [25]
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National (U.S.) [13]
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Public [7]
  • Read more about Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [26]

Shell Chemical Plant At Norco, La., Polluted Air For Decades [32]

"When Iris Carter heard that the Shell Chemical plant near her childhood home in Norco had been ordered to spend $10 million on pollution control equipment to resolve decades of allegations that the plant was violating the federal Clean Air Act, she felt a variety of emotions."

Chemicals [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: New Orleans Advocate [34], 02/20/2018
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Minnesota Readies Fight Against 3M In Water Pollution Trial [35]

Minnesota's $5 billion lawsuit against 3M for polluting natural resources is finally going to trial after yers of delay.

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Source: MPR News [36], 02/20/2018
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"FERC Gives Markets Green Light To Deploy Energy Storage" [37]

"Energy storage and distributed energy resources such as small-scale solar received a resounding vote of confidence from federal regulators on Wednesday."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: EnergyWire [38], 02/20/2018
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"Chemicals: EPA Flouted Law By Delaying Formaldehyde Rule — Judge" [39]

"Greens notched a court victory Friday as a California judge ruled that U.S. EPA unlawfully delayed an Obama-era rule aiming at limiting formaldehyde emissions from wood products."

Chemicals [2]
Forests [40]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Greenwire [41], 02/20/2018
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"Monsanto Loses Bid To Stop Arkansas Ban On Farm Chemical" [42]

"An Arkansas judge on Friday dismissed a Monsanto Co lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a controversial farm chemical the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically engineered seeds."

Agriculture [43]
Chemicals [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [44], 02/20/2018
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"Exxon Mobil Claims Its Foes Are Conspiring Against It" [45]

"As climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal disputes: It's going after the lawyers who are suing it."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [19]
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National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg [46], 02/20/2018
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