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Courts Reverse Johnson’s Baby Powder Judgments for Nearly $500 Million [1]

"In back-to-back victories for Johnson & Johnson, the courts have reversed two judgments against the consumer products giant totaling nearly $500 million. The money had been awarded to women who said that they developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s talcum powder for decades."

Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [7], 10/24/2017
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"As Dams Burst, Trump Seeks To Gut Key Safety Regime" [8]

Climate change has undermined the risk calculations for dams. President Obama had a program to make dams more resilient, but President Trump plans to do away with this key dam safety program.

Climate Change [9]
Disasters [10]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [12], 10/24/2017
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"EPA Plans To Repeal Emission Standards For Truck Components" [13]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to repeal tighter emissions standards for truck components, a rule adopted in the final months of the Obama administration aimed at controlling traditional air pollutants as well as greenhouse-gas emissions linked to climate change."

Air [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [19], 10/24/2017
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"Is Congress About To Wreck America's Natural Treasures?" [23]

"The Antiquities Act has been used to preserve some of the most beloved US lands and landmarks but it is facing assault from Trump and Congress"

Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Guardian [25], 10/23/2017
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"EPA Head Denies Meeting With 'Polluters'" [26]

"The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pushed back on accusations that he frequently meets with 'polluters,' despite repeated sit-downs with fossil fuel companies and others regulated by the EPA."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [27], 10/23/2017
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Everything You Need To Know About The Coming Trump Arctic Drilling Bid [28]

"The Senate's budget vote on Thursday was the opening salvo in what's likely to be a bitter fight over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [30]
Source: The Hill [31], 10/23/2017
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"Hassan, Shaheen Question EPA Over Findings on Toxic Landfill" [32]

"Senate Democrats from New Hampshire have sent a letter to the regional Environmental Protection Agency office raising questions about its determination that a controversial landfill did not pose an 'unacceptable human health risk.'"

Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [17]
Waste [34]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: AP [36], 10/23/2017
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"EPA Walks Back Biofuels Mandate Changes" [37]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is backing off from changes it floated to biofuels policy after significant pushback from Midwestern GOP senators and a direct intervention from President Trump."

Agriculture [38]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [39], 10/23/2017
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Bipartisan Group Of Ex-FERC Commissioners Slam Perry Bid To Help Coal [40]

"Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s bid to change regulations to help coal and nuclear power plants has run into unusually blunt opposition from a group of former regulators from both parties."

Energy & Fuel [15]
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Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [41], 10/23/2017
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