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EPA Letting Cities Dump More Raw Sewage Into Rivers for Years to Come [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has made it easier for cities to keep dumping raw sewage into rivers by letting them delay or otherwise change federally imposed fixes to their sewer systems, according to interviews with local officials, water utilities and their lobbyists."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [9], 01/29/2020
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Florida Gulf Fish Farm Could Be Bellwether, But Not Without A Fight [10]

"If Neil Anthony Sims gets his way, he'll make history by opening a fish farm 40 miles off of Florida's west coast, where his company will begin raising 20,000 almaco jack fingerlings in a floating pen 130 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico."

Biodiversity [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Greenwire [14], 01/28/2020
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Critics Question Data Used In Rule Replacing Obama Water Protections [15]

"Critics say the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) water policy unveiled Thursday is one of the biggest rollbacks to water policy in decades, but it’s tough to know the extent of its impact because of challenges that come with mapping America’s waterways."

Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [17], 01/28/2020
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"Group Preparing To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution" [18]

"A conservation group announced Monday that it’s preparing to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce the Clean Water Act relating to pollution limits for the Chesapeake Bay."

Activism [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Source: AP [21], 01/28/2020
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"California Vineyard Spills Nearly 100K Gallons Of Red Wine" [22]

"The Russian River flowed with a cherry red tint Wednesday after tens of thousands of gallons of fresh cabernet sauvignon wine poured into the largest tributary in Sonoma County."

Agriculture [23]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
California [24]
Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat [25], 01/27/2020
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Bankrupt Coal Company's Mess Could Cost Kentucky Millions To Fix [26]

"Bankrupt coal companies Blackjewel LLC and Revelation Energy have failed to make progress on scores of environmental obligations and might leave Kentucky taxpayers on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in reclamation costs, state officials contended during a bankruptcy hearing this week."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Waste [28]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader [29], 01/27/2020
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California Will Be Hit Hard As Trump Weakens Clean Water Protections [30]

"Defying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday announced the replacement of Obama-era water protections with a significantly weaker set of regulations that lifts limits on how much pollution can be dumped into small streams and wetlands."

Agriculture [23]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
California [24]
Source: LA Times [31], 01/27/2020
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Clean Water: "Court Battles, 2020 Election Loom Over Trump WOTUS Rule" [32]

"Trump administration officials took a victory lap after they unveiled their final revisions to Clean Water Act protections for waterways and wetlands. But the Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, replacement rule that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers completed yesterday must now survive a possible Democratic win in the 2020 presidential election and an expected inundation of challenges in the courts."

Agriculture [23]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [33], 01/27/2020
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"Trump Ups Mileage Proposal, But It’s Well Below Obama Plan" [34]

"The Trump administration is making a concession on its proposed minimum fuel economy requirement for new vehicles, but environmental groups and a key Democratic senator complain it does not go far enough, and still falls well below the requirements set under the Obama administration."

Air [35]
Climate Change [36]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [37]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [38], 01/27/2020
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Report ‘Buried’ By Alberta Shows Oil And Gas Wells Aren’t Reclaimed [39]

"The Narwhal has obtained a previously unreleased report commissioned by the Alberta government that raises red flags about whether the government’s own program to ensure oil and gas sites are cleaned up is actually working in the long term."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
Canada [40]
Source: The Narwhal [41], 01/24/2020
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