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"Wide-Ranging Water Infrastructure Bill Easily Passes" [1]

"Legislation authorizing the Army Corps of Engineers to boost the nation’s water infrastructure, protect waterways from emerging contaminants, and bolster coastal shorelines sailed through the House Wednesday."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [10], 07/30/2020
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"Arizona Train Derailment And Fire Described As 'A Scene From Hell'" [11]

"One person was treated for smoke inhalation after a Union Pacific train derailed and caught fire on a bridge over Tempe Town Lake in Arizona, officials said Wednesday. Plumes of black smoke could be seen Wednesday morning rising into the sky beneath a trail of flames on video and images from the site of the derailment, where part of the bridge collapsed."

Chemicals [12]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
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Source: CNN [17], 07/30/2020
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"EPA Inspector General to Investigate Trump’s Biggest Climate Rollback" [18]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog said Monday it had opened an investigation into the agency’s weakening of Obama-era regulations that would have limited automobile emissions by significantly raising fuel economy standards."

Air [19]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [21], 07/28/2020
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Enviros Threaten Suit Over Transport Of Liquefied Natural Gas By Rail [22]

"Two environmental groups on Friday threatened to sue the Trump administration over a newly published rule allowing the transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail."

Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [23], 07/27/2020
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"EPA Proposes Airplane Emission Standards That Airlines Already Meet" [24]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday made public the federal government’s first proposal to control planet-warming pollution from airplanes, but the draft regulation would not push the airlines beyond emissions limits they have set for themselves."

Air [19]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [25], 07/23/2020
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"Whales Get A Break As Pandemic Creates Quieter Oceans" [26]

"As the COVID-19 pandemic slows international shipping and keeps cruise ships docked, scientists are finding measurably less noise in the ocean. That could provide momentary relief for whales and other marine mammals that are highly sensitive to noise."

Biodiversity [27]
Transportation [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [28]
Source: NPR [29], 07/21/2020
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"EPA Inches Closer to Regulating Greenhouse Gases From Airplanes" [30]

"An EPA plan to set greenhouse gas emissions standards for aircraft appears to have moved one notch closer to finalization."

Climate Change [2]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 07/21/2020
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Plunge in Mass Transit Ridership Deals Huge Blow to Climate Mitigation [32]

"Transit agencies ask Congress for relief as commuters return to their cars and fare revenues tank. Meanwhile, driving direction requests—and carbon emissions—soar."

Air [19]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [33]
Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [14]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: InsideClimate News [34], 07/20/2020
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"15 States Pledge Emissions-Free Truck Sales By 2050" [35]

"Fifteen states and the city of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday announced an agreement that aims to make all new truck and bus sales emission-free by 2050."

Air [19]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [36], 07/15/2020
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"Diesel Engines Latest to Get EPA Rules Respite Due to Virus" [37]

"The EPA is giving diesel engine makers a break from meeting certain Clean Air Act requirements because of challenges from the coronavirus pandemic."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg [38], 07/14/2020
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