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Read more about EPA’s FOIA Report Updates Progress on Backlog Reduction [1]

Critical Mistakes By USFS Caused Devastating New Mexico Wildfire: Report [10]

"The U.S. Forest Service made critical mistakes that caused a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico's recorded history, the agency said Tuesday. A new report found that employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest before lighting the flames."

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Source: AP [15], 06/22/2022

Read more about Critical Mistakes By USFS Caused Devastating New Mexico Wildfire: Report [10]

"Native American Tribes To Co-Manage National Monument For First Time" [16]

"The Biden administration has reached a historic agreement to give five Native American tribes more say over the day-to-day management of a national monument in Utah, marking a new chapter in the federal government’s often-fraught relationship with tribes."

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Source: Washington Post [20], 06/21/2022

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"Clean Energy, Water Projects Get Boost In Spending Bill" [21]

"House Democrats’ $56.3 billion fiscal 2023 Energy-Water spending bill released last night seeks to bolster a host of Biden administration clean energy and water infrastructure deployment goals that are running into funding limitations this year."

Environmental Health [22]

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Source: E&E News [23], 06/21/2022

Read more about "Clean Energy, Water Projects Get Boost In Spending Bill" [21]

Hellish Fires, Low Pay, Trauma: Calif. Firefighters Face Morale Crisis [24]

"Chris Mariano became a federal wildland firefighter because he wanted to help protect the Northern California landscapes and communities he’d grown to love."

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Source: LA Times [25], 06/15/2022

Read more about Hellish Fires, Low Pay, Trauma: Calif. Firefighters Face Morale Crisis [24]

Unpacking Bipartisan Infrastructure Law With Data … But Not Databases [26]

As funding from the U.S. government’s massive infrastructure bill starts to get spent, big swaths of it on environmental-related concerns, Reporter’s Toolbox points to a problem for journalists covering it — there appears to be no single database to help track the money. But for intrepid reporters, various data sources are out there to help tell the story.

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Read more about Unpacking Bipartisan Infrastructure Law With Data … But Not Databases [26]

Supreme Court Winds Up for Another Swing at Clean Water Act [29]

In a second Issue Backgrounder looking at major environmental questions before the U.S. Supreme Court, SEJournal considers the long-standing controversy about the definition of “waters of the United States.” The Clean Water Act case, which the high court could (re)decide during its next term, would have profound environmental and economic implications. The latest Backgrounder wades into the issue.

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Read more about Supreme Court Winds Up for Another Swing at Clean Water Act [29]

"Biden Plans to Nominate Law Professor for Chemical Safety Board" [34]

"President Joe Biden has tapped Catherine J.K. Sandoval for the US Chemical Hazard and Safety Investigation Board."

Chemicals [35]

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 06/09/2022

Read more about "Biden Plans to Nominate Law Professor for Chemical Safety Board" [34]

August 8, 2024

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Virtual Public Meeting [37]

The U.S. EPA's next NEJAC virtual public meeting will run approximately 1:00-6:30 pm (ET), with a focus on several topics including, but not limited to, NEJAC recommendations for cumulative impacts and presentations from EPA programs. The meeting is free to attend; registration is required.

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