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Climate Scientist Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict Against Right-Wing Bloggers [1]

"Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, won his long-standing legal battle against two right-wing bloggers who claimed that he manipulated data in his research and compared him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, a major victory for the outspoken researcher."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [9], 02/09/2024
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"EU Lays Out Plan To Cut Greenhouse Emissions By 90% By 2040" [10]

"The EU aims to slash its net greenhouse gas pollution by 90% by 2040 as part of its push to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent, the European Commission has announced before elections in June."

Agriculture [11]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [13]
Public [7]
Europe [14]
Source: Guardian [15], 02/08/2024
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13 Blue States Say EPA Should Strengthen Proposal To Remove Lead Pipes [16]

"Attorneys general from 13 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen a proposal that seeks to limit Americans’ exposure to lead service lines."

Chemicals [17]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [22], 02/08/2024
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"Misplaced Trust" [23]

"Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy."

Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Grist [26], 02/08/2024
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"The Changing Focus of Climate Denial: From Science to Scientists" [27]

"The scientist Michael Mann is challenging attacks on his work in a defamation suit that’s taken 12 years to come to trial."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [28], 02/07/2024
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"Green Amendments Gain Traction in More States Ahead of Elections" [29]

"A new wave of state legislators are pursuing the constitutional right to a safe environment, which attorneys say could strengthen climate lawsuits and policy if interpreted correctly. But the effectiveness of those amendments hinges on their legal language and other details."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [30], 02/07/2024
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"‘In A Word, Horrific’: Trump’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint" [31]

"The United States’s first major climate legislation dismantled, a crackdown on government scientists, a frenzy of oil and gas drilling, the Paris climate deal not only dead but buried. A blueprint is emerging for a second Donald Trump term that is even more extreme for the environment than his first, according to interviews with multiple Trump allies and advisers."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [33], 02/07/2024
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The Industry ‘Scandal’ That Might Upend How America Builds Houses [34]

"Fossil fuel companies are trying to strip a series of climate-friendly measures out of the latest round of model building codes used to regulate construction virtually everywhere in the United States."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Planning & Growth [35]
Pollution [13]
Technology [36]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HuffPost [37], 02/07/2024
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"Border Package Contains $2 Billion For Uranium Enrichment" [38]

"The Senate’s border and Ukraine spending package contains more than $2 billion in funds for uranium processing, as the U.S. works to reduce global reliance on Russian energy exports."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [40]
Source: The Hill [41], 02/06/2024
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"Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves Won’t Get Endangered Species Protections" [42]

"Gray wolves that inhabit the Northern Rocky Mountains will not receive protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced Friday."

Biodiversity [43]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [44]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Source: The Hill [46], 02/06/2024
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