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"The U.S. Just Changed How It Manages A Tenth Of Its Land" [1]

"For decades, the federal government has prioritized oil and gas drilling, hardrock mining and livestock grazing on public lands across the country. That could soon change under a far-reaching Interior Department rule that puts conservation, recreation and renewable energy development on equal footing with resource extraction."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Wildlife [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 04/19/2024
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23 GOP States Demand Rollback of EPA Civil Rights Regulations [15]

"A group of Republican-led states want the EPA to begin the process of rolling back elements of its Title VI regulations, according to a new petition for rulemaking."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [19], 04/18/2024
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"Will Trump Quit The World Bank? It Would Send Climate Shock Waves." [20]

"A conservative plan to withdraw from global development banks threatens poor nations and U.S. credibility, analysts say."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [21]
Source: E&E News [22], 04/18/2024
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America's 'Most Endangered Rivers' List: Sewage, Toxic Algae, Construction [23]

"Water scarcity, overuse and development are among the reasons why 10 waterways across the nation were ranked this year’s most endangered rivers by the advocacy group American Rivers."

Activism [24]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Planning & Growth [27]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: USA TODAY [30], 04/18/2024
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"'Reprehensible': Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention" [31]

"Al Sharpton invited methane representatives to his National Action Network convention, where they fear-mongered attendees about renewables."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [32]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: HEATED [33], 04/18/2024
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"Trump Rails Against Wind Energy In Fundraising Pitch To Oil Executives" [34]

"“I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago dinner, doubling down on promises to end this form of clean energy."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Technology [35]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [36], 04/18/2024
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"California Derailed Its Booming Rooftop Solar Buildout. Can It Be Fixed?" [37]

"Over the past year, California regulators have kneecapped small-scale solar needed to hit the state’s climate goals. These lawmakers are trying to bring it back."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [12]
California [38]
Source: Canary Media [39], 04/17/2024
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What To Know For The Fourth Round Of Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks [40]

"The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international, legally binding plastic pollution treaty will take place from April 23 to April 29 in Ottawa, Canada."

Chemicals [41]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [28]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [12]
International [21]
Source: EHN [44], 04/17/2024
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"SuperFund Tax Shortfall: Trouble For Cleanups, EPA Budget" [45]

"The Biden administration has juiced EPA’s Superfund program with billions of dollars, but an unexpected shortfall for “polluter pays” taxes and election-year politics may bring the high times for the toxic waste site cleanup program to a close."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [28]
Waste [43]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [46], 04/17/2024
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Philly Steaks Out New Ground [47]

It just wouldn’t be the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference recap without the waggish tales of SEJ’s resident wit, David Helvarg, who once again this year skewers the lot of us, sparing not a jot of our five days in Philadelphia. Read on and prepare to snicker.

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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-just-changed-how-it-manages-tenth-its-land [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [12] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [14] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/18/biden-public-lands-conservation-rule/ [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/23-gop-states-demand-rollback-epa-civil-rights-regulations [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [19] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/states-demand-epa-roll-back-expansive-civil-rights-regulations [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/will-trump-quit-world-bank-it-would-send-climate-shock-waves [21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [22] https://www.eenews.net/articles/will-trump-quit-the-world-bank-it-would-send-climate-shock-waves/ [23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/americas-most-endangered-rivers-list-sewage-toxic-algae-construction [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [30] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/16/american-rivers-asks-public-to-protect-most-endangered-rivers/73327298007/ [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/reprehensible-fossil-fuel-industry-infiltrates-civil-rights-convention [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [33] https://heated.world/p/reprehensible-fossil-fuel-industry [34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-rails-against-wind-energy-fundraising-pitch-oil-executives [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [36] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/17/trump-wind-power-oil-executives/ [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-derailed-its-booming-rooftop-solar-buildout-can-it-be-fixed [38] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [39] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/california-derailed-its-booming-rooftop-solar-buildout-can-it-be-fixed [40] https://www.sej.org/headlines/what-know-fourth-round-global-plastic-pollution-treaty-talks [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [44] https://www.ehn.org/un-plastic-treaty-ottawa-2667695606.html [45] https://www.sej.org/headlines/superfund-tax-shortfall-trouble-cleanups-epa-budget [46] https://www.eenews.net/articles/superfund-tax-shortfall-trouble-for-cleanups-epa-budget/ [47] https://www.sej.org/publications/sej-news/philly-steaks-out-new-ground [48] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/sej-news [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [56] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=278 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=275 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=276 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=277 [61] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=280 [62] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=281 [63] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=282 [64] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=283 [65] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=1405