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Senators Hopeful They Can Keep Rail Safety Bill On Track After E Palestine [1]

"Three months after the devastating East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, senators are optimistic they can pass a bipartisan rail safety bill to prevent similar disasters."

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Source: The Hill [12], 05/04/2023
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"Senators Back Solar Tariffs, Oppose Prairie Bird Safeguards" [13]

"The Senate approved a measure Wednesday that would reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the U.S. Lawmakers also approved a separate plan to undo federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken...."

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Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [18]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [19], 05/04/2023
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"Google Promised to Defund Climate Lies, but the Ads Keep Coming" [20]

"In October 2021, Google promised to stop placing ads alongside content that denied the existence and causes of climate change, so that purveyors of the false claims could no longer make money on its platforms, including YouTube."

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Source: NYTimes [23], 05/03/2023
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"The FCC Is Supposed to Protect the Environment. It Doesn’t." [24]

"The agency is mandated to safeguard the environment from damage caused by communication infrastructure. But when companies want to add new cell phone towers, build on protected land or launch satellites, the agency typically does little or nothing."

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Source: ProPublica [26], 05/03/2023
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"Climate-Hit Wetlands Lay Bare Britain's Biodiversity Struggle" [27]

"As seagulls circled above and tourists watched in confusion, Duncan Holmes steered his boat through thousands of dead fish bobbing at the surface of the River Thurne in east England."

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Fish & Fisheries [28]
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Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [10]
Europe [30]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [31], 05/03/2023
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"Biden’s Push To Disclose Climate Risks Hits Wall Of Industry Resistance" [32]

"Big business is bucking Biden’s efforts to use SEC rules and the purchasing power of the U.S. government to reveal and reduce climate emissions".

Climate Change [21]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [34], 05/03/2023
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Brazil’s Lula Recognizes Six Indigenous Lands, And Says More To Come [35]

"During the largest gathering of Indigenous people in Brazil, President Lula recognized six Indigenous lands, resuming the demarcation process which stalled for over six years under the two former presidents."

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South America [36]
Source: Mongabay [37], 05/02/2023
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Climate Change Is Walloping US Farms. Can Farm Bill Create Solutions? [38]

"Although it seems like everyone in D.C. is buzzing about a “climate farm bill,” some of the most impactful changes, including crop diversification and shifting diets from meat toward plants, are barely on the negotiating table."

Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [21]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [39]
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Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [7]
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Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Civil Eats [41], 05/02/2023
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"Navajo Nation, Activists Feel Cut Out As Company Plans Uranium Mining [42]

"When a foreign company started exploratory drilling for the possible return of uranium mining near Church Rock, community members say they were not informed in advance."

Environmental Justice [39]
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Source: NM Political Report [45], 05/02/2023
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"Supreme Court to Mull Voiding Chevron Ruling on Agency Power" [46]

"The US Supreme Court will consider overturning a decades-old legal doctrine that has given federal regulators broad power to define their authority, accepting an appeal that aims to put new constraints on environmental, consumer-protection and financial-watchdog agencies."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 05/02/2023
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