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"Trump Heads To Ohio As Biden Critics Assail Wreck Response" [1]

"Former President Donald Trump is slated to visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday as the 2024 presidential candidate and others intensify their criticism of the Biden administration’s response to the environmental disaster caused by a derailed train."

Environmental Politics [2]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Source: E&E News [6], 02/22/2023

"EPA To Take Control Of Ohio Derailment Response" [7]

"The Environmental Protection Agency will take control of the response to the Ohio train derailment and order rail company Norfolk Southern to clean up the contamination, the agency said Tuesday, the Biden administration’s strongest response yet to the disaster."

Chemicals [8]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Health [10]
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Transportation [13]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 02/22/2023

"Two Evangelical Leaders on ‘Radical Faith’" [16]

"With a focus on issues normally considered progressive, the Revs. Jim Wallis and Kyle Meyaard-Schaap hope to expand the evangelical political imagination."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [2]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [19]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NYTimes [20], 02/20/2023

"Water Utilities Brace for Imminent EPA Proposal on PFAS in Water" [21]

"Drinking water systems are preparing for the possibility that the EPA will try to codify its 2022 health advisories suggesting no amount of PFAS substances are safe, water attorneys say."

Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [10]
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Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [25], 02/20/2023

Group Is Spreading Misinformation To Stop Solar Projects In Rural America [26]

"Roger Houser's ranching business was getting squeezed. The calves he raises in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley were selling for about the same price they had a few years earlier, while costs for essentials like fuel and fertilizer kept going up. But Houser found another use for his 500 acres."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [22]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Floodlight/NPR [29], 02/20/2023

"Before Ohio Derailment, Norfolk Southern Lobbied Against Safety Rules" [30]

"The Trump administration abandoned rail safety rules that were pursued during the Obama era. The Biden administration is trying to revive some of them."

Chemicals [8]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [13]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [14]
Source: Washington Post [31], 02/20/2023

"UN Ocean Treaty Talks Resume With Goal To Save Biodiversity" [32]

"United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world’s marine biodiversity."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [4]
International [34]
Source: AP [35], 02/20/2023

Follow the Money With Campaign and Lobbying Data [36]

With a new Congress in place and the seemingly never-ending political races to track, reporters can often learn a good deal about how environmental policy is influenced by looking into campaign and lobbying donations. Backgrounder takes a deep dive into the topic, pointing to important sources of information and data … and their limitations.

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Hazmat Highway Routes Key to Keeping Public Safe [40]

In the wake of the train derailment and toxic spill in Ohio, now is a good time for environmental journalists to be ready for the next such accident. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox offers up a data source for another transportation risk — hazardous materials transported via highway. Plus, why rail hazmat data can be trickier to access.

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Chemicals [8]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Politics [2]
Health [42]
Infrastructure [22]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [13]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [14]
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Public [4]

EPA To Restore Pesticide Protections For Farmworkers Rolled Back Under Trump [43]

"The Biden administration is proposing to restore regulations aiming to protect farmworkers from pesticides that had been rolled back under the Trump administration."

Agriculture [44]
Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Hill [45], 02/17/2023

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