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"Groups File Lawsuit To Stop Ambler Road Through Gates Of The Arctic" [1]

"A lawsuit was filed Tuesday to stop the Trump administration from building a 211-mile-long industrial road that would cross Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and the Kobuk Wild and Scenic River in Alaska."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: National Parks Traveler [7], 08/05/2020
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Public Institute Became A De Facto Lobbying Arm Of The Timber Industry [8]

"As Oregon Gov. Kate Brown crafted a bill in 2018 to enact sweeping limits on greenhouse gas emissions, leaders at an obscure state agency worked behind the scenes to discredit research they feared would persuade her to target one of the state’s most powerful industries."

Climate Change [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Forests [11]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [12]
Source: Oregonian/OPB [13], 08/05/2020
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"Mine Consultant Agreed Nevada Plant In Danger" [14]

"A botanist hired by a company planning to mine one of the most promising deposits of lithium in the world believes a rare desert wildflower at the Nevada site should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, a move that new documents show could jeopardize the project."

Biodiversity [15]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [16]
Source: AP [17], 08/05/2020
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"How the Pandemic Defeated America" [18]

"How did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a dust mote has humbled and humiliated the planet’s most powerful nation. America has failed to protect its people, leaving them with illness and financial ruin. It has lost its status as a global leader. It has careened between inaction and ineptitude. The breadth and magnitude of its errors are difficult, in the moment, to truly fathom."

Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [21]
Health [22]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Atlantic [24], 08/05/2020
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"The Politicians in FirstEnergy's Pocket" [25]

"The utility behind a $61 million anti-climate bribery scheme is trying to buy public officials across the country, a HEATED investigation shows."

Climate Change [9]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [21]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: HEATED [27], 08/05/2020
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300 Green Groups Say Senate Must Reject Trump's BLM Pick Pendley [28]

"More than 300 environmental groups are calling on senators to vote against President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), arguing William Perry Pendley should be disqualified because of his history of controversial comments and opposition to federal ownership of public lands."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [29], 08/04/2020
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"How Joe Biden’s Surprisingly Ambitious Climate Plan Came Together" [30]

"During a recent virtual fundraiser focused on climate action, former vice president Joe Biden made a direct appeal to voters young enough to be his grandchildren."

Activism [31]
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [2]
People & Population [33]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [34], 08/04/2020
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India: "Sixty-Thousand Evictions in the Name of Environmentalism" [35]

"The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is relocating whole slums to help restore polluted rivers. Is it doing more harm than good?"

Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [2]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [5]
Asia [38]
Source: Undark [39], 08/03/2020
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Scholars: Pendley Has History of “Overt Racism” Toward Native People [40]

"William Perry Pendley pushed rhetoric, legal arguments, and policies that sought to deprive Indigenous people of their rights."

Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [21]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Intercept [41], 08/03/2020
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"US: Snake River Dams Will Not Be Removed To Save Salmon" [42]

"The U.S. government announced Friday that four huge dams on the Snake River in Washington state will not be removed to help endangered salmon migrate to the ocean."

Environmental Politics [2]
Environmental Studies [43]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: ABC News [45], 08/03/2020
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