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"Congress Passes Sprawling Plan To Boost Conservation, Parks" [1]

"A bipartisan bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks and other public lands is on its way to the president’s desk after winning final legislative approval."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [7], 07/23/2020
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"The Teenagers at the End of the World" [8]

"Young climate activists like Jamie Margolin are building a movement while growing up — planning mass protests from childhood bedrooms and during school."

Activism [9]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
People & Population [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [12], 07/22/2020
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"21 State Attorneys General Sue Over New Trump Water Rule" [13]

"Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that new federal rules undermine their ability to protect rivers, lakes and streams within their borders."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [17], 07/22/2020
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"Environmental Group Sues Feds Over Grizzly Bear Decision" [18]

"An environmental group filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Tuesday for failing to release public records on the termination of a program to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades in Washington state."

Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Wildlife [21]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [22], 07/22/2020
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"Interior: Mont. Governor Sues To Block Pendley's 'Unlawful' Tenure" [23]

"Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) has added his name to the growing list of those challenging the legality of William Perry Pendley's authority to lead the Bureau of Land Management."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [25], 07/22/2020
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"EPA: How Biden Could Use Air Law To Vanquish Trump Climate Legacy" [26]

"Because the Trump administration spent 3 ½ years demolishing its predecessor's Climate Action Plan, Biden's team would have an opening to update rules for carbon, methane and hydrofluorocarbons that would exceed their Obama-era counterparts or be more tailored to the political, judicial and economic realities of the 2020s."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [27], 07/22/2020
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"New Emails Show How Energy Industry Moved Fast to Undo Curbs" [28]

"The messages, made public in a lawsuit, suggest the E.P.A. rescinded a requirement on methane at the behest of an executive just weeks after President Trump took office."

"WASHINGTON — Not long after President Trump’s inauguration, the head of a fossil fuels industry group requested a call with the president’s transition team. The subject: Barack Obama’s requirement that oil and gas companies begin collecting data on their releases of methane.

That outreach, by Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, appeared to quickly yield the desired results.

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [31], 07/22/2020
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Ohio House Speaker Charged With $61 Million in Bribes for Energy Bailout [32]

"Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R) helped pass a controversial nuclear bailout bill in exchange for almost $61 million in bribes, federal prosecutors said Tuesday as they announced racketeering charges against the official."

Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [34]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: The Hill [36], 07/22/2020
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"EPA Aims To Take East Chicago Homes Off Toxic Superfund List" [37]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to remove hundreds of once-contaminated East Chicago properties from its National Priorities List to spur development in the northwestern Indiana city that could potentially qualify homes for interior lead abatement."

Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: AP [39], 07/21/2020
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"Anti-Terrorism Chemical Safety Bill Heads for Trump Under Cloud" [40]

"A bipartisan bill extending the Chemical Facility Anti-terrorism Standards program cleared the U.S. House Monday and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk."

Chemicals [38]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 07/21/2020
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