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Montana Asks Court To Toss Public Lands Decisions After Ousting BLM Boss [1]

"The state of Montana is asking the courts to throw out some major Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decisions after a federal judge ousted the agency’s acting director from his post."

Energy & Fuel [2]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [8], 10/07/2020
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"‘The Coal Industry Is Back,’ Trump Proclaimed. It Wasn’t." [9]

"For decades, waves of electricity poured from this behemoth of a power plant on the high desert plateau of the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, lighting up hundreds of thousands of homes from Phoenix to Las Vegas as it burned 240 rail cars’ worth of coal a day."

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Source: NYTimes [11], 10/06/2020
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Millions In US COVID-19 Aid Went To Companies With Pollution Violations [12]

"Businesses that have paid a collective $52 million in penalties for environmental offenses received up to $32 million in PPP money."

Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: HuffPost [17], 10/06/2020
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"Boris Johnson: Wind Farms Could Power Every Home By 2030" [18]

"Offshore wind farms will generate enough electricity to power every home in the UK within a decade, Boris Johnson has pledged. Speaking to the Conservative party conference, the PM announced £160m to upgrade ports and factories for building turbines to help the country "build back greener"."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [13]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [6]
Europe [20]
Source: BBC News [21], 10/06/2020
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"White House: Trump Team Delaying Work On Major Climate Report" [22]

"The Trump administration is slow-walking a mandatory climate report by not seeking out scientists to work on it, says one of the authors of the last National Climate Assessment."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [23]
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Water & Oceans [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [26], 10/06/2020
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"EPA Gives Oklahoma Environmental Oversight On Indian Lands" [27]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the state of Oklahoma’s request to administer environmental regulatory programs in Indian Country."

Environmental Health [14]
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Source: Indian Country Today [29], 10/06/2020
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Climate-Unfriendly Coal May Be Losing Ground in U.S., But Not Worldwide [30]

When it comes to climate change, coal’s carbon emissions mean trouble. But as Backgrounder explains, if the once-powerful coal industry is on the decline in the United States, the fuel’s still finding favor worldwide. And that’s bad news for the Paris climate accord’s hopes of gaining control of runaway warming. The story behind the “exaggerated death” of coal.

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After 3 Years Of Scrutiny, Fate Of Belfast Fish Farm Could Face Judge [43]

"Mainers casually following the nearly three-year-long effort to construct a $500 million land-based salmon facility in Belfast might be wondering what’s taken so long."

Environmental Politics [3]
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Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]
Source: Bangor Daily News [46], 10/05/2020
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CT Legislature Overwhelmingly Passes Environmental Justice Measure [47]

"Lawmakers in the special session passed a bill that would revise the state’s environmental justice regulations, and require facilities that impact the environment to improve communication with the public and provide services or funding that would mitigate any environmental effects on the surrounding community."

Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]
Source: Connecticut Examiner [48], 10/05/2020
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Michigan: "Whitmer Releases $500 Million Water Infrastructure Plan" [49]

"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a $500 million plan Thursday to upgrade drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in Michigan that includes actions such as replacing lead service lines and removing chemical pollutants."

Environmental Health [14]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Source: AP [51], 10/05/2020
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