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"Indiana House Backs Slowing Coal Power Plant Closures" [1]

"The Indiana House narrowly endorsed on Monday a proposal aimed at making it more difficult for Indiana electric companies to close more coal-fired power plants."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Source: AP [8], 02/04/2020
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‘Last Days of the Mighty Mekong’ and ‘Dead in the Water’ [9]

The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions and a biodiversity hotspot. But massive hydropower projects have put the Southeast Asian body of water, as well as the lives of the people and natural world around it, in serious jeopardy. In the latest BookShelf, writer Melody Kemp, who lives alongside the legendary river, reviews two volumes that help explain what’s killing the Mekong.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Food [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [16]
Planning & Growth [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region: 
International [19]
Asia [20]
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Public [6]
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"Trump’s Border Wall Faces Environmental Challenge at High Court" [21]

"Environmental groups are calling on the Supreme Court to review the legality of the Trump administration’s decision to exempt various border wall projects from environmental laws."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [24], 02/03/2020
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How Corporations Use Deceptive "Mercenary Science" To Evade Regulation [25]

In public discourse about our supposed post-truth society, most op-eds fixate on the way that social media can create separate reality bubbles. Few focus on what David Michaels, Obama's Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), calls "mercenary science" — science-for-hire, contracted out by chemical and pharmaceutical companies to prove that their harmful products aren't harmful by giving them the quantitative imprimatur of STEM knowledge."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Salon [27], 02/03/2020
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"Host UK 'Does Not Have Clear Vision' For Last-Ditch Climate Talks" [28]

"Developing countries and climate campaigners are growing increasingly concerned that the UK lacks a clear strategy for hosting vital UN talks on the climate crisis, amid fears of a conflict of interest in government between seeking post-Brexit trade deals and a global climate settlement."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
Europe [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 02/03/2020
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New Emails Show How President Trump Roiled NOAA During Hurricane Dorian [31]

"A trove of documents released on Friday evening provides the clearest glimpse yet into how President Trump’s inaccurate statements, altered forecast map and tweets regarding Hurricane Dorian’s forecast path rattled top officials along with rank and file scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in September."

Disasters [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Science [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [33], 02/03/2020
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"People: EPA Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson Heads For The Exit" [34]

"Ryan Jackson, one of the Trump EPA's most powerful players behind the scenes, is joining a prominent mining trade group."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [35]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Greenwire [36], 02/03/2020
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"Lawsuit: EPA Has Dragged Feet On Oil Spill Dispersant Rules" [37]

"Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana are asking a federal court to make the Environmental Protection Agency set new rules for use of oil spill dispersants, citing worries about the chemicals’ health and environmental effects."

Chemicals [38]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [39]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [40], 01/31/2020
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"Biofuels: Fuel Fight Roils Corn Country" [41]

"CORNING, Iowa — A fight over how to fuel Americans' cars is beginning to wear on Ray Gaesser. Gaesser farms 5,500 acres of corn and soybeans in Adams County, where cornfields stretch to the horizon and one of the biggest employers is a corn-to-ethanol plant."

Agriculture [42]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Greenwire [43], 01/31/2020
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"Regulations: Administration Eyes Changes To Environmental Enforcement" [44]

"The White House issued a notice today seeking input on efforts to "reform enforcement" — a potential boon for the energy industry."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Greenwire [45], 01/31/2020
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