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"Army Bill For Public Records On Contaminant: About $300,000" [1]

"The U.S. Army has put a price tag on releasing the results of water tests for a dangerous contaminant at military installations: nearly $300,000."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Military [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [11], 03/21/2019
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Deer Park Chemical Blaze Extinguished [12]

UPDATE: "All tank fires extinguished at ITC facility in Deer Park" (ABC 13) [13]

Air [14]
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Houston Chronicle [18], 03/20/2019
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Western States Finalize Landmark Drought Plan For Colorado River Water [19]

"Faced with reservoirs less than half full along the Colorado River, federal authorities and negotiators for Colorado and six other Western states on Tuesday finalized a landmark plan to share the burden of voluntarily using less water as growing cities and warming temperatures deplete the supply for 40 million people."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Denver Post [25], 03/20/2019
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Dem Lawmakers Call for Interior Ethics Probe [26]

"A pair of Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Interior Department watchdog to look into ethical concerns involving a number of key agency officials."

Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [29], 03/19/2019
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"How Trump's New Rule-Slashing Judge Could Sway Green Issues" [30]

"President Trump's deregulatory boss is now seated on one of the most powerful courts in the nation, where she'll have lifetime tenure to influence environmental policy and other issues."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Greenwire [31], 03/19/2019
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Pentagon Pushes for Weaker Standards On PFAS Chemicals In Drinking Water [32]

"Facing billions of dollars in cleanup costs, the Pentagon is pushing the Trump administration to adopt a weaker standard for groundwater pollution caused by chemicals that have commonly been used at military bases and that contaminate drinking water consumed by millions of Americans."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Military [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NY Times [33], 03/19/2019
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Geoengineering: U.S. Blocks Global Resolution On Efforts To Cool Earth [34]

"The United States joined Saudi Arabia to derail a U.N. resolution that sought to improve the world's understanding of potential efforts to lace the sky with sunlight-reflecting aerosols or use carbon-catching fans."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Technology [35]
Public [9]
International [36]
Source: ClimateWire [37], 03/18/2019
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"Jay Inslee Is Running For President To Fight Climate Change" [38]

"Democratic candidate says other issues matter, but America cannot afford to have another leader who does not have climate change as their top priority".

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [39], 03/18/2019
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EPA Scales Back Proposed Ban, Limits Deadly Chemical in Paint Strippers [40]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday new limits on a lethal chemical found in paint stripping products that has been linked to more than 50 deaths since the 1980s."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NY Times [42], 03/18/2019
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"5 Governors Oppose Trump Plan To Cut Great Lakes Spending" [43]

"Governors of five states oppose President Donald Trump’s call for a 90 percent spending cut for a Great Lakes cleanup program."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Source: AP [45], 03/15/2019
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