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The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Efforts to Protect the Environment [1]

"The potential ramifications of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency are profound."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: New Yorker [7], 01/14/2022
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"An Alabama Town’s Sewage Woes Test Biden’s Infrastructure Ambitions" [8]

"The new law allocates $11.7 billion for wastewater and stormwater projects. Will it get to the impoverished communities who need it most?"

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [12], 01/13/2022
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"EPA To Review Rules For Largest Source Of Lead In Air" [13]

"EPA today [Wednesday] announced plans to “review and evaluate” whether emissions from piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded fuel — the largest source of atmospheric lead pollution — endanger public health and welfare."

Air [14]
Chemicals [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [18], 01/13/2022
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Fashion Industry May Finally Face Accountability for Its Toxic Footprint [19]

"A bill before the New York State Assembly could finally impose some standards on an incredibly polluting but little-regulated industry: fashion."

Chemicals [15]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [10]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: Earther [22], 01/12/2022
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"Stirring Up Lead Dust In NYC Housing" [23]

"“You can have the best law on the books. But if it's not enforced, it's meaningless.”"

Activism [24]
Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: EHN [25], 01/12/2022
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EPA To Assess Impact On Endangered Species Before Approving Pesticides [26]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will evaluate the potential impact of new pesticide active ingredients on endangered species before registering them, reversing a decades-long policy."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [28]
Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Wildlife [30]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [31], 01/12/2022
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"US Navy To Drain Hawaii Tank System Blamed For Tainted Water" [32]

"After initially resisting, the U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii’s order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor blamed for contaminating drinking water, officials said Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Military [33]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [34]
Source: AP [35], 01/12/2022
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"White House Plan Aims To Protect Science From Politics" [36]

"The White House today [Tuesday] released a wide-ranging plan to strengthen the work of government scientists and protect them from political meddling."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [37]
Policy [38]
Science [39]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [40], 01/12/2022
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"EPA Moves To Crack Down On Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds" [41]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined storage ponds and speed up plans to close leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash sites."

Chemicals [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [42], 01/12/2022
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"Biden Consoles Residents in Fire-Ravaged Colorado" [43]

"President Biden flew to Colorado on Friday to console residents suffering from swift wildfires that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, while pointing to the devastation as evidence of the urgent need to address natural disasters rooted in the global climate crisis."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [37]
People & Population [45]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [46], 01/10/2022
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