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"EPA Finalizes Rule To Limit Science Behind Public Health Safeguards" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule to limit what research it can use to craft public health protections, a move opponents argue is aimed at crippling the agency’s ability to more aggressively regulate the nation’s air and water."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
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Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [9], 01/05/2021
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"DuPont Loses Bid for Mistrial After $50 Million PFAS Verdict" [10]

"The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Thursday denied DuPont’s request to declare a mistrial after a jury in March sided with cancer survivor Travis Abbott and his wife, Julie, awarding them damages for exposure to a type of PFAS the company produced at a facility along the Ohio River."

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Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [12], 01/04/2021
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How Trump Tried, but Largely Failed, to Derail Top U.S.Climate Report [13]

"The White House repeatedly attempted to thwart the country’s premier climate science document, one meant to steer policy for years. Scientists got in the way."

Climate Change [14]
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Environmental Studies [15]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [16], 01/04/2021
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"Biden to Block Still-Pending Trump Administration Regulations" [17]

"President-elect Joe Biden will issue a memo effective Inauguration Day that will block actions taken by the outgoing administration that haven’t yet become official, the transition team announced Wednesday."

Environmental Health [2]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg [18], 12/31/2020
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Warnock Brings a History of Black Faith Leaders’ Environmental Activism [19]

"Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.  served as pastor and his funeral was held, has been a leader in a growing movement among American Black churches to embrace environmental activism."

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Public [7]
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Source: Inside Climate News [20], 12/31/2020
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Whitmer Signs Bills Funding $641 Million Settlement In Flint Water Cases [21]

"Flint residents will have a measure of justice, more than six years after the city's drinking water was contaminated with toxic lead, thanks to two bipartisan bills signed Wednesday."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Source: Detroit Free Press [26], 12/31/2020
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"U.S. Likely Will Miss Goal Of Vaccinating 20 Million By The New Year" [27]

"Snowstorms, holidays, and general inexperience in handling a pandemic response is to blame for a "lag" in the number of Americans so far vaccinated for the coronavirus, according to U.S. officials."

Disasters [28]
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Government [29]
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People & Population [22]
Public [7]
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Source: NPR [31], 12/31/2020
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South Slow To Adapt to Rising Sea Levels, Other Climate Impacts [32]

Preparations for the inevitable impacts of the climate crisis in the South, the country’s most vulnerable region, have been hit or miss. And one of the toughest challenges — preparing coastal communities for inevitable flooding from sea level rise — is just beginning. More on the region’s climate adaptation considerations in the final entry in our “Covering Your Climate: The South [33]” special report. Plus, a backgrounder, additional tipsheets and a toolbox. 

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Climate Change [14]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [29]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [36]
Policy [37]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
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Crisis Threatens the Country’s Most Vulnerable Region [41]

As global warming worsens, effects like extreme heat, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding and inland flooding will have an outsized impact in the Southern United States. The latest entry in our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The South [33]” special report looks at those effects. Plus, read an introductory overview and watch for additional entries on climate mitigation and adaptation in the South.

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Agriculture [42]
Air [43]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [44]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [45]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [35]
Natural Resources [47]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [36]
Policy [37]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
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Public [7]
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Author Lopez Remembered; SEJ Speech Reshared [48]

Society of Environmental Journalists' members lamented the Dec. 25 death of renowned nature writer Barry Lopez, whose writings included "Arctic Dreams," "Of Wolves and Men" and more. Lopez gave SEJers a much-remembered address about writing, environmental journalism and more at the Barbra Streisand ranch in Malibu during the organization's 1999 annual conference in Los Angeles.

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