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"3M, Minnesota Settle Water Pollution Claims For $850 Million" [1]

"Industrial group 3M Co and Minnesota’s attorney general have agreed to settle a lawsuit over polluted groundwater, with the company agreeing to grant $850 million to the state for groundwater projects, the attorney’s office said on Tuesday."

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Source: Reuters [9], 02/21/2018
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"Making America Toxic Again" [10]

"Scott Pruitt’s job is to protect the environment. Unfortunately, God has other plans for him."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Science [12]
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National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Mother Jones [14], 02/21/2018
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Minnesota Readies Fight Against 3M In Water Pollution Trial [15]

Minnesota's $5 billion lawsuit against 3M for polluting natural resources is finally going to trial after yers of delay.

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Source: MPR News [16], 02/20/2018
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"Critics Blast EPA for Lowering Syngenta Pesticide Fine" [17]

"Critics are blasting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for dramatically lowering a fine on agribusiness company Syngenta for violations of pesticide regulations."

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Source: AP [19], 02/19/2018
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"Want Cleaner Air? Try Using Less Deodorant" [20]

"The deodorants, perfumes and soaps that keep us smelling good are fouling the air with a harmful type of pollution — at levels as high as emissions from today’s cars and trucks."

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Pollution [5]
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National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NY Times [23], 02/19/2018
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U.S. Environmental Penalties Nearly Halve In Trump's First Year: Report [24]

"The Environmental Protection Agency levied around half the average number of penalties against polluters in the first year of the Trump administration as in the same period of the past three presidential administrations, according to a report released Thursday."

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Source: Reuters [25], 02/16/2018
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"Top EPA Science Adviser Has History Of Questioning Pollution Research" [26]

"In 2015, the top toxicologist for the state of Texas, Michael Honeycutt, was interviewed on Houston Public Radio. At the time, the Environmental Protection Agency was pushing for tighter limits on ozone, a type of air pollution that is hazardous for people with asthma and other respiratory diseases."

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Source: NPR [27], 02/16/2018
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Coalition Warns Federal Funding Cuts Would Harm Great Lakes [28]

"Although it’s expected that President Trump’s plan to gut Great Lakes programs will be “dead on arrival” in Congress again, a major coalition of environmental groups is prepared to show how such draconian cuts could severely hurt public health and the economy — not just the environment."

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Source: Toledo Blade [29], 02/16/2018
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"After More Than A Year, Trump Still Doesn’t Have A Science Adviser" [30]

"When the Ebola virus began sweeping through West Africa four years ago, killing thousands of people and threatening to spread beyond the continent, President Obama turned to his science adviser for options."

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Source: Boston Globe [31], 02/16/2018
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Scientist Stands Between Pruitt and Destruction of EPA Science Panels [32]

"On January 26, after serving as a scientific advisor to the Environmental Protection Agency for about two years, Robyn Wilson received her first note from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt thanking her for her service—which was officially over. She had one year left in her term."

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Source: Mother Jones [33], 02/15/2018
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