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"Oil And Gas Company Linked to EPA Chief Of Staff OKs $3.7M Settlement" [1]

"In July 2013, EPA inspectors found an oil and gas well pad on an Ohio Boy Scout camp was leaking air pollution that could worsen climate change and cause lung damage."

Air [2]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [7], 01/24/2020
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"Clean Water Act: Final WOTUS Rule Drains Wetland Protections" [8]

"A final rule unveiled by the Trump administration today eliminates Clean Water Act protections for the majority of the nation's wetlands and more than 18% of streams."

Agriculture [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [14], 01/24/2020
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Docs: Trump Mileage Standards Won't Make Cars Cheaper And Safer [15]

"President Trump has said his plan to weaken federal mileage standards would make cars cheaper and “substantially safer.” But the administration’s own analysis suggests that it would cost consumers more than it would save them in the long run, and would do little to make the nation’s roads safer."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Science [18]
Transportation [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [20], 01/24/2020
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Trump BLM Permit Moves Keystone XL Pipeline Closer To Construction [21]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday approved a right-of-way grant allowing for the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline across 44 miles of land in Montana."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [22], 01/23/2020
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"Factbox: Climate Change Plans Of The Leading US Democratic Candidates" [23]

"The leading Democratic candidates all believe climate change is an existential threat to the planet and have vowed to bring U.S. greenhouse gas emissions down to net-zero by 2050."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [24], 01/23/2020
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"EPA Advisers Try to Soften Tone of ‘Secret Science’ Report" [25]

"The EPA’s science advisers on Tuesday debated toning down the language of a draft report to agency chief Andrew Wheeler that finds flaws in the EPA’s proposed “secret science” rule."

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Science [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 01/23/2020
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"Interior: BLM Employees Look To Unionize Ahead Of Move West" [29]

"Staffers in the Bureau of Land Management's Washington headquarters could soon join a national federal employees union as BLM moves swiftly to relocate hundreds of positions out West."

Activism [30]
Government [31]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [32], 01/23/2020
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"Trump Eases Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands" [33]

"The Trump administration on Thursday will finalize a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and other water bodies, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had shackled them with onerous and unnecessary burdens."

Agriculture [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [12]
Planning & Growth [34]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [35]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [36], 01/23/2020
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"Supreme Court Allows Flint Water Lawsuits To Move Forward" [37]

"The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for water crisis victims to sue state and local government officials in Flint, Mich."

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [38]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [39], 01/22/2020
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"Meet America's New Superpolluters: Plastic Plants" [40]

"The Sunshine Project, a gargantuan petrochemical complex planned on 2,500 acres along the Mississippi River south of Baton Rouge, La., will be one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in America when it becomes fully operational in 2029."

Chemicals [41]
Climate Change [16]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: ClimateWire [42], 01/22/2020
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