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Trump Rollbacks Create Pollution Nightmare in Congressfolks' Backyards [1]

A new report from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) details the impacts of President Trump's environmental rollbacks on the districts and states of the Congress members who oversee EPA.

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Earther [7], 10/23/2020
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"Trump Order Strips Workplace Protections From Civil Servants" [8]

"A new executive order from President Trump makes it easier to hire and fire civil servants that work on policy, stripping some protections from career employees before a potential change in administration."

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Science [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [11], 10/23/2020
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Debate: Biden Says U.S. Needs To Move Off Oil To Tackle Climate Change [12]

"President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden laid out starkly different visions Thursday night on whether the United States needs to transition away from fossil fuels to address climate change, in the lengthiest exchange two presidential candidates have ever had on the topic."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [16], 10/23/2020
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"Cars Clog Highways As Families Flee East Troublesome Fire In Colorado" [17]

"The East Troublesome Fire is continuing to devastate parts of northern Colorado, swallowing homes and businesses in its path."

Climate Change [13]
Disasters [18]
Forests [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: CNN [20], 10/23/2020
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Greens Sue Over Study Of Deepwater Horizon Impacts On Endangered Species [21]

"Conservation groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday, arguing it failed to fully consider the effects on endangered species when reviewing the environmental damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill."

Disasters [18]
Environmental Politics [2]
Environmental Studies [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [25], 10/22/2020
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"Industry Lawyers Resist Relying on Trump Environmental Rollbacks" [26]

"Federal agencies’ recent rewrites of regulations for environmental reviews, water jurisdiction, and coal ash are too vulnerable to legal and political winds to steer business decision-making, attorneys said Wednesday during an American Bar Association conference."

Environmental Politics [2]
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Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 10/22/2020
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"How Trump Gutted OSHA and Workplace Safety Rules" [28]

"Trump’s attack on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has left workers vulnerable to Covid-19."

Agriculture [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [2]
Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [33], 10/22/2020
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MacArthur 'Genius' Brings Attention To Local Fight Against Sewage Failures [34]

"If Catherine Flowers ever received a calling to take on a career in environmental activism, it likely came in the form of mosquito bites."

Activism [35]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [31]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [36], 10/22/2020
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"Amy Coney Barrett Won’t Discuss Ties To Country’s Biggest Oil Lobby" [37]

"Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett repeatedly dodged questions about the scientific reality of climate change during her Senate confirmation hearing last week, and questions asked away from live cameras offered little more clarity."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HuffPost [38], 10/22/2020
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"5 Alaska Tribes Protest Groundwork For Tongass Logging" [39]

"Five tribal nations of southeast Alaska are objecting to a federal agency decision that leaves the U.S. Forest Service poised to open 9 million acres in the Tongass National Forest to logging."

Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [2]
Forests [19]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [41]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Indian Country Today [42], 10/21/2020
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