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"Oil Giants Help Fund Powerful Police Groups In Top US Cities" [1]

"Big corporations accused of driving environmental and health inequalities in black and brown communities through toxic and climate-changing pollution are also funding powerful police groups in major US cities, according to a new investigation."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [9], 07/28/2020
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"EPA Inspector General to Investigate Trump’s Biggest Climate Rollback" [10]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog said Monday it had opened an investigation into the agency’s weakening of Obama-era regulations that would have limited automobile emissions by significantly raising fuel economy standards."

Air [11]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [13]
Transportation [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [15], 07/28/2020
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Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [16]

As hurricane season gets into full swing, a perpetual paradox reemerges — does disaster aid  help or harm? Government financial assistance in a disaster’s wake may seem a boon, but could it just encourage communities to repeat the mistakes of the past? The latest TipSheet explores the question and provides context, reporting resources and story ideas.

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Climate Change [12]
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Government [19]
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People & Population [21]
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Policy [23]
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"Your Used Mask Needs to Make It to the Trash Can" [25]

"They’re on beaches, in parking lots and on sidewalks. You probably won’t catch the coronavirus from a discarded mask, but the litter poses a risk to the environment."

Environmental Health [3]
Waste [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [27], 07/27/2020
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Enviros Threaten Suit Over Transport Of Liquefied Natural Gas By Rail [28]

"Two environmental groups on Friday threatened to sue the Trump administration over a newly published rule allowing the transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail."

Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [29], 07/27/2020
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"Dems Hit Bernhardt For Refusing To Wear Mask In Meeting With Tribes [30]

"Three Democratic senators are criticizing Interior Secretary David Bernhardt over reports that he refused to wear a mask in a meeting with tribes in Oregon earlier this month."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [31], 07/27/2020
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"Democrats Push Environmental Policies In $259.5B Budget Package" [32]

"The House added a number of environmental measures to the budget Friday, voting to block the Trump administration from drilling in the arctic or rejecting grants for projects and studies tied to climate change."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [33], 07/27/2020
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"Gold vs. Salmon: An Alaska Mine Project Just Got a Boost" [34]

"The Trump administration, rejecting concerns over the risks to Alaska's fishery, cleared the way on Friday for the Pebble Mine."

Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [37]
Source: NYTimes [38], 07/27/2020
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"U.S. Senator Duckworth Floats Plan To Rescue Coal Country" [39]

"Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth on Thursday unveiled a plan to rehabilitate communities hurt by the decline of the U.S. coal industry - an appeal to a political constituency seen as important in the November election."

Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [36]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [40], 07/24/2020
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Trump EPA Streamlines Uranium Mining Rules In Bid To Boost Mining [41]

"The Trump administration on Thursday moved to streamline water rules on uranium mining, in a move environmentalists said allows the Environmental Protection Agency to give up authority on regulating water pollution."

Economy & Business [42]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [44], 07/24/2020
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