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EPA Rollbacks Will Increase Air Pollution Amid Respiratory Pandemic [1]

"In less than a week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two policy changes that could have far-reaching consequences for the air above Massachusetts."

Air [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: WBUR [10], 04/03/2020
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"Trump To Host Oil Meeting: Who's Going And Why It Matters" [11]

"The White House is inviting the country's top oil executives to a meeting tomorrow [Friday] about the oil crisis as a wave of layoffs, spending cuts and bankruptcies send shock waves through the industry."

Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [8]
International [14]
Source: EnergyWire [15], 04/03/2020
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In Mountains and Deserts of Utah, Spotted Frogs Signal Climate Change [16]

"Mormon pioneers saw the frogs as messengers of clean water. Now, their survival is jeopardized by habitat loss, drought and soaring heat."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [20]
Public [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Source: InsideClimate News [22], 04/02/2020
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"Builder Of Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline Says It's Moving Forward" [23]

"After a decade of protests and political reversals in the U.S., the Canadian company behind the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline says it has made a final decision to build the long-delayed project. Once completed, it would deliver more than 830,000 barrels per day of crude oil from Alberta's oil sands, or 'tar sands,' region to the United States."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Canada [24]
Source: NPR [25], 04/02/2020
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Challengers Rev Their Engines To Fight Trump's Auto Emissions Weakening [26]

Blue states and environmental groups are eagerly preparing to sue the Trump Environmental Protection Agency over its rollback of climate-protecting vehicle emission standards.

Air [2]
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [27]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [28], 04/02/2020
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Warm Gulf Of Mexico Could Intensify Upcoming Tornado, Hurricane Seasons [29]

"Water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico are running more than three degrees above average, increasing the prospects for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes this spring and potentially stronger hurricane activity in the summer and fall."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: Washington Post [32], 04/02/2020
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EPA Finds Asbestos Poses Cancer Risks For Workers, Raising Calls For Ban [33]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that asbestos poses an unreasonable risk of cancer to both workers and consumers who inhale it, ramping up pressure on the agency to ban the substance."

Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [34], 04/02/2020
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Grand Canyon National Park Closes After Resident Tests Positive For Virus [35]

"The Grand Canyon National Park announced in a press release on Wednesday that it would close to the public after receiving a request to do so from Coconino County health officials."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [37]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Arizona Republic [38], 04/02/2020
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"Coronavirus Delays Key Global Climate Talks" [39]

"This year’s United Nations-sponsored climate talks, widely regarded as the most important climate meeting of the past four years, were postponed on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [8]
International [14]
Source: NY Times [40], 04/02/2020
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"Wheeler to IG: Take Back Report Critical Of Agency" [41]

"In a highly unusual move, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is calling on the agency's inspector general to scrap a new report that faults a lack of outreach to communities potentially exposed to a cancer-causing chemical."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [43], 04/02/2020
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