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"EPA’s Pruitt Faced Hill Pressure on Glider Truck Rule Repeal" [1]

"The EPA’s yearslong, tenuous effort to ease air pollution limits on trucks with rebuilt engines can be traced back to a day early in Scott Pruitt’s tenure as administrator."

Air [2]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [8], 03/18/2019
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Historic Floods Kill Three, Forces Hundreds From Homes Across Midwest [9]

"Heavy rain and melting snow that overpowered the Missouri River forced hundreds of families out of their homes in the Midwest and forced the base that is home to U.S. Strategic Command to sharply scale back operations on Sunday."

Disasters [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NBC News [12], 03/18/2019
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"Youth Activists Across Globe Protest For Climate Action" [13]

"Protests erupted across the globe on Friday led by youth activists demanding governments take action to thwart the inevitable effects of climate change."

Activism [14]
Climate Change [15]
People & Population [16]
Public [6]
International [17]
Source: The Hill [18], 03/18/2019
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Trump Admin Loosens Sage Grouse Protections, Benefiting Oil Companies [19]

"The Trump administration on Friday finalized its plan to loosen Obama-era protections on the habitat of the sage grouse, an imperiled ground-nesting bird that roams across 10 oil-rich Western states."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: , 03/18/2019
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EPA Scales Back Proposed Ban, Limits Deadly Chemical in Paint Strippers [23]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday new limits on a lethal chemical found in paint stripping products that has been linked to more than 50 deaths since the 1980s."

Chemicals [24]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NY Times [28], 03/18/2019
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"BLM Will Pay You $1,000 To Adopt A Wild Horse" [29]

"The Bureau of Land Management is offering people $1,000 if they’ll adopt a wild horse."

Agriculture [30]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Wildlife [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [31], 03/15/2019
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"5 Governors Oppose Trump Plan To Cut Great Lakes Spending" [32]

"Governors of five states oppose President Donald Trump’s call for a 90 percent spending cut for a Great Lakes cleanup program."

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Source: AP [34], 03/15/2019
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"Senate GOP Expected To Force Vote on Green New Deal in March" [35]

"Senate Republicans will bring the Green New Deal resolution to the floor as they try to jam Democrats on the progressive proposal."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [36], 03/15/2019
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"Proposed Yaphank Fish Farm To Pay $1.3M Fine For Illegal Sand Dig" [37]

"The owners of a long-proposed Yaphank fish farm have agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty for taking more than 200,000 yards of sand and gravel without a permit, one of the largest actions for illegally digging sand in state history, the Department of Environmental Conservation said Thursday."

Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: Newsday [39], 03/15/2019
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"How to Protect Manhattan from Climate Change? Make It Bigger" [40]

"After Hurricane Sandy flooded Lower Manhattan and caused massive damage to the city’s financial center, climate scientists agreed it was only a matter of time before a new superstorm would bring the same kind of damage — or worse."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [10]
Planning & Growth [41]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: NY Times [42], 03/15/2019
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