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"For Some Anti-Vaccine Advocates, Misinformation Is Part Of A Business" [1]

[Sayer Ji] "is one of many anti-vaccine advocates with a business on the side. They promote false claims about the dangers vaccines pose, while selling treatments, supplementals or other services. Their potential market is the roughly 20% of Americans say they do not want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to recent polling."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [7], 05/12/2021
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"Reaching Back To The New Deal, Biden Proposes A Civilian Climate Corps" [8]

"It's a tough time to be a young person. COVID-19 has robbed many of them of experiences and plans. Their unemployment rate remains high. College enrollment is down. To address those concerns and bolster preparedness for a warming world, President Biden wants to retool and relaunch one of the country's most celebrated government programs: the Civilian Conservation Corps."

Climate Change [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [14], 05/12/2021
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"Conservation Easements: More Than A Tax Dodge, Report Finds" [15]

"Amid an ongoing debate on Capitol Hill over whether some private landowners are abusing a tax law aimed at encouraging conservation, a new analysis shows that — despite the price tags — the parcels being set aside help protect wildlife and habitat."

Biodiversity [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [18], 05/12/2021
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"Whitmer Threatens Profit Seizure If Pipeline Keeps Operating" [19]

"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened Tuesday to go after Enbridge’s profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the company defies her order to shut it down."

Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Source: AP [25], 05/12/2021
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"Canada Needs To Plug Methane Pollution From Abandoned Wells" [26]

"Annual methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells might be underestimated by as much as 150 per cent in Canada and 20 per cent in the U.S., according to a recent study from McGill University."

Climate Change [9]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Public [5]
Canada [27]
Source: National Observer [28], 05/12/2021
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Lawyer Who Sued Chevron Over Ecuador Pollution Faces NY Contempt Trial [29]

"A disbarred American lawyer who spent more than two decades battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest attempted on Monday to fend off criminal contempt charges stemming from a lawsuit against him by the energy company."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [30]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [31], 05/12/2021
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"Facing Rising Temperatures, Miami Appoints Chief Heat Officer" [32]

"Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) recently announced the county was creating a first-of-its-kind position — chief heat officer."

Climate Change [9]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 05/12/2021
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N.C. Pets Have High Levels of PFAS in Blood. Has It Made Them Sick? [35]

"N.C. State researchers tested for PFAS in 31 dogs and 35 horses living near the chemical plant. They found at least one measurable type of PFAS in every dog tested and all but one horse. Some of the levels were staggering."

Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [22]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: N.C. Health News [37], 05/12/2021
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Environmental Justice: EPA Chief Steps Into Contentious Chicago Project [38]

"EPA Administrator Michael Regan late last week intervened in what is being described as a civil rights case in the southeast side of Chicago, in an overburdened majority-Latino community where another car shredder is proposed."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [10]
Pollution [22]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [39], 05/12/2021
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"U.S. Waives Environmental Rule To Ease Fuel Shortages In 12 States" [40]

"U.S. environmental regulators issued emergency fuel waivers on Tuesday to help alleviate shortages in reformulated gasoline in 12 states and the District of Columbia as supplies tighten five days after a cyberattack shuttered the nation's biggest pipeline.

The Environmental Protection Agency initially said the fuel vapor rule waiver would continue through May 18 for fuel sold in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and that it may take other steps along with the Department of Energy (DOE).

Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [41]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [42], 05/12/2021
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