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"EPA Ordered To Update Rules On Oil Spill-Fighting Chemicals"

"A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must update nearly three-decade-old regulations about the chemicals that can be used to disperse offshore oil spills, which some environmental groups contend cause serious health problems."

Source: AP, 08/11/2021

"Soil And Its Promise As A Climate Solution: A Primer"

"Soil acts as a carbon sink in the global carbon cycle because it locks away decomposed organic matter. But deforestation, various agricultural practices, and a changing climate are releasing it back into the atmosphere and oceans as carbon dioxide, resulting in an imbalance in global carbon budgets."

Source: Mongabay, 08/11/2021

"Senate Approves Bipartisan, $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill"

"The Senate on Tuesday approved a roughly $1 trillion proposal to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections, advancing a historic burst in federal spending after years of failed attempts on Capitol Hill to invest anew in the country’s aging infrastructure."

Source: Washington Post, 08/11/2021

Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Funding Climate Programs

"The Senate took a major step early on Wednesday toward enacting a sweeping expansion of the nation’s social safety net, approving a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint along party lines that would allow Democrats to fund climate change, health care and education measures while increasing taxes on wealthy people and corporations."

Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2021

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