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New EPA Rule Poses Greatest Threat to the Clean Water Act in a Generation
This article discusses changes to EPA Clean Water regulations – posing the greatest threat to the Clean Water Act in a generation.
April 15th is circled in red on calendars for tax day—and for the close of the public comment period on the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial proposal to rescind safeguards […]
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Trump brushes aside environmental concerns, signs 2 executive orders to speed up gas, oil projects
This article discusses Trump ignoring environmental concerns by signing 2 executive orders to speed up gas, oil projects.
Aiming to streamline oil and gas pipeline projects, President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two executive orders making it harder for states to block construction because of environmental concerns.
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Climate change group scrapped by Trump reassembles to issue warning
This The Guardian article discusses Trump’s attempt to kill a science panel that disagreed with his denialist attitude. Panel was disbanded after a Trump official voiced concerns that it did not have enough members ‘from industry’
The Trump administration disbanded the 15-person Advisory […]
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How Climate Change Is Fueling the U.S. Border Crisis
This New Yorker article discusses how Climate Change is fueling the U.S. Border Crisis. In the western highlands of Guatemala, the question is no longer whether someone will leave but when. This is the first piece in a series on the forces driving migration from Guatemala. You can read the second […]
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Federal Judge Finds that Trump’s order to open Arctic waters to oil drilling was unlawful
This New York Times article discusses a court case where that determined that Trump’s Order to Open Arctic Waters to Oil Drilling Was Unlawful, Federal Judge Finds.
The decision, by Judge Sharon L. Gleason of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, concluded […]
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Climate Change Emergency: Would It Be Legal? Would It Be Useful?
The Revelator article discusses what would be the effect of the next President declaring a climate change emergency. Environmental and constitutional law scholar Dan Farber explains what a climate change emergency declaration could achieve.
The possibility of declaring a national emergency to address climate change will probably remain under discussion […]
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DeSmog Blog
This week’s posting contains articles on the oil industry subterfuge. activists fighting the chemical industry in Louisiana, Australian deniers meeting with the Koch Brothers, the financial impact of Trump’s rollback of clean car standards and his appointing an Independent Petroleum Association of America insider to the top DOI post, […]
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Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions
This The Guardian article discusses how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions. The ‘Dieselgate’ scandal was suppressed for years – while we should have been driving electric cars.
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DeSmog Blog
This week’s email contains articles about:
Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact
‘All Rhetoric and No Action’: Oil Giants Spent $1 Billion on Climate Lobbying and Ads Since Paris Pact, Says Report
‘They Have Lied for Decades’: European Parliament Scrutinise […]
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DeSmog Blog
This week’s email discusses:
New Orleans Student on Global Climate Strike: ‘I Wouldn’t Be Anywhere Else’
Trump Budget for Renewables Slashed 70% Under Former Koch Insider’s Leadership
What President Trump, Fox and Breitbart Are Not Saying About Climate Science Denier Patrick Moore
Despite Risks, Canada’s Tar Sands Industry Is Betting […]
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