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EPA memo steers water money to disadvantaged communities

Federal officials have issued guidance that they say will ensure the country's largest-ever investment in water infrastructure doesn’t bypass disadvantaged communities

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2022

Fears for bees as US set to extend use of toxic pesticides that paralyse insects

EPA to approve plan for four types of neonicotinoid chemical to be used on US farmland – despite being banned in Europe

The Guardian - US · Mar 8, 2022

Department store workers who fought to reopen after 9/11 now suffering from ground zero illnesses

NEW YORK — Lori Ellis had a front row seat to the horrors of 9/11.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2022

NSW flood: Sydney residents in west and north-west evacuate as Warragamba Dam spills

Residents in Camden, Chipping Norton, Georges Hall, Lansvale, Milperra, Moorebank, Warwick Farm and other suburbs told to evacuate with thousands more preparing to leave

The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2022

Rivian Announces Dual Motor And Smaller Battery Options; Hefty Price Increases

We examine the announcement that Rivian plans to introduce dual-motor versions of the R1T and R1S as well as onerous price increases for its current offerings.

InsideEVs · Mar 1, 2022

NSW death toll rises to five; more ‘high impact’ storms forecast for Queensland – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2022

Supreme Court rejects Conservation Council of WA's challenge against Woodside Scarborough project

The Conservation Council of WA fails in its Supreme Court challenge against the $16.5 billion Scarborough project off WA's coast – the biggest gas development to be built in Australia in a decade.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2022

Supreme Court weighs new limits on EPA’s power to fight climate change

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices on Monday weighed whether to set strict limits on how the Biden administration can fight climate change through new regulations of plants that burn coal to produce electricity.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 28, 2022

Time for Bosnia to ‘get rid of Russian influence’: Analysts

The Ukraine crisis presents opportunity for Bosnia ‘to deal a decisive blow’ to Putin-backed separatists, experts say.

Al Jazeera · Feb 28, 2022

Supreme Court Digs into Statutory Details More than Standing or Nondelegation in West Virginia v. EPA

At today's oral argument, the justices explored Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, the major questions doctrine, justiciability and the regulation of advertising for four-foot cigars smoked through hookahs.

Reason · Feb 28, 2022