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Manchin's small step a big leap for mankind

On a celebratory night in late 2016, the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower were lit up in green to remind the world to implement the Paris climate agreement. Yet in recent years, climate legislation in the United States has been stuck at a red light, most recently because…

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Economy and Society, August 2, 2022: Governor DeSantis bans ESG criteria in state pension fund management

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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In Congress, the name of a bill may have nothing to do with what's in it – it's all about salesmanship

Quick quiz: What’s the name of the compromise climate bill that U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, last week agreed to support?

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WVa cities, counties reach $400M settlement with drug firms

West Virginia cities and counties have reached a $400 million tentative settlement with three major U.S. drug distributors

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Joe Manchin hails expansive bill he finally agrees to as ‘great for America’

Rewritten $739bn bill, now called the Inflation Reduction Act, that tackles US debt and the climate crisis could pass Senate this week

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Manchin declines to say if he wants Dems to retain control

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who's one of the Democrats’ most conservative and contrarian members, is declining to say whether he wants Democrats to retain control of Congress after the November elections

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Record flooding in Kentucky and Appalachia kills more victims as searches continue

Major floods have devastated Eastern Kentucky and parts of Virginia and West Virginia. The death toll continues to climb as search and rescue teams cover the affected areas.

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After abortion ruling, WVa could become 1st to pass new bill

A bill up for a final vote in West Virginia’s Senate could make the state the first to pass new legislation restricting access to abortions after the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling

The Independent UK

Death toll rises in Kentucky flooding as rescue efforts continue

Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia are deploying search and rescue teams after flooding overwhelms communities.

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Republican-led states sue Department of Agriculture over nondiscrimination school meal guidance

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery (R), joined by 21 Republican attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on July 26, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee that aimed to overturn guidance from the Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service.…

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West Virginia v. EPA: Getting to Actual Delegation

The Court should assimilate the “major questions” doctrine of West Virginia v. EPA and its precedents—including Chevron and what came even before that—to an approach that asks whether Congress has made an actual delegation. Only this will serve the relevant separation-of-powers principle.

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First Thing: Texas Democrats push to blunt impact of state’s abortion ban

Blue cities aim to pass bills to protect those who receive and provide abortions: ‘The fight starts locally’. Plus, the myth of Marilyn Monroe

The Guardian - UK

‘What about my life?’ West Virginia girl, 12, speaks out against anti-abortion bill

Plea by Addison Gardner during public hearing against bill that would prohibit procedure in nearly all cases goes viral

The Guardian - US

Flooding in central Appalachia kills at least 8 in Kentucky

Heavy rains have caused flash flooding and mudslides as storms pound parts of central Appalachia

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Deadly Kentucky floods leave thousands without power

Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America.

The Guardian - US

Biden hails ‘most significant legislation to tackle climate crisis’ after Manchin says yes – as it happened

President lauds ‘huge step forward’ for his domestic agenda after deal between Manchin and congressional Democrats

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West Virginia v. EPA: Questions About "Major Questions"

The major questions doctrine inverts the Chevron doctrine, is indeterminate, and, as a practical matter, will encourage courts to engage in something more akin to political punditry than law.

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Judges block abortion bans in Wyoming, North Dakota

Judges have blocked abortion bans set to take effect this week in Wyoming and North Dakota amid lawsuits arguing that the bans violate their state constitutions

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Girl, 12, slams West Virginia’s anti-abortion bill at hearing: ‘What about my life?’

‘If a man decides that I’m an object, and does unspeakable, tragic things to me, am I, a child, supposed to carry and birth another child?’

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Man tied to officer's attack pleads guilty to lesser charges

A West Virginia man initially charged with attacking a police officer who died after the U.S. Capitol riot has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses

Reason

West Virginia v. EPA: What Would Have Been the Result Under the Chevron Doctrine?

The Court did not engage with the doctrine directly (as opposed to simply creating an exception to it). How, in fact, would the case have been decided under Chevron?

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West Virginia v. EPA: Was "Major Questions" Necessary?

A correct interpretation of the statute at issue—Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act—does not give the EPA the authority to issue the sort of regulations at issue in the case.

The Guardian - US

‘A moral imperative’: how southern ministers are trying to change minds about the climate crisis

Faith leaders in the skeptical south are working to persuade their congregations that climate action is a Christian duty

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Former West Virginia Star Pat White Lands NFL Coaching Job

The Mountaineers legend begins his first professional coaching role.

The Guardian - US

Democratic senator Joe Manchin tests positive for Covid

West Virginia senator, 74, who has thwarted Joe Biden on key policy goals, is fully vaccinated and has only mild symptoms

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