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Minnesota Needs Environmental Protections for Cumulative Impacts. Your State Does Too.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Should it become statute, this bill would give additional regulatory authority to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (the state regulatory agency) to limit or deny an environmental permit if the proposal would result in significant additions to the cumulative environmental and public health stressors around the facility.

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Environmental Protection Does Not Kill Jobs

Scientific American

The argument that we have to choose between saving nature and strengthening the economy is a false dichotomy

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Why Native Women’s Voices Are Crucial to Saving Brazil’s Forests

Yale E360

Cristiane Julião — a member of the Pankararu Indigenous group and co-founder of the National Articulation of Ancestral Warriors Women — challenges the deeply rooted sexism that hinders environmental protection in Brazil. The state needs to listen to women,” she insists. Read more on E360 →

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Close to 2,000 Environmental Activists Killed Over Last Decade

Yale E360

Between 2012 and 2022, at least 1,910 people advocating for environmental protection were killed worldwide, a new report finds. Read more on E360 →

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Public Comment: EPA Must Consider Climate Change When Reforming Chemical Disaster Rule

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a series of two Virtual Public Listening Sessions — June 16th and July 8th — for the public to provide input on the EPAs Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule also known as the ‘Chemical Disaster Rule’ Along with members from various other environmental nonprofits, union labor organizations, (..)

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How the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Benefits Big Oil and Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

This doctrine has played a crucial role in enabling agencies to enforce regulations on complex issues such as environmental protection, public health, and consumer safety. Slower Regulatory Process : The decision introduces a new level of difficulty into the regulatory process.

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Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Exceed EPA Estimates, Study Finds

Yale E360

A new study finds that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has severely underestimated methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas development, adding to a growing body of work showing that pollution from drilling is greater than EPA figures would suggest. Read more on E360 ?.