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White House says new rule will restore community safeguards in reviews of pipelines and other major US projects.

The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells — including likely impacts on climate change and nearby communities. The longstanding reviews were scaled back by the Trump administration in a bid to fast-track projects and create jobs.

The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells – including likely impacts on climate change and nearby communities.

Mesa, Arizona (PRWEB) March 04, 2022 -- Owners’ Counsel of America, a property rights organization fighting for private landowners nationwide, has elected

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The Orleans Select Board is seeking to salvage what they can from the joint dredging of Nauset Harbor and inlet with Eastham

When physician and pathologist Dorothy Andersen confronted a slew of confounding infant deaths, she suspected the accepted diagnosis wasn’t right. Her medical sleuthing led to the world’s understanding of cystic fibrosis, a disease that affects the lungs, the pancreas and a host of other organs. But she is by no means a household name. Who was this scientist, and how did she come to quietly make such an important medical contribution? This is the Lost Women ...

NationofChange ‘Sacrifice zones’: How people of color are targets of environmental racism A product of environmental racism, “sacrifice zones” are located near pollution hot spots and are usually communities of color. , a project of the Independent Media Institute. The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how systemic racism disproportionately places danger and harm on low-income and minority populations. One harsh reality of this systemic r...

How people of color are targeted in sacrifice zones (Photo credit: wisepig/Flickr) A slew of enormous petrochemical facilities shape the skyline and pollute the environment along the Mississippi River corridor. The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how systemic racism disproportionately places danger and harm on low-income and minority populations. One harsh reality of this systemic racism is the existence of "sacrifice zones," which are ...