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When Women Lead: Women’s Environmental Voting Records in Congress, 1972-2021

Environmental News Bits

In previous iterations of our report When Women Lead (in 2003 and 2011), we analyzed the voting records of federal legislators going back to 1983 using League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Environmental Scorecard data. Read the full story from Rachel’s Network.

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

Last year the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the authority of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to restrict large livestock farms to protect the state’s water, a rebuke to a 2011 state law that limited the DNR’s authority to regulate CAFOs. Milking parlor in Lenawee County.

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Why is Beautiful California Losing Congressional Seats? Constrained Local Housing Supply Influences National Politics

Environmental and Urban Economics

Kahn, 2003. " Costa & Matthew E. The Rising Price of Nonmarket Goods ," American Economic Review , American Economic Association, vol. 93(2), pages 227-232, May. At the same time that demand is rising, progressive and educated areas such as California have limited the supply of housing. Kahn, Matthew E.,

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Climate Change Threatens Already Poor Air Quality in California’s Central Valley

Union of Concerned Scientists

While agricultural burning declined between 2003 and 2011, reducing particulate pollution by more than 50%, California’s record-breaking drought has led to a tripling of the amount of waste burned , with some fearing further escalation of burning as drought persists.

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Federal Water Tap, May 30: Supreme Court Narrows Wetlands Protections

Circle of Blue

The Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget is proposing to update rule-writing guidelines that were last updated in 2003. The main chemical of concern is perchlorate, which the agency said in 2011 it would regulate in drinking water. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Texas Tech University a $2.5

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HEI Energy, Penn State Study Uses 28,500 Water Sample Results To Help Identify Oil & Gas Industry Groundwater Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Baka explained the study is based on 28,500 water sampling results submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection as part of pre-shale gas well development by shale gas operators since about 2011. Unconventional shale gas well drilling started in 2003 in Pennsylvania, resulting in 14,294 wells drilled. [In

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'Badly Broken' Bayer postpones split to improve performance

Corp Watch

Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest by Peter Pringle (Simon & Schuster, 2003). Books, 2003). Faith, Hope and $5,000: The Story of Monsanto—The Trials and Triumphs of the First 75 Years by Dan J. Forrestal (Simon & Schuster, 1977). June 2007). Smith (Yes!