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"The elk are a main attraction in Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco. But ranchers who share the park say the elks’ numbers create problems."
"A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms."
"The federal government has approved new protections for 500 square miles of deep-sea coral habitat in the Gulf of Mexico."
"A federal judge's order invalidating three land use plans approved by the Bureau of Land Management during William Perry Pendley's "unlawful" tenure could spark a wave of litigation challenging oversight of millions of acres."
"China delivered a diatribe against U.S. climate policies on Monday, saying that under President Trump, the United States “is widely viewed as a consensus-breaker and a troublemaker.” Beijing’s Foreign Affairs Ministry blamed Trump’s “negative stance” and “retrogression on climate change” for undermining progress on an international climate accord."
"Each family had their reasons for ending up in harm’s way. For the Harts, it was the chance to have a large backyard in a quiet part of Ashland, Ore. The porch of the Baltimore house was perfect for Scott Harris' barbecue equipment. Kevin Boudreaux had grown up on the bayou and wanted to settle near his childhood home in Cameron, La."
"A group of 11 states and the District of Columbia on Monday urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen the first-ever proposed standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes and other aircraft."
"Nearly half of the continental United States is gripped by drought, government forecasters said Thursday, and conditions are expected to worsen this winter across much of the Southwest and South."
"An independent government watchdog will investigate the Trump administration's alleged political interference with public health agencies, Democratic senators announced Monday."
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[3] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17102020/california-ranchers-tule-elk-point-reyes-national-seashore
[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/local-news-dies-pay-play-network-rises-its-place
[5] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/technology/timpone-local-news-metric-media.html
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[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/china-delivers-diatribe-against-us-climate-policies
[11] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/10/19/china-delivers-diatribe-against-us-climate-policies/
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[17] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/climate/noaa-climate-call-drought.html
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/watchdog-investigate-allegations-trump-interference-cdc-fda
[19] https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/521716-government-watchdog-to-investigate-allegations-of-trump-interference-at-cdc
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