"MISSOULA, Mont. — President Trump praised a Republican candidate’s assault last year on a reporter and fumed over his Democratic opponents here on Thursday night in a freewheeling rally meant to mobilize his base’s support in the coming midterm elections."
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"The grove of 47,000 quivering aspen trees in Utah is being diminished by mule deer, foraging cattle and human mismanagement."
"President Trump may disrespect the George H.W. Bush-inspired "points of light" program, but his lieutenants have given a remarkable and controversial boost to a past honoree who will now reportedly serve as the Interior Department's internal watchdog."
"The coal industry began to pivot away yesterday from a Department of Energy plan meant to help ailing coal and nuclear plants as the subsidy effort flounders amid political infighting."
"Greenhouse gases emissions from the largest U.S. industrial plants fell 2.7 percent in 2017, the Trump administration said, as coal plants shut and as that industry competes with cheap natural gas and solar and wind power that emit less pollution."
"SEATTLE — The Army Corps of Engineers has revived an environmental review of a controversial coal-export project in Washington a year after state environmental regulators denied the project a key permit."
"In Mexico Beach, Fla., Lance Erwin is one of the lucky ones. His house is still standing. He stayed in his home during Hurricane Michael, several blocks from the beach, in a part of his house that he calls his 'safe room.'"
"The EPA is signaling that commercial furniture refinishers may continue using a paint-stripping chemical called methylene chloride, reversing previous plans to significantly restrict both consumer and commercial uses."
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[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/us/politics/trump-greg-gianforte-montana.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej-cuny-foia-workshop-separating-facts-fake-news
[4] https://www.sej.org/calendar/power-renewables-summit-2018
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pando-most-massive-organism-earth-shrinking
[6] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/science/pando-aspens-utah.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/science
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/interior-questions-surround-appointment-new-watchdog
[8] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060103553
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-does-subsidy-plan-dying-what-will-trump-do-now
[10] https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060103317
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-greenhouse-emissions-fell-2017-coal-plants-shut
[12] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-emissions-carbon/u-s-greenhouse-emissions-fell-in-2017-as-coal-plants-shut-idUSKCN1MR2J4
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/army-corps-revives-review-washington-coal-export-project
[14] https://www.apnews.com/adaebb98a45648879f61b6c660688583
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/after-michael-call-stricter-building-codes-florida-panhandle
[16] https://www.npr.org/2018/10/17/658156093/after-michael-a-call-for-stricter-building-codes-in-floridas-panhandle
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-may-allow-furniture-workers-keep-using-paint-stripper
[18] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/epa-may-allow-furniture-workers-to-keep-using-paint-stripper
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