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"Death Toll Rises To 17 In California Mudslides, 17 Missing" [1]

"The death toll from devastating mudslides in affluent communities along a stretch of Southern California coastline rose to 17 on Wednesday after two more bodies were recovered, the local sheriff said, and the number of people missing also climbed to 17."

Source: Reuters [2], 01/11/2018

Fla. Is Exempted From Coastal Drilling. Other States Ask, ‘Why Not Us?’ [7]

"At 5:20 on Tuesday evening, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tweeted a photo of himself at the Tallahassee airport with Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, announcing that he had decided, after meeting with Governor Scott, to exempt the state from a new Trump administration plan to open up most of the nation’s coastline to offshore oil drilling."

Source: NY Times [8], 01/11/2018

Zinke Plans To Move Tens Of Thousands Of Workers In Huge Reorganization [9]

"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke launched an unprecedented effort Wednesday to undertake the largest reorganization in the department’s 168-year history, moving to shift tens of thousands of workers to new locations and change the way the federal government manages more than 500 million acres of land and water across the country."

Source: Washington Post [10], 01/11/2018

"To Fight Climate Change, New York City Takes on Oil Companies" [11]

"Seeking to position himself as a national leader against climate change, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a two-pronged attack against the fossil-fuel industry, including a vow that city pension funds would divest about $5 billion from companies involved in the fossil fuel business."

Source: NY Times [12], 01/11/2018

Sustainability Measurement in China: Fostering a Race to the Top [13]

The Earth Institute’s Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management invites you to this event at Columbia University in New York City. Reception follows.

Protecting Polar Ocean Spaces [14]

The Wilson Center invites you to Washington, DC for a description and discussion of two important December 2017 milestones in polar ocean governance. There will also be a livestream of this event.

"EPA: IG To Audit Pruitt's Hiring" [17]

"U.S. EPA's internal watchdog plans to review Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of a special hiring authority to fill top political jobs at the agency."

Source: Greenwire [18], 01/10/2018

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