"One Cabinet secretary is out of a job after a furor over his pricey flights. Now some critics are calling for the ouster of U.S. EPA boss Scott Pruitt and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Both also are under fire over travel."
"The Environmental Protection Agency confirms Harvey damaged a Harris County Superfund site. An environmental law expert helps us understand what it means."
"When it comes to climate change, we know where the most important warming agent — carbon dioxide — is coming from. Most of it is coming from the burning of fossil fuels, with additional contributions from deforestation and other causes."
"Monsanto’s flagship weed killer, Roundup, has had a tough year. And it could get worse."
"The Trump administration will repeal the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s effort to fight climate change, and will ask the public to recommend ways it could be replaced, according to an internal Environmental Protection Agency document."
"Overall, clean energy sources accounted for two-thirds of new electricity capacity worldwide in 2016, a new report says. "
"On Wednesday, Senate lawmakers will weigh whether to confirm as the chemical industry’s top regulator a scientist who over the past two decades has helped companies argue against stricter government regulation of potentially harmful compounds in everyday products."
"On Wednesday, Senate lawmakers will weigh whether to confirm as the chemical industry’s top regulator a scientist who over the past two decades has helped companies argue against stricter government regulation of potentially harmful compounds in everyday products."
"An Interior Department executive turned whistleblower who claimed the Trump administration retaliated against him for publicly disclosing how climate change affects Alaska Native communities resigned Wednesday."
Data-Driven Journalism, SEJ [19]
Snow Fall, NYT [20]
Nine Takeaways, NYT [21]
27 Monuments, NYT [22]
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[2] https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/stories/1060062231
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/harvey-damage-san-jacinto-waste-pits-shows-bigger-problems-epa
[4] https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/09/29/239715/harvey-damage-at-the-san-jacinto-waste-pits-illustrates-bigger-problems-with-how-the-epa-monitor-such-sites/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/scientists-may-have-found-solution-atmosphere%E2%80%99s-methane-mystery
[6] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/09/29/scientists-find-that-belching-cows-could-solve-a-key-mystery-about-the-atmosphere/?utm_term=.37f38b97d51a
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/monsanto%E2%80%99s-roundup-faces-european-politics-and-us-lawsuits
[8] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/business/monsanto-roundup-europe.html?_r=0
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-takes-first-step-toward-scrapping-obama%E2%80%99s-global-warming-policy
[10] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/climate/trump-climate-change.html
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/solar-energy-boom-sets-new-records-shattering-expectations
[12] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04102017/solar-power-record-growth-china-america-nrdc-iea-forecast-report
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/federal-judge-reinstates-obama-era-rule-methane-emissions
[14] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/04/senate-to-weigh-key-epa-nominees-with-close-ties-to-chemical-fossil-fuels-industries/?utm_term=.811e7bf8b82f
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/senate-weighs-key-epa-nominees-close-ties-chemical-fossil-fuels
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/interior-whistleblower-resigns-calling-zinke%E2%80%99s-leadership-failure
[17] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/04/whistleblower-resigns-keeping-my-voice-more-important-than-keeping-my-job/?utm_term=.aca3cf9bf5a7
[18] https://www.sej.org/social
[19] https://www.sej.org/publications/reporters-toolbox/data-driven-journalism-delivers
[20] http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek
[21] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/08/climate/nine-takeaways-climate-report.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate
[22] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/11/climate/doi-monument-review-five-to-watch.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate
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