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Trump EPA Pick Voices Doubts On Climate, Defends Oil Industry Funding [1]

"President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expressed doubt about the science behind global climate change during a contentious Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, but added he would be obliged for now to uphold the EPA's finding carbon dioxide poses a public danger."

Source: Reuters [2], 01/19/2017

Agriculture: "Trump's Last Vacant Cabinet Post" [3]

"Three days before Donald Trump is to be inaugurated as America’s new president, just one Cabinet agency lacks a nominee to lead it: the Department of Agriculture."

Source: Atlantic [4], 01/18/2017

Canada vows action on mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows [5]

"The Chief of Grassy Narrows First Nation is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to commit in writing to cleaning up the mercury that has contaminated the river near his community. Late Monday, a spokesperson for Trudeau said the federal government will take action to deal with the Grassy Narrows mercury contamination 'once and for all.'"

Source: Toronto Star [6], 01/18/2017

"EPA cranks out toxics rules during Obama’s last days in office" [7]

"Chemical regulation: EPA cranks out toxics rules during Obama’s last days in office"

Source: C&EN [8], 01/18/2017

"The twilight of Tokyo's legendary fish market" [9]

As tuna stocks continue to decline, a key Japanese fish market works to stay current.

Source: BBC News [10], 01/18/2017

"Will Better Science Help Protect Us from Chemical Exposures?" [11]

"A new National Academy of Sciences' risk assessment could accelerate public health protection from pesticides."

Source: Civil Eats [12], 01/18/2017

"Dakota Access company files motion to halt environmental study" [13]

"Energy Transfer Partners has filed a motion to bar the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from initiating an environmental study for its controversial Dakota Access pipeline crossing at Lake Oahe in North Dakota."

Source: Reuters [14], 01/18/2017

"Thirty pronghorn die trying to cross frozen Idaho river" [15]

"Thirty pronghorns, close cousins to antelope, died while crossing a frozen river in south central Idaho, in a very rare event for the sure-footed mammals, state wildlife managers said Tuesday."

Source: Reuters [16], 01/18/2017

"Obama directs $500 million to Green Climate Fund just before Trump takes office" [17]

"The Obama administration wrote a second check for $500 million on Tuesday to the Green Climate Fund, an international organization designed to help the developing world adapt to global warming and deploy more clean energy technologies."

Source: Mashable [18], 01/18/2017

"U.S. scientists officially declare 2016 the hottest year on record" [19]

"In a powerful testament to the warming of the planet, two leading U.S. science agencies Wednesday jointly declared 2016 the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record set just last year — which, itself, had topped a record set in 2014.

Average surface temperatures in 2016, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were 0.07 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than 2015, and featured eight successive months (January through August) that were individually the warmest since the agency’s record began in 1880.

Source: Washington Post [20], 01/18/2017

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