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As Zinke Listens On Utah’s Bears Ears, Natives Feel Unheard [1]

"Long after the Black Hawk helicopter carrying Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke flew off into the bright Utah sky, James Adakai stood in the airport parking lot with an angry frown frozen on his face."

Source: Washington Post [2], 05/15/2017

"Poison Vapor In Petoskey Condos Was 35X Above EPA Safety Level" [3]

"Northern Michigan's industrial past is returning to haunt the Petoskey waterfront, where environmental and public health officials are going door-to-door to test for poison vapors inside residences built on a Superfund site."

Source: Grand Rapids Press [4], 05/15/2017

"Suit Blames Well Contamination On Dominion's Possum Point Ash Ponds [5]

"A pair of Dumfries homeowners have filed suits seeking millions in damages from Dominion Energy, claiming heavy metals seeping from coal ash ponds at the Possum Point Power Station contaminated their drinking water wells."

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch [6], 05/15/2017

"Oregon Port Vote Is Latest Local Action On Fossil Fuels" [7]

"Residents of a coastal community in Oregon are considering whether to try to derail a fossil fuel export project in their rural county, a decision that could put them at odds with the Trump administration."

Source: AP [8], 05/15/2017

EPA Makes Way For Controversial Bristol Bay Alaskan Mine Project [9]

"U.S. EPA [Friday] cleared a path for the Pebble mine to begin the permitting process, promising to scrap the Obama administration's proposed restrictions on the southwestern Alaska project."

Source: Greenwire [10], 05/15/2017

"N.Y. Gas Project Abandoned in Victory for Seneca Lake Protesters" [11]

"The storage project would have brought more gas from Pennsylvania fracking country through New York’s Finger Lakes region. It sparked years of civil disobedience."

Source: InsideClimate News [12], 05/15/2017

Massive Imports Of Corn And Soybeans Belie "Organic" Label [13]

"A shipment of 36 million pounds of soybeans sailed late last year from Ukraine to Turkey to California. Along the way, it underwent a remarkable transformation."

Source: Washington Post [14], 05/15/2017

Two Experts Resign To Protest The EPA Science Committee Dismissals [15]

"In an expanding controversy over the role of science in the Trump administration, two expert advisers to the Environmental Protection Agency resigned Friday in protest at the dismissal of half of the members of a key science committee."

Source: Washington Post [16], 05/15/2017

"Trump’s Expected Pick for Top USDA Scientist Is Not a Scientist" [17]

"The USDA’s research section studies everything from climate change to nutrition. Under the 2008 Farm Bill, its leader is supposed to serve as the agency’s 'chief scientist' and be chosen 'from among distinguished scientists with specialized or significant experience in agricultural research, education, and economics.' But Sam Clovis — who, according to sources with knowledge of the appointment and members of the agriculture trade press, is President Trump’s pick to oversee the section — appears to have no such credentials."

Source: ProPublica [18], 05/15/2017

"Under Trump, Inconvenient Data Is Being Sidelined" [19]

"The Trump administration has removed or tucked away a wide variety of information that until recently was provided to the public, limiting access, for instance, to disclosures about workplace violations, energy efficiency, and animal welfare abuses."

Source: Washington Post [20], 05/15/2017

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