"The trial in a lawsuit by a broad coalition of environmental groups seeking to force BNSF to cover its coal-train loads to prevent water pollution began Monday in federal court in Seattle."
"Florida voters rejected Amendment 1 on Tuesday, the utility-backed measure to limit rooftop solar expansion, after a scrappy, grassroots campaign and last-minute revelations raised doubts about the proponents’ claims that their goal was to expand solar generation."
"Donald Trump's surprising electoral win is likely to dominate the headlines for weeks. But, across the nation there were a variety of less-well-publicized votes on issues related to food and agriculture. Here are a few of those results."
"The Canadian company behind the Keystone XL oil pipeline said Wednesday that it will work with President-elect Donald Trump on reviving the Canada-to-U.S. project, which outgoing President Barack Obama rejected one year ago this week."
"Bears Ears isn’t the only local effort to get Obama to designate protections before he leaves office."
"President-elect Donald Trump does not have the traditional cadre of Washington insiders and donors to build out his Cabinet, but his transition team has spent the past several months quietly building a short list of industry titans and conservative activists who could comprise one of the more eclectic and controversial presidential Cabinets in modern history."
"His anti-regulatory stances, support of unfettered fossil fuel production, and his threat to pull the U.S. out of the Paris agreement, send ripple effects worldwide."
In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential upset, U.S. environmental and energy policy may undergo dramatic change. SEJournal Online has prepared a reporter’s watchlist of 12 stories with local angles and broad impact, ranging from fossil fuels to renewables, clean air to clean water, and infrastructure to public lands. Read on. [15]
"Just days after the historic Paris agreement officially came into force, climate denier Donald Trump’s victory has thrown the global deal into uncertainty and raised fears that the US will reverse the ambitious environmental course charted under Barack Obama."
"The nation’s first state ballot measure to impose a carbon tax on fossil fuels failed Tuesday on a crowded slate of statewide initiatives in Washington."
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[2] http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/environmentalists-sue-bnsf-to-cover-coal-trains-prevent-water-pollution/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/florida-voters-say-no-misleading-solar-amendment
[4] http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article113449438.html
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/food-and-ag-related-election-results
[6] http://jaysonlusk.com/blog/2016/11/8/food-and-ag-related-election-results
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/keystone-xl-pipeline-builder-eager-work-trump
[8] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/keystone-pipeline-work-with-trump-231135
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/where-will-west%E2%80%99s-next-national-monument-be
[10] http://www.hcn.org/articles/proposed-national-monuments-obama-map-public-lands
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/meet-trumps-cabinet-waiting
[12] http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/who-is-in-president-trump-cabinet-231071
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-puts-climate-denier-highest-office-climate-action-limbo
[14] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09112016/trump-us-president-climate-change-denier
[15] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal/will-new-broom-sweep-enviro-energy-policy-clean-tracking-trump-do-list
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/paris-climate-deal-thrown-uncertainty-us-election-result
[17] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/09/us-election-result-throws-paris-climate-deal-into-uncertainty
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/washington-voters-reject-initiative-impose-carbon-tax-fossil-fuels
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