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"Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Is Shutting Down" [1]

"Forty years after the worst commercial nuclear power plant accident in United States history unfolded on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, the only nuclear power reactor still operating there is preparing to shut down."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [7], 05/09/2019
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House Panel Threatens Salaries Of Interior Staff Who Block Interviews [8]

"The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday threatened to withhold the salaries of Interior Department officials who have blocked lawmakers from interviewing agency employees about whether Secretary David Bernhardt was complying with recordkeeping laws."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Politico [11], 05/09/2019
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Politics Putting Down Stakes Over Oil, Gas Leasing on Federal Lands [12]

The leasing of public lands to drill for oil and gas may seem a labyrinthine topic. But it could be time to get wonky and, ahem, drill down on it, as the politics of 2020 bring the controversial practice to the fore. The latest Backgrounder helps get you up to speed on the story.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [17]
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Public [5]
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"Dem Senators Call For Probe Into EPA Officials Over Memo Language" [18]

"Two Democratic senators are calling for another probe into the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) air office after comments from an old lobbying client were incorporated verbatim in an EPA memo."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [20], 05/07/2019
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June 25, 2019 to June 26, 2019

Africa Blue Economy Forum [21]

The second annual forum in Tunis, Tunisia will focus on opportunities and innovations in emerging and frontier sectors of the Blue Economy and how they can help accelerate Africa’s transformation.

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Climate Change [14]
Diversity [23]
Economy & Business [2]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region: 
Africa [28]

Climate Change Has US Fund Managers Adjusting Agriculture Investments [29]

"After historic floods devastated Midwestern agricultural states this spring, some fund managers are evaluating how climate change will affect the long-term value of companies that make or sell products ranging from tractors to fertilizer."

Agriculture [30]
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [2]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [31], 05/03/2019
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"Why Is China Placing A Global Bet On Coal?" [32]

"China, known as the world's biggest polluter, has been taking dramatic steps to clean up and fight climate change. So why is it also building hundreds of coal-fired power plants in other countries?"

Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [9]
Public [5]
Asia [33]
Source: NPR [34], 05/03/2019
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SEC Blocks More Shareholder Climate Resolutions, Citing ‘Micromanagement’ [35]

"The Securities & Exchange Commission has more Trump appointees now, and energy and utility companies see an ally as they try to stop investors' climate resolutions."

Activism [36]
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [37], 05/03/2019
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"Advocacy: Documents Reveal Lobbying For Wheeler, Bernhardt" [38]

"New documents show the extent to which industry gave a lobbying boost to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler's nomination to lead the agency."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E Daily [39], 05/02/2019
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"Trump and Democrats Agree to Pursue $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan" [40]

"Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting at the White House on Tuesday and announced that President Trump had agreed to pursue a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to upgrade the nation’s highways, railroads, bridges and broadband."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Politics [9]
Transportation [41]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [42], 05/01/2019
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