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"Prospect of Trump Tariff Casts Pall Over U.S. Solar Industry" [1]

"U.S. solar companies are snapping up cheap imported solar panels ahead of a trade decision by the Trump administration that could drive up costs and cloud the fortunes of one of the economy's brightest stars."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 07/26/2017
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Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [8]

A federal court has ruled unconstitutional a Utah law that made undercover filming of livestock operations illegal. What's it mean for similar laws elsewhere? The latest WatchDog has the story, plus news on protecting whistleblowers, a digital journalist's legal guide, shielding of climate info and leaked government reports.

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Activism [10]
Agriculture [11]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [18]
Policy [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [21]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
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"Michael Dourson Tapped To Lead U.S. EPA Chemical Program" [25]

"Michael Dourson, President Donald J. Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency’s office that oversees commercial chemicals and pesticides, is a board-certified toxicologist with decades of experience in risk assessment. Dourson’s close ties to the chemical industry, however, have some environmental groups raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest."

Chemicals [26]
Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Science [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: C&EN [28], 07/19/2017
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‘Cut Through Fog’ to Cover Trump’s Fast-Moving Environmental Policy Changes [29]

Policy experts and reporters at an SEJ forum in Seattle July 6 cautioned that environmental journalists must go into overdrive to keep up with fast and furious changes coming during the Trump Administration. Get more in our SEJ News coverage. [29] Photo: Former EPA official Dennis McLerran, left, fields a query from moderator Jeff Burnside. Read McLerran's full remarks here [30].

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Economy & Business [2]
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“Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” [32]

Writer David Owen's “Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” tells the story of the Colorado, while exploring water issues ranging from drought and climate degradation to cross-state and cross-border legal complexities.

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BookShelf [33]
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Agriculture [11]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [35]
Planning & Growth [36]
Water & Oceans [20]
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National (U.S.) [6]
California [37]
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“Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [39]

Author Lisa Palmer tackles a question many experts in the natural and social sciences are also pondering: How can we feed a growing world population in the coming decades when climate change is stressing global food production systems?

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BookShelf [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [11]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [2]
Food [14]
People & Population [40]
Policy [19]
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National (U.S.) [6]
International [41]
Africa [42]
Asia [43]
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"Natural Gas Building Boom Fuels Climate Worries, Enrages Landowners" [45]

"They landed, one after another, in 2015: plans for nearly a dozen interstate pipelines to move natural gas beneath rivers, mountains and people's yards. Like spokes on a wheel, they'd spread from Appalachia to markets in every direction."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [46], 07/17/2017
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Trump Admin Reduces Royalty Rates In First U.S. Oil, Gas Lease Sale [47]

"The Trump administration on Thursday announced its first offshore oil and gas lease sale, offering 76 million acres (30 million hectares) in the Gulf of Mexico and reduced royalty rates for shallow-water leases to encourage drilling at a time of low oil prices."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [48], 07/17/2017
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U.S. Flood Insurance Program Is Sinking. Rescuing It Won’t Be Easy. [49]

"PEQUANNOCK, N.J. — Time after time, as the river has risen and the water has crept up Roosevelt Street, Leni-anne Shuchter has fled the white clapboard home she bought more than four decades ago."

Disasters [50]
Economy & Business [2]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Planning & Growth [36]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [51], 07/17/2017
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July 31, 2017

DEADLINE: Illuminating Today's Japan for American Audiences [52]

One U.S.-based journalist will be selected on the quality of story idea for a 19-day reporting trip in Japan in the fall 2017, organized by the International Center for Journalists. Examples of issues that journalists could explore include business, trade, energy, culture, immigration and climate change.

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