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Trump Private Finance Plan for Infrastructure Worries Rural States [1]

"President Trump’s promise to find $1 trillion for infrastructure ran headlong into the senior senator from Wyoming, who said on Wednesday that the White House plan to raise private money for roads and bridges wouldn’t do much to help his rural state."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Transportation [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 02/09/2017
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GOP Statesmen Propose Replacing Obama’s Climate Plans With A Carbon Tax [8]

"A coalition of veteran GOP officials — including five who have either served as treasury secretary or as chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers — will meet Wednesday with top White House officials to discuss the prospect of imposing a national carbon tax, rather than using federal regulations, to address climate change."

Climate Change [9]
Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [11], 02/08/2017
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"Trump Firm Loses Bid to Limit Cleanup Liability for Property" [12]

"South Carolina regulators on Tuesday rejected an effort by the Trump Organization to limit its environmental cleanup liabilities at an industrial site once owned by President Trump’s eldest son."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [14], 02/08/2017
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"Offshore Wind Moves Into Energy’s Mainstream" [15]

"When engineers faced resistance from residents in Denmark over plans to build wind turbines on the Nordic country’s flat farmland, they found a better locale: the sea. The offshore wind farm, the world’s first, had just 11 turbines and could power about 3,000 homes. That project now looks like a minnow compared with the whales that sprawl for miles across the seas of Northern Europe."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Public [5]
International [16]
Source: NY Times [17], 02/08/2017
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Trump Team Tied to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Being Pushed by White House [18]

"On January 25, President Donald Trump’s team listed the Atlantic Coast pipeline among the White House’s top priorities for infrastructure projects, an attempt to deliver on his campaign promise to invest in U.S infrastructure programs."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: DeSmog [19], 02/07/2017
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"House Begins Quest For Funding For Trump’s Infrastructure Plan" [20]

"The House hearing intended to raise the curtain on President Trump’s call for infrastructure investment was into its third hour Wednesday when the time came for Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) to speak up."

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Transportation [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [21], 02/06/2017
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"Toshiba to Exit Nuclear Construction Business" [22]

"Toshiba Corp. plans to stop building nuclear power plants after incurring billions of dollars in losses trying to complete long-delayed projects in the U.S., a move that could have widespread ramifications for the future of the nuclear-power industry."

Economy & Business [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [23]
Public [5]
International [16]
Source: Wall St. Journal [24], 02/01/2017
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"A Polluted Site, and a Potential Mess for the Trump Organization" [25]

"An attempt by the Trump Organization to limit its liabilities at a polluted site in South Carolina once owned by President Trump’s oldest son may have just hit a wall."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [26], 02/01/2017
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Turbulent Prospects on Environment-Energy Beat Likely in Trump Era [27]

While it's too soon to tell what the new Trump administration and 115th Congress will do, our special report suggests we may see a groundswell of environmental deregulation and massive energy development. Backgrounder looks at the top 10 energy-environment issues to watch in the President Trump era. 

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Trump's Promise to Pay for Infrastructure With Fossil Revenue Is Iffy [36]

"Among the fuzzy pledges President Trump has made in his energy plans, his idea to pay for a $1 trillion public infrastructure program with a bonanza of fossil fuel mining and drilling revenue stands out as particularly far-fetched."

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Source: InsideClimate News [37], 01/31/2017
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