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Trump Environmental Rule Rollback — Tracking the Trackers [1]

The Trump administration has moved aggressively to roll back environmental and energy-related rules, so much so that keeping tabs on all the developments has become a major challenge. To help reporters get the lay of the land, this week's TipSheet has a roundup of more than a dozen regulatory tracking reports. Track the trackers.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
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National (U.S.) [11]
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Public [12]
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"Sierra Club Sues U.S. Energy Department Over Power Grid Study" [13]

"Environmental group the Sierra Club sued the U.S. Energy Department on Monday in hopes of forcing it to reveal the groups it has consulted in conducting an eagerly awaited study on the electricity grid."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [14]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Technology [15]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Reuters [16], 08/15/2017
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"A Legacy of Environmental Racism" [17]

"Exxon Mobil Is Still Pumping Toxins into Black Community in Texas 17 Years After Civil Rights Complaint"

Chemicals [18]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [20]
Public [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: The Intercept [22], 08/14/2017
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"Feds To Expand Review Of Emissions Standards For Cars" [23]

"The Trump administration is expanding its review of greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars."

Air [24]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [27], 08/11/2017
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As Hilcorp Plans to Drill in Arctic Waters, Violations Surface [28]

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In the energy industry, Hilcorp has built a reputation for fast growth, big profits and making people rich. ... In regulatory circles, however, and among environmentalists, Hilcorp has become known for different reasons."

Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Antarctica & Arctic [31]
Source: InsideClimate News [32], 08/10/2017
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"Coal Plants Might Be Even More Toxic Than We Thought" [33]

"An environmental disaster in North Carolina reveals that a rare, potentially dangerous compound is abundant in burned coal."

Chemicals [18]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [19]
Pollution [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg [34], 08/09/2017
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"Trump Might Start an Ethanol Trade War With Brazil" [35]

"President Donald Trump’s America First rhetoric is doing no favors for U.S. ethanol producers, who are hoping to avoid a trade fight with fuel buyers in Brazil."

Agriculture [36]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
South America [37]
Source: Bloomberg [38], 08/09/2017
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"U.S. Interior Department Rescinds Coal Valuation Rule" [39]

"The U.S. Department of the Interior said on Monday it has rescinded an Obama-era rule that reformed how energy companies value sales of oil, gas and coal extracted from federal and tribal land to protect taxpayers because it caused 'confusion and uncertainty' for energy companies."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Reuters [40], 08/08/2017
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"A Decades-Long Public Land Battle Continues In The California Desert" [41]

"Just beyond the southeast corner of Joshua Tree National Park, rows of boarded-up houses, gouged mountainsides and concrete ruins are an ugly reminder of the never-ending battle over the West’s public lands."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Natural Resources [42]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [12]
California [43]
Source: LA Times [44], 08/08/2017
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"U.S. To Relax Rules Protecting Sage Grouse, In Win For Oil Drillers" [45]

"The U.S. Interior Department on Monday launched an overhaul to an Obama-era plan to protect sage grouse that it says aims to both preserve the species of bird while expanding opportunities for oil development in western states where they live."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Wildlife [46]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Reuters [47], 08/08/2017
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