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"Regulations: Contradicting Trump, OMB Report Highlights Rule Benefits" [1]

"The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday evening released its annual report on the costs and benefits of federal regulations, showing that the benefits of major Obama-era rules far exceeded the costs."

Environmental Studies [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Policy [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News PM [7], 02/27/2018
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Environmental Impact Statements a Key Tool for Reporters, But for How Long? [8]

For decades, federal law has required environmental impact statements for big federal actions, like the building of dams, highways and more. Those impact statements, a valued reporting tool, may now be under threat. This week’s TipSheet explains how journalists can find them and use them, and why they could be at risk.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [2]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Planning & Growth [13]
Policy [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Most EPA Pollution Estimates Are Unreliable. Why Use Them? [14]

"Emission factors used to paint a broad picture of air quality often underestimate pollution, evidence shows".

Environmental Studies [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Center for Public Integrity [16], 01/29/2018
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Battle Builds Over Science Integrity in Environmental Policy [17]

Purges of EPA science panels by Administrator Scott Pruitt are just one among many moves in an ongoing dispute over the integrity of the environmental sciences in government policymaking. The latest Issue Backgrounder takes a deep dive with a briefing on five likely battles ahead for the coming year.

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Backgrounders [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [19]
Air [20]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [2]
Government [11]
Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Policy [4]
Pollution [15]
Science [25]
Technology [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [5]
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"Judge Deals Blow to Tribes in Dakota Access Pipeline Ruling" [27]

"The judge refused to shut down the oil pipeline during an environmental review. Lawyers pointed to a ‘historic pattern of putting all the risk and harm on tribes.’"

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Studies [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [28], 10/12/2017
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EPA Document Reveals Sharply Lower Estimate Of Cost Of Climate Change [29]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released a detailed 198-page proposed analysis of the costs and benefits of its move to repeal the Clean Power Plan, suggesting the administration plans to greatly decrease the government’s estimates of the cost of climate change."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [2]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [30], 10/12/2017
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New Enbridge Pipeline Across Northern Minnesota Not Needed, State Says [31]

"Enbridge's proposed new crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota isn't needed, and moreover the aging line it's supposed to replace should be shut down, the Minnesota Department of Commerce said in an analysis released Monday."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Studies [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune [33], 09/12/2017
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"Interior: Order Limits Most NEPA Studies To A Year, 150 Pages" [34]

"Citing a need to reduce 'paperwork,' the Interior Department has imposed controversial new restrictions on the length of crucial environmental studies."

Environmental Studies [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [35], 09/07/2017
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"Hurricane Harvey: Beleaguered Watchdog Investigates Chemical Blaze" [36]

"A federal investigative agency that President Trump sought to eliminate is now looking into a fire and explosions at a facility northeast of Houston that is owned by a well-connected French chemical company."

Chemicals [21]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Studies [2]
Pollution [15]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Greenwire [40], 09/05/2017
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Hilcorp’s Arctic Offshore Drilling Plan Advances, Despite EIS Concerns [41]

"A proposal for the first oil and gas drilling in federal offshore waters of the Arctic took a step forward Thursday as regulators released a draft environmental impact statement, which reflects concerns about the effects of the project on marine life and local communities."

Disasters [37]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Studies [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Antarctica & Arctic [43]
Source: InsideClimate News [44], 08/18/2017
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