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Trump EPA Rule Change Exploits Taxpayers For Mine Cleanup, Critics Say [1]

"When the Zortman Landusky gold and silver mine, located upstream from Montana’s enormous Fort Belknap reservation, went bankrupt in 1998, the cost of the cleanup fell on the US taxpayer. The costs keep growing."

Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Guardian [7], 12/19/2017
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EPA Offers No-Bid Media Contract; Zinke Reprimands Official on Climate Tweet, CDC Bans Phrases and More [8]

The CDC has apparently banned seven politically incorrect words and phrases, including “science-based," from budget documents. And a no-bid media contract for the EPA may include opposition research on agency employees. That, plus a climate tweet reprimand and more, in the latest edition of WatchDog.

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WatchDog TipSheet [9]
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Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Policy [15]
Science [16]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [5]
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Potential Conflicts Spotlight Concerns Over Trump Appointments [17]

As President Trump continues to fill environment and energy leadership positions in 2018, one source of stories will be potential conflicts of interest for appointed regulators and agency leaders. This week's TipSheet runs down more than 20 key appointments to watch at EPA, Interior, Ag, Energy and more.

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Agriculture [19]
Air [20]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Government [12]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Policy [15]
Pollution [4]
Science [16]
Technology [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [5]
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What Oil Drilling Looks Like in the Arctic Refuge, 30 Years Later [28]

"These satellite images of a small part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge show the site of what, so far, is the only oil well ever drilled in the refuge, an exploratory well known as KIC-1 that was completed in the mid-1980s. The well was plugged and abandoned, and the drilling equipment and a special timber pad it sat on have long since been removed."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Natural Resources [3]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
Source: NY Times [30], 12/18/2017
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"The Taking" [31]

"The federal government’s boldest land grab in a generation produced the first border wall — and a trail of abuse, mistakes and unfairness."

Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [3]
People & Population [32]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: ProPublica/Texas Tribune [34], 12/18/2017
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Final Permit For Disputed Michigan Mine Gets Accepted. Tribe Digs In. [35]

"As a massive open pit mine inches forward, Menominee tribe looks to legal remedies".

Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [3]
People & Population [32]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Source: EHN [37], 12/18/2017
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Enviro Group Launches $1M Ad Campaign Hitting Trump Monument Decision [38]

"A conservation group is launching a $1 million television and radio advertisement campaign targeting three House Republicans over President Trump’s decision to shrink monument protections in Utah."

Activism [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [40], 12/15/2017
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"Final GOP Tax Bill Would Allow Arctic Refuge Drilling" [41]

"A tax cut compromise reached Wednesday by GOP negotiators contains a plan to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [3]
People & Population [32]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
Source: The Hill [42], 12/14/2017
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"Trump’s Mining Nominee Once Dropped by the Agency for Doing “Junk” Work [43]

"Previously accused of sabotaging the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Steven Gardner is now likely to be its next chief."

Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Waste [44]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: ProPublica [45], 12/14/2017
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"Former Republican EPA Chiefs Blast Controversial Alaska Mining Project" [46]

"Three former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrators who served under Republican presidents came out against a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska on Tuesday."

Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [47], 12/13/2017
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