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"Feds Remove Protections For 10M Acres Of Sage Grouse Habitat" [1]

"The Interior Department said Thursday it is withdrawing protections for 10 million acres of federal lands used by the threatened sage grouse to open it up for energy development."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Wildlife [5]
Public [6]
Source: AP [7], 10/06/2017
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"Dems Seek Investigation Into EPA Chief’S $25K Soundproof Booth" [8]

"House Democrats are asking for a federal investigation into Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s $25,000 soundproof booth."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [10], 10/06/2017
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"Monsanto’s Roundup Faces European Politics and U.S. Lawsuits" [11]

"Monsanto’s flagship weed killer, Roundup, has had a tough year. And it could get worse."

Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [14], 10/05/2017
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Trump Takes a First Step Toward Scrapping Obama’s Global Warming Policy [15]

"The Trump administration will repeal the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s effort to fight climate change, and will ask the public to recommend ways it could be replaced, according to an internal Environmental Protection Agency document."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Politics [3]
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Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [17], 10/05/2017
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High Subsidies Ensure Profit for Nearly Half New U.S. Oil Investments [18]

"Government subsidies to American energy companies are generous enough to ensure that almost half of new investments in untapped domestic oil projects would be profitable, creating incentives to keep pumping fossil fuels despite climate concerns, according to a new study."

Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: InsideClimate News [20], 10/04/2017
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"Policy: Perry Calls On FERC To Dismantle U.S. Power Markets" [21]

"Energy Secretary Rick Perry is proposing to turn back the clock on the nation's organized electricity markets, directing federal energy regulators to consider cash subsidies for coal and nuclear power plants that are unable to compete and face being shut down."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EnergyWire [22], 10/04/2017
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Clean Water Rule Rollback Seen As Death Blow For 'Very Unique Habitat' [23]

"POCOSIN LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. — Tea-colored water seeps from bogs here in eastern North Carolina's soggy, shrubby "blacklands," as local farmers call them."

Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [26], 10/04/2017
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"Rick Perry Manages To Unite Oil, Gas, Wind And Solar — Against Him" [27]

"As he did nearly a year ago to win the presidency, Donald Trump has done the seemingly impossible and brought together disparate coalitions of unlikely interests. This week, it happened again when Trump managed to unite an unlikely band of fossil-fuel and renewable-energy advocates."

Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [28], 10/04/2017
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"White House To Request $29 Billion For Hurricane Relief" [29]

"WASHINGTON - The White House is preparing a $29 billion disaster aid request to send to the U.S. Congress after hurricanes hit Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida, a White House official said on Tuesday."

Disasters [30]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [31], 10/04/2017
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"U.S. Interior Dept. Watchdog Launches Probe Into Zinke's Travel" [32]

"The Interior Department’s watchdog agency has launched an investigation into Secretary Ryan Zinke’s travels after reports emerged last week that he had used a private plane owned by an oil executive, the inspector general’s office said on Monday."

Environmental Politics [3]
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Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [33], 10/03/2017
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