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FERC: Trump Taps Mcconnell Aide, Pa. Regulator To Serve On Commission [1]

"President Trump last night announced his intent to nominate a top adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and a Pennsylvania regulator to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission."

Energy & Fuel [2]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E Daily [7], 05/09/2017
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White House Again Postpones Meeting To Decide On Paris Climate Pact [8]

"A meeting of Trump administration advisers that had been scheduled for Tuesday to decide whether to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts, a White House official said."

Climate Change [9]
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Source: Reuters [10], 05/09/2017
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"Conservation Group Sues Trump Administration Over Sharks" [11]

"An environmental group is suing the Trump administration, demanding it protect a species of shark."

Fish & Fisheries [12]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [13], 05/08/2017
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Zinke Met By Protest As He Arrives To Consider Utah Monuments [14]

"SALT LAKE CITY — While protestors clogged the sidewalk outside, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he will be gathering perspectives of people on all sides of a deeply controversial issue as he reviews the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments."

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
Source: Deseret News [18], 05/08/2017
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"Trump Executive Order Promises to Slash Farm Regulations" [19]

"Will a new executive order 'promoting agriculture and rural prosperity' fulfill its promise? That depends on who you ask."

Agriculture [20]
Food [21]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Civil Eats [22], 05/08/2017
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Pruitt Will Recuse Himself From Lawsuits He Brought Against EPA [23]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has recused himself from ongoing lawsuits against the agency that he participated in during his previous job as Oklahoma attorney general."

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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [24], 05/08/2017
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"EPA: Pruitt Clarifies Testimony On Private Email" [25]

"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says he didn't mean to mislead lawmakers on his use of personal email for official business while Oklahoma attorney general."

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Source: Greenwire [26], 05/08/2017
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Outrage After Flint Sends Foreclosure Warnings Over Tainted-Water Bills [27]

"Thousands of Flint, Mich., residents have been warned that they could lose their homes if they don’t pay outstanding water bills — even as the city has just begun replacing lead-tainted pipes after a contamination crisis linked to a dozen deaths."

Environmental Health [28]
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Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Source: Washington Post [31], 05/05/2017
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"Inside The Debate Over Repealing Curbs On Methane Leaks" [32]

"A deadline is fast approaching for Republican lawmakers who want to undo an Obama-era regulation that aims to limit the emissions of methane — a powerful greenhouse gas — from energy production sites on public lands."

Climate Change [9]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [33], 05/04/2017
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Ohio Lawmakers Add Provision That Could Open State Parks To Fracking [34]

"Ohio legislators took a step toward allowing fracking in state parks, adding a provision in a pending budget that would strip the governor of the ability to control the issuing of licenses for the oil and gas drilling practice that has raised environmental concerns."

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Source: Reuters [35], 05/04/2017
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