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SEJ Joins Amicus Challenge of FOIA "Deliberative" Loophole [1]

The Society of Environmental Journalists joined 28 other journalism groups intervening in a court argument over overuse of the "deliberative process" exemption to the Freedom of Information Act.

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"Trump Signs Landmark Land Conservation Bill" [5]

"President Trump on Tuesday signed into law the Great American Outdoors Act, a measure with broad bipartisan support that guarantees maximum annual funding for a federal program to acquire and preserve land for public use."

Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [7]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [9], 08/05/2020
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"Groups File Lawsuit To Stop Ambler Road Through Gates Of The Arctic" [10]

"A lawsuit was filed Tuesday to stop the Trump administration from building a 211-mile-long industrial road that would cross Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and the Kobuk Wild and Scenic River in Alaska."

Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [7]
Public [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [11]
Source: National Parks Traveler [12], 08/05/2020
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Plan To Allow Floating Fish Farms In Gulf Of Mexico Struck Down In Court [13]

"A federal appeals court has struck down plans backed by President Donald Trump's administration to open the Gulf of Mexico’s federal waters to fish farming, a practice opposed by environmental groups and elements of the seafood industry that depend on wild fisheries."

Fish & Fisheries [14]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [15], 08/05/2020
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"Mine Consultant Agreed Nevada Plant In Danger" [16]

"A botanist hired by a company planning to mine one of the most promising deposits of lithium in the world believes a rare desert wildflower at the Nevada site should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, a move that new documents show could jeopardize the project."

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [7]
Public [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: AP [19], 08/05/2020
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"The Politicians in FirstEnergy's Pocket" [20]

"The utility behind a $61 million anti-climate bribery scheme is trying to buy public officials across the country, a HEATED investigation shows."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HEATED [25], 08/05/2020
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300 Green Groups Say Senate Must Reject Trump's BLM Pick Pendley [26]

"More than 300 environmental groups are calling on senators to vote against President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), arguing William Perry Pendley should be disqualified because of his history of controversial comments and opposition to federal ownership of public lands."

Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [7]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [27], 08/04/2020
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Scholars: Pendley Has History of “Overt Racism” Toward Native People [28]

"William Perry Pendley pushed rhetoric, legal arguments, and policies that sought to deprive Indigenous people of their rights."

Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Intercept [30], 08/03/2020
  • Read more about Scholars: Pendley Has History of “Overt Racism” Toward Native People [28]

"Interior Floats Definition of Endangered Species ‘Habitat’" [31]

"The Trump administration is proposing to define the term “habitat” under the Endangered Species Act for the first time, according to a proposal the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday."

Biodiversity [17]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Wildlife [32]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [33], 08/03/2020
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"House OKs Spending Package That Reorders Energy Priorities" [34]

"House Democrats today [Friday] passed a $1.3 trillion spending package that puts them at odds with the Trump White House over Department of Energy funding priorities and would block permitting for the Pebble mine in Alaska."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [7]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [35], 08/03/2020
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