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"Bundy Ranch Standoff Trial Ends With Zero Guilty Verdicts" [1]

"A federal jury in Las Vegas did not return any guilty verdicts Tuesday against four men accused of taking up arms against federal agents during the Bundy Ranch standoff in 2014."

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Source: Arizona Republic [6], 08/24/2017
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"$417 Million Awarded in Suit Tying Johnson’s Baby Powder to Cancer" [7]

"In what may be the largest award so far in a lawsuit tying ovarian cancer to talcum powder, a Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million in damages to a medical receptionist who developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s trademark Johnson’s Baby Powder on her perineum for decades."

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Source: NY Times [9], 08/24/2017
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Endangered Whales Won't Reach Half Of Pre-Hunting Numbers By 2100 [10]

"Research finds endangered Antarctic blue, fin and southern right whales struggling to recover despite hunting bans".

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Water & Oceans [11]
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International [13]
Source: Guardian [14], 08/23/2017
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Energy Transfer Partners Sues Greenpeace, Claims Eco-Terrorism [15]

"Energy Transfer Partners LP has sued Greenpeace International, Earth First! and other groups, accusing them of inciting terrorist acts and vandalism to generate publicity and raise money for their causes while hampering the Dakota Access pipeline majority owner’s ability to raise money for projects."

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Source: Bloomberg [19], 08/23/2017
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Climate: Court Rules FERC Pipeline Approval Failed To Weigh Emissions [20]

"Federal regulators did not adequately consider greenhouse gas emissions when approving a natural gas pipeline project in the Southeast, a federal court today ruled."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [17]
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Source: Greenwire [22], 08/23/2017
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Clean Water Rule: Pruitt Stars In Industry Video Promoting WOTUS Repeal [23]

"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears in an agribusiness video urging farmers and ranchers to comment on the proposed repeal of the Obama-era Clean Water Rule, promoting the rollback of a regulation that he sued to stop as Oklahoma attorney general."

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Pollution [25]
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Source: Greenwire [26], 08/22/2017
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"In Solar Scuffle, Big Utilities Meet Their Match" [27]

"Solar advocates win a surprising victory in Nevada."

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]
Source: High Country News [29], 08/22/2017
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"Green Group Launches Ad Against Regs Reform" [30]

"An environmental group launched an advertising campaign Monday to oppose a pair of bills meant to make it more difficult for federal agencies to write regulations."

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Source: The Hill [31], 08/22/2017
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"Trump Rebuffs Coal Industry; CEO Claims Promise Broken" [32]

"The Trump administration has rejected a coal industry push to win a rarely used emergency order protecting coal-fired power plants, a decision one executive said breaks a personal promise from President Donald Trump to take the extraordinary step to benefit the industry."

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Source: AP [33], 08/22/2017
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"Refiner Valero's Secret Campaign Against U.S. Biofuels Mandates" [34]

"U.S. biofuels regulations, which mandate mixing corn-based ethanol into gasoline, have lately drawn together a diverse cast of political opponents."

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Source: Reuters [35], 08/22/2017
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