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PR Board May Name Emergency Boss for Electric Utility Amid Contract Flap [1]

"Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board is moving to install an emergency manager at the island’s state-owned utility amid criticism of a $300 million contract it awarded to a small Montana energy firm for work on the territory’s crippled electrical grid."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 10/26/2017
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"Zinke Funneled Millions To Questionable PACs" [8]

"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has directed millions of dollars in political contributions since 2014 to a network of Washington operatives that prominent conservatives have accused of profiting by misleading donors."

Economy & Business [9]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Politico [11], 10/26/2017
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"GOP Senators Advance Trump EPA Nominees Over Dems’ Objection" [12]

"A Senate committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump’s picks for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency over the objections of Democrats who pointed to the nominees’ past work for corporate clients they would now regulate."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [15], 10/26/2017
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"Hispanic Ranchers Dealt Blow In Lengthy Battle Over Grazing" [16]

"A group of Hispanic ranchers has been dealt a blow in their years-long feud with the federal government over grazing rights on land in New Mexico that has been used by their families for centuries."

Agriculture [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [18]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: AP [20], 10/25/2017
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"Arsenic Reductions in Drinking Water Tied to Fewer Cancer Deaths" [21]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s revised rule on arsenic contamination in drinking water has resulted in fewer lung, bladder and skin cancers."

Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NY Times [24], 10/25/2017
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"Dems: EPA Nominee May Be Circumventing Confirmation" [25]

"Senate Democrats said Tuesday that a controversial Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominee could be circumventing the requirement that he be confirmed by the Senate."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [26], 10/25/2017
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"Senate Sends $36.5 Billion Disaster Relief Bill To Trump's Desk" [27]

"The Senate easily cleared a disaster relief bill on Tuesday, sending the legislation to President Trump's desk."

Disasters [28]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [29], 10/25/2017
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"Regulations: Mum's The Word About EPA's Rule-Cutting Task Force" [30]

"Eight months after President Trump established regulatory reform task forces at agencies, the U.S. EPA panel's work is still shrouded in secrecy."

Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Greenwire [32], 10/24/2017
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"Disaster Relief Bill Clears Major Hurdle in Senate" [33]

"A House-passed bill aimed at helping communities impacted by a string of recent natural disasters cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Monday evening."

Climate Change [34]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [35], 10/24/2017
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Courts Reverse Johnson’s Baby Powder Judgments for Nearly $500 Million [36]

"In back-to-back victories for Johnson & Johnson, the courts have reversed two judgments against the consumer products giant totaling nearly $500 million. The money had been awarded to women who said that they developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s talcum powder for decades."

Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NY Times [38], 10/24/2017
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