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April 13, 2018

DEADLINE: IJNR's Upper Mississippi River Institute [1]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists on an expenses-paid exploration of the upper reaches of the Mississippi River basin, Jun 16-23, 2018. Take a deep dive into agriculture, water quality and the implications of the next Farm Bill. Apply by Apr 13.

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]

Protesters Rally For And Against Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline [9]

"Thousands participated in the anti-pipeline protest, another 200 staged support rally".

Activism [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
Canada [13]
Source: CBC News [14], 03/12/2018
  • Read more about Protesters Rally For And Against Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline [9]

"Trump's Infrastructure Push Hits Wall In Congress" [15]

"Less than a month after its release, President Trump's infrastructure plan appears to have crashed and burned in Congress."

Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [17]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [19], 03/12/2018
  • Read more about "Trump's Infrastructure Push Hits Wall In Congress" [15]

"Trump Rollbacks Target Offshore Rules ‘Written With Human Blood’" [20]

"PORT FOURCHON, La. — A dozen miles off the coast, on a rusty, aging platform, workers in hard hats and overalls spend their days extracting oil and gas from the ocean floor before retreating at night into tiny weather-beaten steel cubes that act as dorms."

Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NY Times [23], 03/12/2018
  • Read more about "Trump Rollbacks Target Offshore Rules ‘Written With Human Blood’" [20]

"Greens Sue Trump Over Walrus Protections" [24]

"An environmental group sued the Trump administration over its decision not to institute federal protections for the Pacific walrus species."

Climate Change [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Wildlife [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [27], 03/09/2018
  • Read more about "Greens Sue Trump Over Walrus Protections" [24]

"Federal Court Will Hold First-Ever Hearing On Climate Change Science" [28]

"A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered parties in a landmark global warming lawsuit to hold what could be the first-ever U.S. court hearing on the science of climate change."

Climate Change [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [29]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: McClatchy [30], 03/09/2018
  • Read more about "Federal Court Will Hold First-Ever Hearing On Climate Change Science" [28]

"What Swamp? Lobbyists Get Ethics Waivers To Work For Trump" [31]

"President Donald Trump and his appointees have stocked federal agencies with ex-lobbyists and corporate lawyers who now help regulate the very industries from which they previously collected paychecks, despite Trump’s promises as a candidate to drain the swamp in Washington."

Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [32], 03/09/2018
  • Read more about "What Swamp? Lobbyists Get Ethics Waivers To Work For Trump" [31]

"The EPA’s New Environmental Justice Adviser Has a Plutonium Problem" [33]

"More than 40 people inhaled radioactive dust while working for a company whose vice president is now advising Scott Pruitt."

Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [34]
People & Population [35]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New Republic [36], 03/09/2018
  • Read more about "The EPA’s New Environmental Justice Adviser Has a Plutonium Problem" [33]

With Tooke’s Resignation, Scandal Continues To Burn U.S. Forest Service [37]

"Months before U.S. Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke abruptly resigned, his superiors at the Agriculture Department were made aware of the scandal that brought an end to Tooke’s 30-year career."

Agriculture [4]
Forests [38]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [40], 03/09/2018
  • Read more about With Tooke’s Resignation, Scandal Continues To Burn U.S. Forest Service [37]

Dems Unveil $1T Infrastructure Plan, Undo GOP Tax Cuts To Pay For It [41]

"As the White House struggles to finance an ambitious infrastructure plan, Senate Democrats are proposing one alternative — albeit one unlikely to pass muster with President Trump: rolling back the recently passed Republican tax overhaul."

Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [42]
Transportation [17]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [43], 03/08/2018
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