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"E.P.A. Head Stacks Agency With Climate Change Skeptics" [1]

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, "a former Oklahoma attorney general who built a career out of suing the agency he now leads, has moved to stock the top offices of the agency with like-minded conservatives — many of them skeptics of climate change and all of them intent on rolling back environmental regulations that they see as overly intrusive and harmful to business."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [9], 03/08/2017
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"Senate To Consider Resolution Rolling Back Obama-Era Land Rule" [10]

"The Senate is set to roll back another Obama-era environment rule this week. Senators on Monday will begin the process of repealing a Bureau of Land Management rule to reorganize the government’s land planning and management guidelines."

Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [13], 03/07/2017
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"GOP Chairman Seeks $50M To Transfer Federal Land" [14]

"The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee is asking budget writers to set aside $50 million to account for the costs to transfer federal land to state or local governments."

Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [15], 03/07/2017
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"Senate Votes To Kill Worker Safety Rule Aimed At Federal Contractors" [16]

"President Trump and congressional Republicans are poised to roll back a series of Obama-era worker safety regulations targeted by business groups, beginning Monday night with a vote by the Senate to kill a rule that required federal contractors to disclose and correct serious safety violations."

Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [17], 03/07/2017
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"Exxon's Auditor Could Hold Key Piece of Climate Fraud Investigation" [18]

"A high-stakes legal battle between ExxonMobil and the New York attorney general's office is roiling around documents held by the company's auditors. Those documents, usually dry disclosures that hold little public interest, could afford a candid—and perhaps damaging—glimpse into Exxon's private calculations of the business risks posed by climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: InsideClimate News [20], 03/07/2017
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"Oklahoma Tribe Sues Oil Companies In Tribal Court Over Earthquake" [21]

"An Oklahoma-based Native American tribe filed a lawsuit in its own tribal court system Friday accusing several oil companies of triggering the state’s largest earthquake that caused extensive damage to some near-century-old tribal buildings."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [22]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: AP [24], 03/07/2017
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Get Wise on Water Rule [25]

Wondering what WOTUS is? Or how the Clean Water Rule relates to the Clean Water Act and to the Section 404 permitting program meant to prevent the destruction of U.S. wetlands? Our Beat Basics column explains the history and background of the rule to help you cover White House, EPA and court action likely ahead.

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Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Water & Oceans [29]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [7]
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Draining a Different Kind of Swamp [30]

As the Trump administration last week began its rollback of the Clean Water Rule, reporters are likely to see many more stories about wetlands permitting — especially on the local level. The latest TipSheet walks you through the Section 404 permitting maze and helps you find out what's happening in your locale and state.

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TipSheet [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [29]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
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Public [7]
  • Read more about Draining a Different Kind of Swamp [30]

"Court Rules Wyoming Wolves Should Be Stripped Of Federal Protections" [33]

"Wolves in Wyoming should be stripped of Endangered Species Act protections and management given to the state rather than the U.S. government, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, a decision that opens the door for hunting of the animals."

Laws & Regulations [6]
Wildlife [34]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [35], 03/06/2017
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Court Backs Oil Firms, Not Levee Authority In Wetlands Damage Suit [36]

"A federal appeals court refused Friday (March 3) to revive the east bank levee authority's controversial lawsuit charging oil and gas companies with threatening hurricane levees by digging exploration and production canals through Louisiana's coastal wetlands. It was the latest setback to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East's four-year effort to make the companies pay for environmental damage inflicted decades ago."

Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [38], 03/06/2017
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