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"Perry Pushes Nevada Nuclear Waste Site In First Official Visit" [1]

"U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry pushed for opening Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in a meeting with the state's governor on Monday, but the local leader said he remains staunchly opposed to the project."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Waste [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [8], 03/28/2017

"Trump’s ‘Scorched Earth’ EPA Budget Draws Swift Reactions" [9]

"No agency in the federal government fared worse under Thursday’s proposed budget than the Environmental Protection Agency."

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [18], 03/17/2017

EPA Budget Cuts Threaten a Program Near You [19]

As the Trump administration proposes big cuts at environmental agencies like the U.S. EPA, the latest TipSheet explores how to dig up local angles from the budget action. Examples: Tracking changes at EPA regional offices and labs, at Superfund or at state revolving funds for clean water and safe drinking water programs.

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TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [23]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Pollution [16]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
California [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Northwest (OR WA) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
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Public [6]

Toxics Database a Key Tool for Environmental Journalists [29]

The Toxics Release Inventory has long been a vital reporting tool, and now there's a new edition of the database, issued last month by the outgoing Obama administration. Reporter's Toolbox walks you through how to smartly mine TRI for stories, whether you're a newbie or a veteran. Plus, TRI caveats.

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Reporters Toolbox [30]
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Chemicals [11]
Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Health [13]
Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [6]

"Governor Orders Evacuation Of Dakota Pipeline Protest Camp" [34]

"The governor of North Dakota ordered protesters on Wednesday to evacuate a demonstration camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the latest move to clear the area that has served as a base for opposition to the multibillion dollar project."

Activism [35]
Energy & Fuel [2]
People & Population [36]
Waste [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [37], 02/16/2017

Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns [38]

For the first time, Sundance Film Festival spotlighted a single theme, and it was climate change. Documentaries highlighting the issue including a sequel to Al Gore's blockbuster, as well as more than a dozen other films dealing with issues like coral reefs, recyling, changing landscapes and rainforest destruction.

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Features [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [35]
Agriculture [40]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Forests [41]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [36]
Policy [42]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [43]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
California [24]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [45]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
International [48]
Mexico [49]
Africa [50]
Australia & Oceania [51]
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Public [6]

WatchDog Group Sues for Records as Pruitt Confirmation Vote Nears & More [52]

The latest WatchDog TipSheet details an open-records case against U.S. EPA nominee Scott Pruitt (shown), the scoop on an Agriculture Department animal welfare database that vanished then returned, a reporter busted at Standing Rock, plus items on whistleblowers, coal-ash and more.

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WatchDog TipSheet [53]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [35]
Agriculture [40]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Policy [42]
Pollution [16]
Waste [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Turbulent Prospects on Environment-Energy Beat Likely in Trump Era [54]

While it's too soon to tell what the new Trump administration and 115th Congress will do, our special report suggests we may see a groundswell of environmental deregulation and massive energy development. Backgrounder looks at the top 10 energy-environment issues to watch in the President Trump era. 

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Backgrounders [55]
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Air [10]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [21]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [23]
Policy [42]
Pollution [16]
Science [56]
Transportation [57]
Waste [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [6]

Omnibus Politics: Building an Infrastructure Program [58]

Democrats and Republications may agree on a vast federal program to build and repair the nation's crumbling infrastructure, but still uncertain is what will be built, how it will be paid for and who will vote for it. TipSheet looks at the politics of public works (what journalists used to call "pork").

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TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [21]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Planning & Growth [59]
Policy [42]
Transportation [57]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [6]

As EPA, Other Agencies Muzzle Staff, WatchDog Issues Leaker's Guide [60]

At a time when government information may be harder than ever to access, WatchDog offers a unique guide to leaks that reporters can offer potential whistleblowers. Also in the latest column, sealed records on a weedkiller-cancer connection, secret talks on coal-ash regs and more. 

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WatchDog TipSheet [53]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [40]
Chemicals [11]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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