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Watch List for Trump Federal Agency Appointments [1]

Sarah Palin for Interior secretary? Her name is among those being mentioned for top environment and energy posts in the incoming Trump administration. To help you cover the shaping of the new cabinet, the latest TipSheet runs down better-known and lesser-known candidates being floated for EPA, Interior, Energy and Agriculture department chiefs. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Food [9]
Forests [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [20]

"EPA Delays Cleanup Proposal For Radioactive Waste In Missouri" [21]

"The U.S. government said on Tuesday it was delaying indefinitely its proposal for how to clean up or seal off radioactive soil buried in a St. Louis-area landfill adjacent to another waste site where an underground fire has been smoldering for several years."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Waste [17]
Public [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 11/23/2016

Infrastructure — Covering the Hidden, Neglected Stories [25]

With the nation's infrastructure suddenly atop the political agenda, thanks to incoming President Trump, Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton talks with SEJournal Online about his award-winning series on the neglected risks of septic system pollution, in our latest 'Inside Story' Q&A. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [7]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [16]
Waste [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [20]

"Californians Say Farewell To The Plastic Bag" [28]

"Californians now face a new grocery-store reality: No more plastic bags. Voters approved Proposition 67, the statewide ban on carry-out plastic bags, 52 percent to 48 percent."

Consumer [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Waste [17]
Public [20]
California [30]
Source: McClatchy [31], 11/11/2016

Will a New Broom Sweep Enviro-Energy Policy Clean? Tracking the Trump To-Do List [32]

In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential upset, U.S. environmental and energy policy may undergo dramatic change. SEJournal Online has prepared a reporter’s watchlist of 12 stories with local angles and broad impact, ranging from fossil fuels to renewables, clean air to clean water, and infrastructure to public lands. Read on. [32]

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [4]
Climate Change [33]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [34]
Transportation [35]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [20]

"Oklahoma Agency Plans to Shut Disposal Wells After Earthquake" [36]

"Oklahoma’s oil and gas regulator plans to shut some disposal wells and reduce the volume of others as its initial response to Sunday’s earthquake near the oil hub of Cushing."

Disasters [37]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Technology [38]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Bloomberg [40], 11/08/2016

"Sewage Plants Overlooked Source of CO2" [41]

"Wastewater treatment plants may be responsible for emitting up to 23 percent more greenhouse gas than previously thought because of fossil fuels in detergent-laden water from residential showers, household washing machines and industrial sites, new research shows."

Climate Change [33]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Climate Central [42], 11/03/2016

Environment Is on the Ballot in Election 2016 [43]

While issues like climate change have gained little traction in the presidential race, environmental topics are playing a clearer role in some congressional contests, as well in statehouse and local elections. At the same time, a number of controversial ballot initiatives are tackling environmental topics ranging from plastic bag bans to solar energy. Get info and resources in our Election 2016 Issue Backgrounder. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [44]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [33]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Waste [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [20]

"Feds Plan To Seal Part Of Nuke Waste Repository" [45]

"A top U.S. Energy Department official in southern New Mexico says the agency plans to close off part of the federal government's underground nuclear waste repository due to contamination and stability concerns."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Waste [17]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [46], 10/14/2016

EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf [47]

"Environmentalists are warning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that its draft plan to continue allowing oil and gas companies to dump unlimited amounts of fracking chemicals and wastewater directly into the Gulf of Mexico is in violation of federal law."

Chemicals [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Pollution [16]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Truthout [48], 09/23/2016

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