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"Seas Rise, Trees Die: Climate Change Before Your Eyes" [1]

"They're called 'ghost forests' — dead trees along vast swaths of coastline invaded by rising seas, something scientists call one of the most visible markers of climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Forests [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [7], 08/01/2017
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"Advocates Oppose EPA's Delay Of Coal Plant Pollution Limits" [8]

"WASHINGTON — Environmental advocates urged the Trump administration on Monday to reverse course on its move to set aside an Obama-era measure limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants."

Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [14], 08/01/2017
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Small New Mexico Communities Struggle To Deliver Water Free Of Uranium [15]

"Eloy Jacquez lives in the house his parents built on Los Lujans Road in 1948. There was no water in Santa Cruz then. The family waited several more years before the first well was drilled just up the street, next to land used as an informal waste dump."

Environmental Health [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [16]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican [18], 07/31/2017
  • Read more about Small New Mexico Communities Struggle To Deliver Water Free Of Uranium [15]

12 Years Later, Feds Start Investigating Leaking Gulf Oil Platform [19]

"Twelve years after Hurricane Ivan destroyed a Taylor Energy Co. platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the federal government has finally started investigating how oil and gas that is still leaking from its wells damages natural resources."

Energy & Fuel [9]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [23], 07/31/2017
  • Read more about 12 Years Later, Feds Start Investigating Leaking Gulf Oil Platform [19]

"EPA: Possible Water Chief 'A Lawyer's Lawyer' Who's Sued Agency" [24]

"President Trump's reported pick to lead U.S. EPA's Office of Water has represented states and industry in lawsuits against the agency — some of which were filed by then-Oklahoma Attorney General and now EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt."

Environmental Politics [11]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [25], 07/28/2017
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"New Database Shows Pollutants In Most Public Water Systems" [26]

"A new national database released Wednesday by the Environmental Working Group shines a light on water quality across the U.S."

Environmental Health [10]
Journalism & Media [27]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [28], 07/27/2017
  • Read more about "New Database Shows Pollutants In Most Public Water Systems" [26]

"EPA To Seek Comments On Obama Water Rule Repeal" [29]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is allowing the public to weigh in on its proposal to repeal the Obama administration’s controversial water pollution rule."

Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [30], 07/27/2017
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"California’s Marine Sanctuaries May Face New Drilling Threat" [31]

"The same communities that fought for decades to protect California’s coast from offshore oil drilling have renewed their battle calls as the Trump administration considers opening 3,500 square miles of state waters to energy development."

Energy & Fuel [9]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
California [32]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [33], 07/27/2017
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Pittsburgh May Have 'Deflected' Attention From Lead-Contaminated Water [34]

"
Residents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were given 'misleading' statements by health officials who 'deflected' attention from lead-contaminated water, according to the audit."

Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [10]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 07/26/2017
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Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [38]

A federal court has ruled unconstitutional a Utah law that made undercover filming of livestock operations illegal. What's it mean for similar laws elsewhere? The latest WatchDog has the story, plus news on protecting whistleblowers, a digital journalist's legal guide, shielding of climate info and leaked government reports.

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Energy & Fuel [9]
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Environmental Politics [11]
Food [43]
Government [44]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [16]
Policy [45]
Water & Oceans [4]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
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