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Watchdog Tells EPA To Recover $124,000 In Pruitt Travel Expenses [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency should consider recovering nearly $124,000 in improper travel expenses by former EPA chief Scott Pruitt, the agency’s inspector general recommended Thursday."

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 05/17/2019

"Bill Would Boost Interior Funding, Spurn Reorganization" [8]

"House Democrats this afternoon proposed to increase spending for the Interior Department while rejecting some of the administration's key plans."

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [9]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News PM [10], 05/15/2019
June 19, 2019 to June 21, 2019

At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience Building in the Coastal Zone [11]

Organized by the Climate Adaptation Initiative at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, this conference in NYC will address a range of issues facing coastal communities in the US and around the world as sea levels rise and coastal flooding becomes more frequent and intense.

Other Events [12]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
People & Population [17]
Planning & Growth [18]
Policy [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]

Politics Putting Down Stakes Over Oil, Gas Leasing on Federal Lands [22]

The leasing of public lands to drill for oil and gas may seem a labyrinthine topic. But it could be time to get wonky and, ahem, drill down on it, as the politics of 2020 bring the controversial practice to the fore. The latest Backgrounder helps get you up to speed on the story.

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Backgrounders [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [25]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

State of the Air Report Spotlights Persistent Pollution Problems [26]

Happen to have any air breathers in your audience? Then the latest State of the Air Report will give you fodder to cover the persistent pollution problems that plague the skies. This week’s TipSheet has the backstory on the fight against air pollution and five smart ways to tell the story from a local-regional context.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Air [28]
Chemicals [29]
Climate Change [13]
Government [3]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [9]
Pollution [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
International [25]
Asia [34]
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Public [5]

"Dems Blast Top Interior Lawyer Over Loyalty Comments" [35]

"Democrats blasted Daniel Jorjani, the nominee to serve as the Interior Department’s top lawyer, during a confirmation hearing Thursday for his 2017 email telling agency colleagues that “our job is to protect the Secretary” from ethics probes and bad press."

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HuffPost [36], 05/03/2019

'Awkward' Hearing Will Vet DOI Lawyer And Official Slated To Probe Him [37]

"A Senate panel will hold a confirmation hearing Thursday for two top posts at the Department of Interior: the agency's top lawyer and the inspector general who is likely to investigate him amid the legal and ethical issues facing Secretary David Bernhardt."

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [38], 05/02/2019

"Infrastructure Bringing Together Trump, Democratic Leaders" [39]

"The last time President Donald Trump sat down with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, the president walked out in a huff and dismissed their government shutdown talks as a “total waste of time.”"

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [40]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [41], 04/30/2019

Protecting Journalists from Attack, Info Row at Interior, PIO Standards and More [42]

Do we need a bill to criminalize attacks against those who report the news? Some Dems in Congress think so. And the Interior Department is at the center of a conflicts over freedom of information involving lobbying contacts with the newly confirmed secretary. The latest WatchDog has those developments, plus more.

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Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Environmental Studies [44]
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [9]
Policy [19]
Science [45]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
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Public [5]

"Trump Agencies Work on Climate Change — Quietly — on Public Lands" [47]

"Climate change programs in federal land management agencies are quietly carrying on, even amid Trump administration hostility to such action."

Climate Change [13]
Government [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 04/22/2019

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