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As Fiscal Year Ends, Local Stories Often Found in Appropriations Bills [1]

The politics of federal appropriations is convoluted, but buried within are important local environmental stories. Heading into the upcoming fiscal year, the latest TipSheet explains how the process works and where to find the news. Plus, spotting environmental pork barrel, and what a “minibus” bill is and why it matters.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [9]
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"BLM Headquarters Moves to Building Housing Oil Company Offices" [10]

"The Bureau of Land Management is moving its headquarters to a building that houses offices for several oil and gas companies operating in Western Colorado, including Chevron USA, Inc., and the local branch of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [13], 09/23/2019
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"White House: FEMA Nominee To Be Pulled In Fallout From Bar Fight" [14]

"The White House plans to withdraw President Trump's nomination of Jeffrey Byard to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency amid reports he was involved in a barroom brawl, according to news accounts."

Disasters [15]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [16], 09/20/2019
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"EPA: Facing Fines, Polluters Turn To Trump's Enforcement Fixer" [17]

"When career EPA enforcement staffers accused an Indiana whiskey distillery of emitting massive quantities of smog-forming pollution, Patrice Douglas knew just who to call."

Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [19], 09/19/2019
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"NOAA Sued for ‘Stonewalling’ Over FOIA Requests" [20]

"An environmental group is suing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request about Freedom of Information Act requests."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 09/18/2019
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Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [22]

To help better cover climate change news, including during the upcoming United Nations Climate Action Summit, Sept. 23, in New York, the SEJournal offers a range of resources. Get the latest climate change headlines and EJToday's curated climate coverage. Check out our range of climate-related Issue Backgrounders, TipSheets and Reporter's Toolboxes, plus our Climate Change Guide and more.

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SEJournal Online [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [24]
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [15]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [7]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
International [30]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
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"Interior: New Watchdog Starts Patrolling" [31]

"Interior Department Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt keeps the courage of other men in mind. It helps when hassles arise, whether from bad traffic or his responsibilities as the new internal watchdog for a department of some 70,000 employees."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [32], 09/12/2019
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"Climate Denialist to Depart White House National Security Council" [33]

"William Happer, the White House architect of a stalled plan to attack the established science of climate change, is leaving the Trump administration on Friday, according to three people familiar with his plans."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Science [28]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [34], 09/12/2019
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Trump Pushed Staff To Contradict Accurate NOAA Tweet On Dorian Track [35]

 "President Trump told his staff that the nation’s leading weather forecasting agency needed to correct a statement that contradicted a tweet the president had sent wrongly claiming that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama, senior administration officials said."

Disasters [15]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [28]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [36], 09/12/2019
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"Documents Show Extent Of Interior Plan To Decentralize BLM" [37]

"Included in the Department of Interior’s decision to decentralize the Washington office that manages the nation’s public lands is a plan to move congressional affairs staff 2,600 miles away to Reno, Nevada."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [38], 09/10/2019
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