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State Department Hunkers in Secrecy Bunker over Keystone XL [1]

Is the State Department review of whether to permit the Keystone XL pipeline transparent? Not at all. State spokesperson Jen Psaki stiff-armed the Associated Press' Matt Lee February 3, 2015, when he asked whether all eight agencies invited to comment had done so.

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Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
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House Republicans Release Energy Framework, Vow Floor Action This Year [6]

"House Republicans released the outline of a broad energy bill Feb. 9 and vowed to bring the measure to the floor later this year, according to a document released by the Energy and Commerce Committee."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Wash Post [8], 02/11/2015
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Divestment Day Aims to Strengthen Global Reach of Fossil-Free Movement [9]

"So far an estimated 200 institutions worldwide, with combined investment assets of more than $50 billion, have committed to divest."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [12], 02/10/2015
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"White House to GOP: Administration Followed Law for Flood Order" [13]

"The White House legally complied with a new law in formulating a new executive order on flood risk management, an administration official told The Hill on Monday after Republicans questioned its legality."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [14]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [15], 02/10/2015
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"N.Y. Landfills Taking Tons of Pa. Drilling Waste" [16]

"At least 460,000 tons and 23,000 barrels of waste from Pennsylvania drilling operations have been taken in by a handful of New York landfills since 2010, according to a new analysis Thursday."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Waste [17]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
Source: Ithaca Journal [20], 02/09/2015
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"Coalition Opposes President Obama’s Funding Cut for Great Lakes" [21]

"President Obama’s budget proposal for 2016 includes a significant cut in funds for the Great Lakes Initiative, and some groups have responded by calling the president’s proposal a ' non-starter.'"

Environmental Politics [4]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Source: Columbus Dispatch [25], 02/09/2015
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"Anti-Oilsands Activists In The U.S. Are Getting Visits From The FBI" [26]

"WASHINGTON - Unexpected visitors have been dropping in on anti-oil activists in the United States — knocking on doors, calling, texting, contacting family members. The visitors are federal agents."

Activism [27]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [28]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Canadian Press [29], 02/09/2015
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"Temperatures Rise as Climate Critics Take Aim at U.S. Classrooms" [30]

"Boys and girls, are global temperatures rising or falling?"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [4]
Science [31]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg [32], 02/06/2015
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"GOP Lawmakers Push EPA To Rethink Clean Water Rule" [33]

"In a year the Republican-controlled Congress is expected to take a significant whack at President Barack Obama’s environmental agenda, GOP lawmakers on Wednesday told top environmental officials they should scrap what was once a fairly obscure proposal to define what is and isn’t considered a body of water by federal law."

Agriculture [34]
Environmental Politics [4]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Fresno Bee [35], 02/05/2015
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"Obama Takes Aim at Billions in Oil, Gas, Coal Tax Breaks" [36]

"President Obama is taking aim at roughly $50 billion in tax breaks for the oil, natural gas and coal industries. "

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [37], 02/04/2015
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