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"Solyndra Lied To Get Loan Guarantee, Investigators Say" [1]

"Officials at solar power technology company Solyndra Inc. repeatedly gave false or misleading information to the Department of Energy (DOE) to get the loan guarantee that resulted in widespread condemnation of the Obama administration, an investigation found."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Hill [6], 08/27/2015
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"Attorney Hounding Climate Scientists Covertly Funded By Coal Industry" [7]

"Christopher Horner, an attorney who claims that the earth is cooling, is known within the scientific community for hounding climate change researchers with relentless investigations and public ridicule, often deriding scientists as 'communists' and frauds. ... New court documents reveal one source of Horner’s funding: big coal."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [8]
Science [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Intercept [10], 08/26/2015
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Trump Says Keystone XL Pipeline Would Have ‘No Impact’ On Environment [11]

"No leaks, no spills, no impact on climate change. The Keystone XL pipeline would have 'no impact' on the environment if it were approved and built, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday. For that reason, the billionaire said he would approve the controversial project 'immediately' if elected president."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Science [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Climate Progress [13], 08/25/2015
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"Feinstein Asks Obama To Bypass Congress To Create 3 Desert Monuments" [14]

"U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she has asked President Obama to bypass Congress and create three new national monuments in California, giving federal protection to more than 1 million acres of mountain ranges, sandy expanses and forests lying roughly between Palm Springs and the Nevada border."

Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [4]
California [16]
Source: LA Times [17], 08/25/2015
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Obama Visits Nevada and Talks Clean Energy And Climate Change [18]

"President Obama came to Las Vegas Monday to throw his weight behind the booming solar energy industry in its recent political struggles, and to announce a bevy of initiatives to promote clean-energy growth in America’s homes and on its rooftops. It was the first stop in a climate and energy-focused tour that will also take the president to New Orleans and Arctic Alaska this month."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wash Post [20], 08/25/2015
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"Obama Coming To Las Vegas for Clean Energy Summit" [21]

"President Barack Obama and Nevada's U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, two of the most powerful Democrats in the nation, are playing key roles in the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas on Monday."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal [22], 08/24/2015
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"As Oil Train Burned, Firefighters Waited 2 Hours for Critical Details" [23]

"Newly released documents show that firefighters responding to an oil train derailment and fire last year in Lynchburg, Va., waited more than two hours for critical details about the train and what was on it."

Chemicals [24]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [8]
Transportation [26]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: McClatchy [27], 08/24/2015
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10 Years After Katrina, Obama Will Visit a Much Safer New Orleans [28]

"Ten years ago next week, a terrifying hurricane stood perched atop the Gulf of Mexico. Katrina. It had rapidly intensified from a Category 3 into a deadly Category 5 monster and began its northward turn towards the Gulf coast—weakening, fortunately, but still driving a tremendous wall of water."

Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [29]
People & Population [30]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wash Post [31], 08/20/2015
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"Clinton Parts With Obama Administration on Arctic Drilling" [32]

"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday staked out her opposition to Arctic oil exploration, putting her at odds with the Obama administration one day after it approved drilling off Alaska."

Disasters [25]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Reuters [33], 08/19/2015
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"Can An Islamic Climate Change Declaration Inspire 1.6B Muslims?" [34]

"Islamic leaders from around the globe [Tuesday] will unveil a declaration calling on the world's 1.6 billion Muslims to embrace climate change action as part of their religious duty."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
International [35]
Source: ClimateWire [36], 08/18/2015
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