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"5 Lies Trump Told About The Environment In One 20-Minute Speech" [1]

"The greenwashing continues. Don’t fall for it." "President Donald Trump continues to greenwash his dismal environmental record ahead of the 2020 presidential election, most recently with a speech Tuesday in Jupiter, Florida, touting his “environmental accomplishments.”"

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HuffPost [7], 09/09/2020
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"Environmentalists Say Washington’s Wolf Program Is Broken" [8]

"Gov. Jay Inslee has directed the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to draft new rules governing the killing of wolves involved in conflicts with livestock, a move winning praise from conservation groups."

Agriculture [9]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
Source: AP [14], 09/08/2020
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"Wheeler’s Environmental Justice Pledge Leaves Activists Cold" [15]

"Environmental justice leaders say they are perplexed by EPA chief Andrew Wheeler’s commitments to low-income communities of color — one of the main themes of a speech he gave in California."

Activism [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 09/08/2020
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"National Monument Proposed For Southern Nevada Tribal Lands" [19]

"Local tribes and national conservation groups are lobbying to establish a fourth national monument in southern Nevada that would preserve Indigenous cultural sites and critical environmental habitat."

Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Source: AP [22], 09/08/2020
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Youth Activist Groups Push Climate Into Voting Booths [23]

A key Democratic primary win in Massachusetts last week appears to portend a weather change in climate politics, with youth groups helping propel the issue into November’s polling places. Reporter’s Toolbox helps environmental journalists cover the shift by cataloging some of the biggest youth climate activist groups with local chapters and large geographic reach.

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Reporters Toolbox [24]
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Activism [16]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
International [28]
Europe [29]
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Public [5]
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"US Regulators Take Public Comments On Nuclear Fuel Plan" [30]

"U.S. nuclear regulators have hosted their final public hearing on a proposal to build a multibillion-dollar complex in southern New Mexico to store spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants around the country, and there’s still disagreement about whether granting a license to Holtec International would be a good thing."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
Waste [32]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [33], 09/07/2020
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NEPA: "Judge Considers Freezing ‘Political’ Environmental Review Rule" [34]

"A federal judge took a no-nonsense approach Friday to a hearing on the White House’s rewrite of federal environmental review standards, grilling conservation groups on how they’ll be harmed and chiding the Justice Department for glossing over the political motivations behind the rules."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [35]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 09/07/2020
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"Americans Back Tough Limits on Building in Fire and Flood Zones" [37]

"Americans support far more aggressive government regulation to fight the effects of climate change than elected officials have been willing to pursue so far, new research shows, including outright bans on building in flood- or fire-prone areas — a level of restrictiveness almost unheard-of in the United States."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [39], 09/07/2020
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"Trump Administration Proposes Timber Sale In Tongass National Forest" [40]

"The Trump administration on Friday proposed a sale that would allow logging across thousands of acres of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, which critics say will exacerbate climate change and harm wildlife habitats."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [41]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [42]
Source: The Hill [43], 09/07/2020
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"Trump's U.S. EPA Chief Claims Climate-Change Fight Hurts The Poor" [44]

"The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday accused Democrats of hurting the poor with policies aimed at fighting climate change, and said the agency would keep supporting development and deregulation if President Donald Trump is re-elected."

Environmental Politics [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [45], 09/04/2020
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