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"Sanders Scores Highest On Green Group's Voter Guide" [1]

"The Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund is giving Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) the highest grade on environmental issues out of the seven major Democratic presidential candidates in its new voter guide unveiled Monday."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: The Hill [5], 01/28/2020
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Interior Sec. Bernhardt To Critics: Don't @ Me [6]

"Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is punching back, taking social media swings at some of his critics."

Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [9], 01/27/2020
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"Renewable Energy: Inside The Fight Over Md. Offshore Wind Project" [10]

"OCEAN CITY, Md. — Maryland Democrat Lorig Charkoudian had almost finished her speech in front of the state Public Service Commission when she was drowned out by boos from the audience."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: EnergyWire [15], 01/27/2020
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California Will Be Hit Hard As Trump Weakens Clean Water Protections [16]

"Defying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday announced the replacement of Obama-era water protections with a significantly weaker set of regulations that lifts limits on how much pollution can be dumped into small streams and wetlands."

Agriculture [17]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
California [20]
Source: LA Times [21], 01/27/2020
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Clean Water: "Court Battles, 2020 Election Loom Over Trump WOTUS Rule" [22]

"Trump administration officials took a victory lap after they unveiled their final revisions to Clean Water Act protections for waterways and wetlands. But the Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, replacement rule that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers completed yesterday must now survive a possible Democratic win in the 2020 presidential election and an expected inundation of challenges in the courts."

Agriculture [17]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [23], 01/27/2020
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"Trump Administration Exploited Wildfire Science To Promote Logging" [24]

"Revealed: emails show Trump and appointees tried to craft a narrative that forest protection efforts are responsible for wildfires".

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [2]
Forests [25]
Journalism & Media [7]
Science [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Guardian [27], 01/27/2020
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"Trump Ups Mileage Proposal, But It’s Well Below Obama Plan" [28]

"The Trump administration is making a concession on its proposed minimum fuel economy requirement for new vehicles, but environmental groups and a key Democratic senator complain it does not go far enough, and still falls well below the requirements set under the Obama administration."

Air [29]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Transportation [30]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [31], 01/27/2020
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"Science Ranks Grow Thin In Trump Administration" [32]

"KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dozens of government computers sit in a nondescript building here, able to connect to a data model that could help farmers manage the impact of a changing climate on their crops. But no one in this federal agency would know how to access the model, or, if they did, what to do with the data."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [33]
Science [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Washington Post [34], 01/24/2020
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Top Official Did Special Favors On Guns For NRA At Interior Department [35]

"Powerful gun lobby group has used connections in Trump administration to influence decisions, messages show".

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [33]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Guardian [36], 01/24/2020
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"Clean Water Act: Final WOTUS Rule Drains Wetland Protections" [37]

"A final rule unveiled by the Trump administration today eliminates Clean Water Act protections for the majority of the nation's wetlands and more than 18% of streams."

Agriculture [17]
Environmental Politics [2]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [39], 01/24/2020
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