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"Congress Strikes Back at Interior Department’s Bad FOIA Regs" [1]

"Representative Elijah Cummings, D-Md, and Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, recently sent a stern letter to the Interior Department reprimanding the agency for its efforts to weaken its FOIA regulations and urging it to reconsider the rule change."

Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Unredacted [6], 03/12/2019
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"Trump Seeks Cuts For Cleanup Of Great Lakes, Other Waterways" [7]

"President Donald Trump is making another attempt to slash federal funding that goes toward cleaning up major U.S. waterways including the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay, even though Congress has thwarted his previous attempts, according to budget documents released Monday."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [10], 03/12/2019
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"Interior: Budget Highlights New Headquarters, New Drilling" [11]

"The White House fiscal 2020 budget for the Interior Department would prioritize funds for a departmentwide reorganization as well as for land and wildfire management."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [14], 03/12/2019
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"EPA: Trump Repeats Effort To Slash Agency Funding" [15]

"President Trump has proposed to slash EPA's budget by nearly a third. The White House today released its budget plan for fiscal 2020, and again the Trump administration has taken aim at the federal government's agency guarding the environment and public health."

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [17], 03/12/2019
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April 23, 2019

Energy, Salmon, Agriculture & Community: Can We Come Together? [18]

The Andrus Center for Public Policy at Boise State University is convening this one-day event to support current discussions with leaders and groups from Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho regarding a long-term plan to address energy, salmon, water, agriculture, and community needs.

Other Events [19]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [20]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]

"2020: The Year Of The Climate Candidates" [24]

"It’s official: The 2020 Democratic presidential field is now awash with climate candidates."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [26], 03/11/2019
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"Infrastructure: Dems Shape Talks With Long List Of Climate Demands" [27]

"As infrastructure talks progress on Capitol Hill, Democrats are calling for any legislative package to address climate change."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Transportation [28]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: ClimateWire [29], 03/11/2019
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"Budget: Trump To Propose Deep Cuts, More Border Wall Spending" [30]

"President Trump will propose today a fiscal 2020 budget that will seek across-the-board cuts for energy and environmental programs and renew a border wall funding fight that sparked a lengthy government shutdown earlier this year."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: E&E Daily [31], 03/11/2019
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"School Lessons Targeted By Climate Change Doubters" [32]

"A Connecticut lawmaker wants to strike climate change from state science standards. A Virginia legislator worries teachers are indoctrinating students with their personal views on global warming. And an Oklahoma state senator wants educators to be able to introduce alternative viewpoints without fear of losing their jobs."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [33]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [34], 03/08/2019
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How Carbon Tax Plans Compare and Why Oil Giants Support One of Them [35]

"Two plans gaining traction would both put a price on fossil fuel pollution and send revenue back to taxpayers as dividends. Only one has big oil companies on board."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: InsideClimate News [37], 03/08/2019
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