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Red-State Utah Embraces Plan To Tackle Climate Crisis In Surprise Shift [1]

"In a move to protect its ski slopes and growing economy, Utah – one of the reddest states in the nation – has just created a long-term plan to address the climate crisis. And in a surprising turnaround, some of the state’s conservative leaders are welcoming it."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Source: Guardian [7], 02/19/2020
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Nevada: No 2020 Dem Wants To Store Nuclear Waste Under Yucca Mountain [8]

"There has been a lot of head-butting in Nevada over unions, health care and civility in politics ahead of the Democratic caucuses on Saturday.

But the White House hopefuls vying for votes in the early caucus state have shown a rare bit of unity over what may be the biggest energy and environmental issue in Nevada.

Every major candidate for president has joined Nevada's crusade to stop the completion of a long-delayed nuclear waste storage site under Yucca Mountain some 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [9]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [11], 02/19/2020
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"GOP Climate Plan Faces Pushback — From Republicans [12]

"Republicans’ new climate plan was meant to show voters the party cares about climate change, but it’s also illustrating the difficult tightrope the GOP walks on green issues as it faces internal pushback."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [13], 02/18/2020
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Weather Data Privatization Poses Conflicts in a Changing Meteorology Landscape [14]

Weather reports are not just about donning galoshes. They can mean literal life or death for people and businesses, such as during a natural disaster. So, as the latest Issue Backgrounder details, the ongoing effort to privatize publicly funded weather data is a matter of real controversy. Find out what’s in the weather privatization forecast.

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"Paid by the Pipeline" [23]

"A Canadian Energy Company Bought an Oregon Sheriff’s Unit"

Activism [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [26]
Source: The Intercept [27], 02/17/2020
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"Interior Dept. (Again) Hosts People Who Want To Sell Off Public Land" [28]

"For an administration that says it opposes pawning off federal lands, it sure is cozy with pro-land-transfer zealots."

Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: HuffPost [30], 02/17/2020
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"Trump’s Plan To Create A Uranium Stockpile Excites Utah Mines" [31]

"The Trump administration’s newly proposed budget would throw a $1.5 billion lifeline to the struggling U.S. uranium industry, long battered by declining demand and cheap imports."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [9]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Salt Lake Tribune [32], 02/17/2020
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"Texas Is The Next Battleground For The Green New Deal" [33]

"Sunrise Movement is taking the fight to Big Oil’s home turf, endorsing another insurgent Democrat and going all in on three House races in the Lone Star State."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: HuffPost [35], 02/17/2020
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EPA Poised for Mercury Rule Rollback That Industry Doesn't Want [36]

"For more than three years, the Trump administration has prided itself on working with industry to unshackle companies from burdensome environmental regulations. But as the Environmental Protection Agency prepares to finalize the latest in a long line of rollbacks, the nation’s power sector has sent a different message: Thanks, but no thanks."

Air [37]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [39]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [40], 02/17/2020
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Gunasekara, Who Pushed Trump To Exit Paris Pact, Named EPA Staff Chief [41]

"Mandy Gunasekara, who pressed for President Trump to exit the Paris climate agreement as the Environmental Protection Agency’s top air-policy adviser, is poised to return to the agency as its next chief of staff, according to two individuals briefed on the matter."

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Source: Washington Post [42], 02/17/2020
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