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"Endowments Boom as Colleges Bury Earnings Overseas" [1]

"In 2006, the endowments of Indiana University and Texas Christian University invested millions of dollars in a partnership, hoping to mint riches from oil, gas and coal."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [9], 11/13/2017
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"Hydro Licensing Bill Passes House; Dam Safety Amendment Omitted" [10]

"Legislation designed to streamline hydroelectric power licensing and relicensing was approved by a majority vote in the House."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HydroWorld [12], 11/13/2017
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"Week Ahead: Senate Panel To Consider Arctic Drilling Bill" [13]

"A Senate Committee is scheduled to consider legislation next week opening the door to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [16]
Source: The Hill [17], 11/13/2017
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EPA Taking More Advice From Industry — And Ignoring Its Own Scientists [18]

"When the Environmental Protection Agency this week proposed repealing tighter emissions standards for a type of freight trucks, it cited research conducted by Tennessee Tech University but underwritten by the biggest truck manufacturer challenging the rule."

Economy & Business [2]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [21]
Science [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [23], 11/13/2017
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"As U.S. Sheds Role as Climate Change Leader, Who Will Fill the Void?" [24]

"BONN, Germany — When President Trump announced in June that the United States would withdraw from the Paris agreement, America officially ceded its global leadership on climate change."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [26]
Source: NY Times [27], 11/13/2017
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10 Senators Call for Probe of Pruitt's Purge of Science Advisory Boards [28]

"A group of Senate Democrats is calling for an expanded investigation into efforts by the Trump Environmental Protection Agency to effectively push independent scientists off key EPA advisory boards and replace them with scientists from the fossil fuel and chemical industries."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Science [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: InsideClimate News [29], 11/10/2017
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"Virginia: Officials Unveil Climate Plan After Election" [30]

"The impact of Virginia's election results became suddenly clear yesterday, as state regulators unveiled a proposal to join a regional cap-and-trade program and to slash carbon emissions from power plants by 30 percent over the next decade."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ClimateWire [31], 11/10/2017
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"U.S. Senate Confirms Top EPA Air Quality Official Despite Concerns" [32]

"The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday 49-47 to confirm a top air quality official at the Environmental Protection Agency, despite concerns raised by lawmakers over his industry ties."

Air [33]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [34], 11/10/2017
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"Natural Resources Panel Passes Major Energy Development Bill" [35]

"A House panel today approved legislation to increase energy development on public lands and waters by reducing federal regulations, streamlining the permitting process and creating a revenue-sharing partnership with coastal states."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [36], 11/09/2017
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Murkowski Bill Directs At Least 2 Major Lease Sales In Arctic Refuge [37]

"Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Lisa Murkowksi (R-Alaska) released legislation Wednesday that would open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling for the first time in a generation by calling for at least two major lease sales over the next decade."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [16]
Source: Washington Post [38], 11/09/2017
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