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"EPA: Trump Budget Poses 'Unacceptable Risk' To Agency — IG" [1]

"U.S. EPA's internal watchdog has put the White House on notice that its lean budgets could hinder its efforts to root out waste and fraud."

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [7], 01/30/2018
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"Infrastructure: 'Discussion Draft' Would Make Big Changes to NEPA" [8]

"The Trump administration wants to make major changes to permitting under the National Environmental Policy Act as part of its infrastructure plan, according to a draft White House document obtained by The Washington Post."

Economy & Business [9]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [10], 01/30/2018
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Pruitt Closely Monitored Scrubbing of EPA Climate Websites, Emails Show [11]

"Shortly after arriving at the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Scott Pruitt took a personal interest in and closely monitored the removal of extensive information from his agency's website that explained to the public the federal effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Power Plan, according to newly released EPA documents."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [13]
Science [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [15], 01/30/2018
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"A Science Denier at the Natural History Museum? Scientists Rebel" [16]

"Rebekah Mercer, a supporter of President Trump and an influential donor to conservative causes — including groups that deny climate science — is under renewed pressure to step down from the board of New York City’s most prominent science museum, the American Museum of Natural History."

Environmental Politics [2]
Science [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [17], 01/29/2018
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"Forests: Old Growth, New Fight: Tongass Timber Slows Wildfire Bill" [18]

"The old-growth timber industry's fight for survival in Alaska may be complicating congressional efforts to reach a long-term solution to costly wildfires."

Environmental Politics [2]
Forests [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E Daily [20], 01/29/2018
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"EPA: Pruitt Back On The Hill This Week" [21]

"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will be back on Capitol Hill this week."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E Daily [22], 01/29/2018
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New Jersey, Virginia Take Steps Toward Joining East Coast Carbon Market [23]

"As Trump rolls back federal climate policies, states are taking up the challenge to control greenhouse gas emissions themselves."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [9]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [24], 01/29/2018
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Most Western Voters Oppose Trump All-Energy Public Lands Agenda: Poll [25]

"New bipartisan polling finds widespread disapproval among Western voters of the Trump administration’s public land policies, including recent reductions to two Utah national monuments and the expansion of lands being made available for energy extraction."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [2]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [28]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Salt Lake Tribune [29], 01/26/2018
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"Trump's Pick for NASA Chief Hits A Senate Roadblock" [30]

"The Republican congressman picked by President Trump to lead NASA is facing headwinds over his past comments on science, including a skeptical view on climate change."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: ClimateWire [31], 01/26/2018
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Trump USFS Downgrades Review Of Obama Mining Ban Near Minn. Wilderness [32]

"The Trump administration will curtail a detailed review of how cordoning off 230,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in Minnesota from mining development will affect a neighboring wilderness area, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."

Environmental Politics [2]
Forests [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 01/26/2018
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