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"Interior Secretary Recommends Shrinking 6 National Monuments" [1]

"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that six of 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration be reduced in size, with changes to several others proposed."

Environmental Politics [2]
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Natural Resources [4]
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Source: AP [7], 09/18/2017
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Trump on Climate-Hurricane Link: ‘We’Ve Had Bigger Storms’ [8]

"When asked on Air Force One if the two recent storms have changed his view on climate change, Trump told reporters: 'We’ve had bigger storms than this.'"

Climate Change [9]
Disasters [10]
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Science [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [12], 09/15/2017
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"EU Report On Weedkiller Safety Copied Text From Monsanto Study" [13]

"The European food safety authority (Efsa) based a recommendation that a chemical linked to cancer was safe for public use on an EU report that copied and pasted analyses from a Monsanto study, the Guardian can reveal."

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Source: Guardian [17], 09/15/2017
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"EPA: The Skeptics Who Could Snag Science Adviser Slots" [18]

"Climate skeptics may soon join a key science advisory panel at U.S. EPA. A number of people who reject the findings of mainstream climate science are being considered by the Trump administration for spots on EPA's Science Advisory Board, a voluntary but influential panel that reviews science used in environmental regulations."

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Source: ClimateWire [19], 09/15/2017
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House Passes Spending Bill With EPA Cuts, Riders Targeting Obama Rules [20]

"The House [Thursday] approved a wide-ranging fiscal 2018 spending package that makes cuts in funding to U.S. EPA and the Interior Department, among other agencies, while adding several policy provisions aimed at limiting Obama-era environmental and energy policies."

Environmental Health [15]
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Source: Greenwire [21], 09/15/2017
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"EPA Will Reconsider Obama-Era Safeguards On Coal Waste" [22]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to reconsider parts of an Obama-era effort to regulate potentially toxic waste known as coal ash, again siding with energy-industry efforts to slow or reverse standards put in place in recent years."

Energy & Fuel [23]
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Source: Washington Post [24], 09/15/2017
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After Giveaways to Industry, Mining Execs To Spend Big at Trump DC Hotel [25]

"The chief executives of some of the largest coal and mining companies in the country have chosen the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a private conference next month, according to documents obtained by The Intercept."

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Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Intercept [27], 09/15/2017
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Independent Tests Found Benzene After Harvey 6x Higher Than Guidelines [28]

"After an oil tank in Houston’s Manchester neighborhood caved in, private monitors found levels that far exceeded California’s health guidelines".

Chemicals [14]
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Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [29]
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Source: ProPublica/Texas Tribune [32], 09/15/2017
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"Emails Show How the Food Industry Uses ‘Science’ to Push Soda" [33]

"A conversation between two former Coke executives reveals some of the tricks of the trade. "

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Environmental Health [15]
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Science [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg [35], 09/14/2017
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Realtors Block Sea-Level Warnings That Could Crimp Coastal Profits [36]

"All along the coast of the southeast United States, the real estate industry confronts a hurricane. Not the kind that swirls in the Atlantic, but a storm of scientific information about sea-level rise that threatens the most lucrative, commission-boosting properties."

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Source: McClatchy [37], 09/14/2017
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