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Mayors Back 100% Renewable Energy, Vow to Fill Climate Leadership Void [1]

"As the nation's mayors closed their annual meeting on Monday in Miami Beach, they sent a clear signal that cities are looking for action on climate change and are eager to fill a policy gap created by the Trump administration."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: InsideClimate News [6], 06/27/2017
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"Lobbying Fight Erupts Over Coal Country Bill" [7]

"The lobbying fight over a House bill to revitalize coal country has heated up ahead of a key committee hearing on Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Hill [12], 06/27/2017
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"EPA" Agency Seeks Applicants For Hot-Button Science Panels" [13]

"U.S. EPA is putting the word out that the agency is in the market for science advisers."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [14]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [15], 06/27/2017
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EPA Official Pressured Scientist on Congressional Testimony: Emails [16]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s chief of staff pressured the top scientist on the agency’s scientific review board to alter her congressional testimony and play down the dismissal of expert advisers, his emails show."

Environmental Politics [3]
Science [14]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [17], 06/27/2017
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"Trump and Modi Wrap Climate Change Differences in Shroud of Silence" [18]

"India sees its future in renewable energy and supports the Paris Agreement. Trump promotes fossil fuels. Neither leader mentioned climate in their public appearance."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [9]
Public [4]
International [19]
Source: InsideClimate News [20], 06/27/2017
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Interior Appropriations — Dead on Arrival and Live at Five [21]

Even though big proposed budget cuts may be DOA for the Interior Department, it doesn't mean there aren't a wide range of land and resource-related stories emerging from the debates. The latest TipSheet sets the scene and offers a half-dozen ways to localize the Interior Department funding story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [23]
Government [24]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
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"Tribal Nations Fight Removal Of Grizzly Protections" [31]

"Leaders worry delisting could invite energy exploration in historic areas."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Wildlife [32]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: High Country News [33], 06/21/2017
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Miami-Dade Backs Paris Climate Agreement That President Trump Rejected [34]

"Miami-Dade commissioners on Tuesday endorsed the Paris climate accord, giving the symbolic and explicit backing that the county’s mayor declined to provide after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement three weeks ago."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Miami Herald [35], 06/21/2017
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"EPA Plans To Buy Out More Than 1,200 Employees This Summer" [36]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans on shedding more than 1,200 employees by early September through buyouts and early retirements, as part of a broader push by the Trump administration to shrink a government entity the president once promised to eliminate 'in almost every form.'"

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Washington Post [37], 06/21/2017
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EPA Hands Pink Slips to Dozens Of Scientific Advisory Board Members [38]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has given notice to dozens of scientists that they will not be renewed in their roles in advising the agency, continuing a scientific shake-up that has already triggered resignations and charges from some researchers that the administration is politicizing the agency."

Environmental Politics [3]
Science [14]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Washington Post [39], 06/21/2017
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