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"EPA: Agency Moves To Disband Environmental Research Operation" [1]

"U.S. EPA is planning to shut down a grant-making center that supports leading-edge research on human exposure to pollution and its effects."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [8], 03/01/2018
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"Top Interior Aide Resigns After Anti-Muslim Posts Surface" [9]

"A top Interior Department official who served as a special assistant to Secretary Ryan Zinke resigned Wednesday after CNN discovered her history of making anti-Muslim and conspiracy theory posts on social media."

Environmental Politics [4]
Government [10]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [11], 03/01/2018
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"Scott Pruitt vs. The Pope" [12]

"The EPA administrator has become the de facto spokesperson for a fringe version of Christian environmentalism."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: New Republic [14], 02/28/2018
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"White House Pushes For More Talks After 'No Deal' On Biofuels" [15]

"U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for more talks between representatives of the oil and corn industries after a meeting on Tuesday failed to yield an agreement on how to help refiners cope with the country’s biofuels policy."

Agriculture [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [18], 02/28/2018
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GOPers Claim Climate Caucus Credentials, But Votes Tell Another Story [19]

"New scores from the League of Conservation Voters reveal the chasm between words and action: The caucus’s Republicans averaged 16 percent on environment votes."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [22], 02/28/2018
  • Read more about GOPers Claim Climate Caucus Credentials, But Votes Tell Another Story [19]

Senate Republican Says U.S. Infrastructure Bill May Not Pass This Year [23]

"The U.S. Senate’s second highest-ranking Republican on Tuesday expressed doubt that Congress will pass legislation to increase infrastructure spending this year, citing time constraints."

Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Transportation [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [26], 02/28/2018
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"Judge Curiel, Once Attacked By Trump, Rules Border Wall Can Proceed" [27]

"US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel has cleared one potential obstacle to President Donald Trump's long-promised border wall, ruling Tuesday that the administration has the authority to waive a host of environmental laws and other regulations to begin construction."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [28]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: CNN [29], 02/28/2018
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“The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea” [30]

A new book on the Gulf of Mexico earns kudos for the balance and passion of its tone, as well as for its historical storytelling about this important ecosystem and the overfishing, oil spills, hurricanes, explosive growth and poor land-use decisions it faces. BookShelf reviews Jack Davis’ “The Gulf.”

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Biodiversity [32]
Disasters [33]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [36]
Policy [37]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [25]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Mexico [41]
Central America & the Caribbean [42]
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Public [6]
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"Interior Dept. Considers Cutting Royalty Rate For Deepwater Projects" [43]

"A proposal to cut the federal government's take from deepwater oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico is making its way towards Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's desk."

Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Houston Chronicle [44], 02/27/2018
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"Regulations: Judge Throws Out Case Against Trump Executive Order" [45]

"A federal judge today [Monday] dismissed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive order requiring agencies to scrap two regulations for every new one created."

Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [46], 02/27/2018
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