Environmental Politics

Public [5]

Source: NBC News [7], 09/14/2017

Read more about "Trump FEMA Nominee Withdraws After NBC Questions on Falsified Records" [1]

"U.S. House Votes to Block Climate Rules, Using Critical Budget Bill" [8]

"The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to cut funding from key climate protection rules and rejected an attempt to save regional offices of the Environmental Protection Agency from being closed. But lawmakers voted against an amendment to cut $1.9 billion from the EPA's budget, which would have dealt a devastating blow to the beleaguered agency."

Environmental Health [10]

Public [5]

Source: InsideClimate News [12], 09/14/2017

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Exxon Loses Bid to Keep Auditor Files Secret in Climate Fraud Probe [13]

"Brushing aside objections by ExxonMobil, New York's highest court has opened the door for state officials to demand that the oil giant's outside auditor immediately turn over records as part of a fraud investigation into the company's positions on climate change."

Public [5]

Source: InsideClimate News [15], 09/13/2017

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"Trump Administration Halts Pollution Controls At Utah Plants" [16]

"An appeals court granted a request Monday from President Donald Trump's administration to halt a plan for new pollution controls at Utah's oldest coal-fired power plants aimed at reducing haze near national parks."

Energy & Fuel [17]

Public [5]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]

Source: AP [19], 09/13/2017

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"Top White House Official to Discuss Climate Change at U.N." [20]

"Gary D. Cohn, the chief White House economic adviser, is convening senior climate and energy ministers from about a dozen nations in advance of next week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting, the White House confirmed Tuesday."

Economy & Business [21]

Public [5]

Source: NY Times [22], 09/13/2017

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"EPA Chief Denies Icahn Influence In Biofuel Regulation" [23]

"Investor Carl Icahn never wielded excessive influence on U.S. biofuels policy while acting as President Donald Trump’s adviser on regulation, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said in a letter to a Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse."

Economy & Business [21]

Energy & Fuel [17]

Public [5]

Source: Reuters [24], 09/13/2017

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EPA Press Office Attacks Journalists à la Trump [25]

The Trump Administration's EPA Press Office appears to have launched a personal attack on journalists for unfavorable coverage. WatchDog reports what happened when the Associated Press looked into possible pollution at Houston Superfund sites flooded by Hurricane Harvey.

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WatchDog TipSheet [26]

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Chemicals [27]

Disasters [2]

Environmental Health [10]

Health [28]

Pollution [29]

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]

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Public [5]

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Covering Congress from Both Sides of the Beltway [31]

The complex workings of the U.S. Congress create reporting challenges for all kinds of journalists, including environmental ones. But our latest TipSheet provides half a dozen key resources to help you get the job done better, whether from inside or outside the Beltway.

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"It Is a Time to Talk About Climate Change" [34]

"In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said that now is not the time to talk about climate change. ... In the interest of minimizing harm to people, it’s always an important time to talk about climate change. We don’t have to choose between helping current victims and working to prevent the next tragedy."

Disasters [2]

Science [35]

Public [5]

Source: Atlantic [36], 09/12/2017

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"Government Watchdog To Launch Probe Into EPA’s Hiring Practices" [37]

"A government watchdog agency has agreed to a request from Democratic senators to open an inquiry into whether the Environmental Protection Agency circumvented the Trump administration’s own ethics rules when hiring certain agency employees."

Environmental Health [10]

Public [5]