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Idea To Privatize Campsites Has Enviros Worried Prices Could Skyrocket [1]

"U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says government shouldn’t be in the business of running campgrounds, so he wants to turn national park campsites over to private businesses."

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Economy & Business [3]
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Natural Resources [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican [8], 06/13/2017
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"U.S. Left As 'Footnote' In G7 Climate Talks" [9]

"BOLOGNA, Italy -- Rifts between the United States and its leading industrial allies over climate change deepened on Monday when Washington refused to subscribe fully to a Group of Seven statement on the environment."

Climate Change [10]
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Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [11]
Source: Reuters [12], 06/13/2017
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Zinke Recommends Trump Scale Back Bears Ears National Monument [13]

"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended President Trump 'revise the existing boundaries' of the Bears Ears National Historic Monument and call on Congress to dictate the terms of how parts of the area should be managed."

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Natural Resources [5]
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Source: Washington Post [15], 06/13/2017
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"Politics: House Targets Climate Voices With Hidden Provision" [16]

"Congress passed a major piece of financial legislation yesterday that climate advocates say threatens their ability to pressure corporations to address environmental risks."

Activism [17]
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Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [6]
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Source: ClimateWire [18], 06/12/2017
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"Trump’s Proposed Climate Rule Reconsideration Nears Public Release" [19]

"President Trump’s White House is reviewing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed reconsideration of former President Barack Obama’s climate change rule for power plants."

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Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [21], 06/12/2017
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Infrastructure: Trump Decries 'Painful' Permitting, Big Enviro Reviews [22]

"President Trump concluded his 'infrastructure week' today by promising to 'hold the bureaucracy accountable.'"

Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [23]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [24], 06/12/2017
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Transit Projects Across US at Risk As Trump Infrastructure Plan Falters [25]

"Dozens of public transit projects around the country are in danger of stalling as the White House’s plan to boost U.S. infrastructure fails to gain momentum — with thousands of jobs at risk."

Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Transportation [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [27], 06/12/2017
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"Trump Budget Risks Harm to U.S. Energy Future: 7 Former DOE Officials [28]

"Seven former heads of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy — from both Republican and Democratic administrations—teamed up on Thursday to warn Congress that the Trump administration's budget could do 'serious harm' to America's energy future."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [29], 06/09/2017
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Exxon May Have Erased 7 Years of Tillerson's 'Wayne Tracker' Emails [30]

"Up to seven years of emails that former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson wrote under the alias 'Wayne Tracker' may have been erased, a company witness has told investigators for the New York attorney general."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [31]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [32], 06/09/2017
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Solar Firms Plan To Return To Nevada After New Law Restores Incentives [33]

"Some of Nevada's largest solar installation companies plan to resume doing business in the state. For the past year-and-a-half Tesla (formerly SolarCity) and Sunrun stopped seeking new customers in this sunny part of the country because the state's Public Utilities Commission chose to phase out incentives for homeowners who install rooftop solar panels. Now, Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval plans to sign into law a bill that brings back 'net metering.'"

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Source: NPR [35], 06/09/2017
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