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"Interior Department’s Climate Science Centers Persevere" [1]

"Will Badlands National Park have enough forage in the future for its bison herds? Can the Wind River Reservation manage tribal water storage to account for the fact that snow now melts earlier? Could flash droughts be predicted more accurately, such as the one that Montana experienced last summer that led to one of the worst ever wildfire seasons in the state?"

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: High Country News [8], 12/12/2017
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"EPA: Texas Official, Former Hill Aide To Helm Dallas Office" [9]

"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has picked Anne Idsal, a well-connected Texas state official, to lead the agency's Region 6 office."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [10]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Source: Greenwire [12], 12/12/2017
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Trump’s Budget Will Slash Climate Change–Related NASA Missions [13]

"The administration wants to NASA to reprioritize the moon and Mars, and forget 'Earth-centric research'".

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Salon [14], 12/12/2017
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"US Petroleum Reserve Lease Sale In Alaska Draws Just 7 Bids" [15]

"President Donald Trump’s efforts to make the United States 'energy dominant' with help from Alaska got off to modest results Wednesday."

Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
Source: AP [19], 12/12/2017
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"Mining: Trump's Chosen Regulator An Unabashed Coal Booster" [20]

"The man President Trump picked to regulate coal believes that mining is simply 'accelerated erosion.'"

Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [4]
Pollution [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [23], 12/12/2017
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"World Leaders, High Security At Paris Climate Summit" [24]

"More than 50 world leaders are joining bankers, energy magnates and others Tuesday in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming — despite U.S. President Donald Trump's rejection of the Paris climate accord."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Science [5]
Public [6]
International [25]
Source: AP [26], 12/12/2017
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EPA Lists 21 Toxic Superfund Sites That Need Immediate Cleanup [27]

"The Environmental Protection Agency released a list of Superfund sites around the country Friday that it said regulators will target 'for immediate and intense attention.'"

Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [29], 12/11/2017
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Trump CPSC Scuttles Rule To Save People From Dying of Carbon Monoxide [30]

"It took 16 years and more than 1,000 deaths for the Consumer Products Safety Commission to crack down on deadly portable generators. Trump’s appointees could undo that in a matter of months."

Consumer [31]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: ProPublica [33], 12/11/2017
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"The Environmental Scandal in Scott Pruitt’s Backyard" [34]

"It’s one of the dirtiest places in America. Former residents of Tar Creek, Oklahoma, want to know why Trump’s EPA chief didn’t prosecute allegations of wrongdoing during a federal buyout program."

Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Waste [35]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Politico [36], 12/11/2017
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Uranium Firm Urged Trump Officials To Shrink Bears Ears Monument [37]

"A uranium company launched a concerted lobbying campaign to scale back Bears Ears National Monument, saying such action would give it easier access to the area’s uranium deposits and help it operate a nearby processing mill, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [39], 12/11/2017
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