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"Administration Critics Want Pruitt, Zinke To Resign Over Flights" [1]

"One Cabinet secretary is out of a job after a furor over his pricey flights. Now some critics are calling for the ouster of U.S. EPA boss Scott Pruitt and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Both also are under fire over travel."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: E&E Daily [5], 10/05/2017
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Trump Takes a First Step Toward Scrapping Obama’s Global Warming Policy [6]

"The Trump administration will repeal the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s effort to fight climate change, and will ask the public to recommend ways it could be replaced, according to an internal Environmental Protection Agency document."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NY Times [9], 10/05/2017
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"Federal Judge Reinstates Obama-Era Rule On Methane Emissions" [10]

"On Wednesday, Senate lawmakers will weigh whether to confirm as the chemical industry’s top regulator a scientist who over the past two decades has helped companies argue against stricter government regulation of potentially harmful compounds in everyday products."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Washington Post [11], 10/05/2017
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Senate Weighs Key EPA Nominees With Close Ties To Chemical, Fossil Fuels [12]

"On Wednesday, Senate lawmakers will weigh whether to confirm as the chemical industry’s top regulator a scientist who over the past two decades has helped companies argue against stricter government regulation of potentially harmful compounds in everyday products."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Washington Post [11], 10/05/2017
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Interior Whistleblower Resigns, Calling Zinke’s Leadership A Failure [13]

"An Interior Department executive turned whistleblower who claimed the Trump administration retaliated against him for publicly disclosing how climate change affects Alaska Native communities resigned Wednesday."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Washington Post [14], 10/05/2017
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"Poll: Most Americans Want Government To Fight Climate Change" [15]

"More than 6 in 10 Americans believe that climate change is a problem that the federal government needs to address, according to a new poll."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: The Hill [16], 10/04/2017
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"Rick Perry Manages To Unite Oil, Gas, Wind And Solar — Against Him" [17]

"As he did nearly a year ago to win the presidency, Donald Trump has done the seemingly impossible and brought together disparate coalitions of unlikely interests. This week, it happened again when Trump managed to unite an unlikely band of fossil-fuel and renewable-energy advocates."

Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Washington Post [20], 10/04/2017
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"Trump Administration Swaps 'Climate Change' For 'Resilience'" [21]

"In the Trump administration's list of dos and don'ts, 'climate change' is out and 'resilience' is in. The word choices by administration officials -- and the extent to which they're going to avoid referencing global warming altogether -- are notable in the aftermath of recent severe hurricanes and in the face of questions about what could have caused them."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: CNN [23], 10/03/2017
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An Absent EPA Climate Report, And A Tale Of Two Flooded Superfund Sites [24]

"Hurricane Harvey flooded more than a dozen Superfund toxic waste sites when it devastated the Texas coast in late August. An EPA report predicted the possibility of climate-related problems at toxic waste sites like those in Texas, but the page detailing the report on the agency's website was made inactive months before the storm."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NPR [26], 10/03/2017
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"Shunning Fossil Fuels, 40 Catholic Groups Seek Climate Action" [27]

"Forty Roman Catholic groups said on Tuesday they were shunning investments in fossil fuels and urged others to follow suit."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
International [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 10/03/2017
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