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"Groups Accuse ALEC, Exxon Of Tax Violations" [1]

"Two watchdog groups are accusing the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) of abusing its nonprofit status, pointing to information about ExxonMobil Corp. as proof. The Center for Media Democracy and Common Cause say ALEC is engaging in corporate lobbying for organizations like Exxon, while working under an IRS nonprofit designation that prohibits such lobbying."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Hill [6], 10/07/2016
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"Senate -- Coming Soon: Environment Panel's Big Makeover" [7]

"The Senate's oddest couple is about to break up. Back in 2007, Sens. Barbara Boxer and Jim Inhofe were paired for the first time as their parties' leaders on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. They represent nearly perfect opposites."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [8], 10/07/2016
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"Debate Simmers Over Name Of Devils Tower Monument In Wyoming" [9]

"CHEYENNE, Wyo. — When President Theodore Roosevelt designated the country’s first national monument 110 years ago, the proclamation inadvertently left out a punctuation mark, and what was supposed to be Devil’s Tower became Devils Tower instead."

Environmental Politics [2]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [11]
Public [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Source: AP [13], 10/06/2016
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"Calling Out Pollution, Two Dozen Are Arrested In Virginia" [14]

"Twenty-three people were arrested Wednesday as the fight to stop fossil fuel infrastructure erupted in  Virginia, according to groups staging the civil disobedience."

Activism [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Source: EHN [18], 10/06/2016
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"Big Food Strikes Back" [19]

"Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take On Corporate Agriculture?"

Agriculture [20]
Environmental Politics [2]
Food [21]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [22], 10/06/2016
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"Where Americans Find Common Ground On Climate Issues" [23]

"Americans’ views on climate change diverge sharply depending on their political affiliations, says a new Pew Research poll. But two areas of consensus are emerging."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [25], 10/05/2016
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On Climate, Obama Tells Leo DiCaprio, We’re "In A Race Against Time" [26]

"Capping a day-long futurist fair and alternative music fest on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, President Obama told actor Leonardo DiCaprio and atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe 'we’re really in a race against time' to curb the worst affects of climate change."

Activism [15]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wash Post [28], 10/04/2016
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"What's at Stake for the Climate in the 2016 Election? Everything" [29]

"The choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump holds U.S. climate policy, and the Paris agreement, in the balance."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: InsideClimate News [30], 10/04/2016
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"Lamar Smith Extends Exxon Subpoena Campaign to Include SEC" [31]

"A vigorously non-partisan commission, the SEC finds itself on Texas Republican's list of Exxon investigators he says are 'chilling' climate research."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Science [32]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: InsideClimate News [33], 09/30/2016
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NC Senator Who Champions Fossil Fuels Got Industry Money For 20 Years [34]

"With checkbooks in hand, executives from the embattled coal mining industry converged last year on the remote Olde Farm Golf Club near southwest Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: McClatchy [35], 09/30/2016
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