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"Donald Trump’s Energy Plan: More Fossil Fuels and Fewer Rules" [1]

"BISMARCK, N.D. — Donald J. Trump traveled Thursday to the heart of America’s oil and gas boom, where he called for more fossil fuel drilling and fewer environmental regulations while vowing to “cancel the Paris climate agreement,” the 2015 accord committing nearly every nation to taking action to curb climate change."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [6], 05/27/2016
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"The Two Words That Rewrote American Water Policy" [7]

"The strange tale of how a Supreme Court justice accidentally triggered the biggest new water rule in a decade."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Politico [10], 05/26/2016
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"University of Massachusetts to Divest From Fossil-Fuel Holdings" [11]

"The University of Massachusetts said it will divest from direct fossil-fuel holdings in its endowment, without specifying the total amount of its investment."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Source: Bloomberg [15], 05/26/2016
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Trump Unlikely To Be Able To Renegotiate Climate Deal: UN Climate Chief [16]

"Donald Trump would be 'highly unlikely' to be able to renegotiate the global accord on climate change if elected U.S. president, the U.N.'s climate chief said on Wednesday, as doing so would require the agreement of 195 countries."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Reuters [17], 05/26/2016
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"Exxon Shareholders Pass Measure That May Put Climate Expert On Board" [18]

"Voters at Exxon Mobil Corp's annual meeting on Wednesday approved a measure to let minority shareholders nominate outsiders for seats on the board, meaning a climate activist could eventually become a director at the world's largest publicly traded oil company."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Reuters [19], 05/26/2016
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Interior Dept. Stonewalls Federal FOIA Ombud [20]

The U.S. Department of the Interior is not winning many awards for openness. A House subcommittee recently took up the complaint that Interior's Office of the Solicitor would not even honor the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ombudsman's office with a response to repeated letters.

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Environmental Politics [3]
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Public Land Photo-Fee Provisions Buried in Pending Energy Legislation [24]

The Senate-passed bill contains an explicit exemption from permits and fees for newsgathering. A House energy bill, now going to conference to be reconciled with the Senate bill, contains no newsgathering exemption. But that's not the end of the story. Image courtesy of NPS.

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Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [25]
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"House Passes Sweeping Chemical Safety Bill" [26]

"The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved new chemical safety rules designed to overhaul federal regulation covering thousands of chemicals in daily use, a rare bipartisan action in a year when Congress is torn by presidential politics."

Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wall St. Journal [29], 05/25/2016
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Proposed National Park Is Multimillion-Dollar Gift Wrapped In Distrust [30]

"The nearly 88,000 acres were meant to be a gift, donated along with a $40 million endowment so that part of Maine’s pristine North Woods might be protected forever as a national park. But it’s not easy to give away a national park; Roxanne Quimby, the wealthy, polarizing co-founder of Burt’s Bees, has been trying for more than a decade. Her effort has bitterly divided this corner of New England, where shuttered paper mills have led to crippling unemployment and a shrinking population, and where distrust of the federal government runs as deep as the rivers and streams."

Environmental Politics [3]
Government [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wash Post [31], 05/24/2016
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PA: "State Drops Nearly $9 Million Fine Against Range Resources" [32]

"Pennsylvania environmental regulators have, for now, dropped their pursuit of a nearly $9 million fine against Range Resources-Appalachia LLC after the two sides reached an agreement over a Lycoming County gas well that regulators said leaked methane into drinking water supplies and streams."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [34], 05/24/2016
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