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Under Trump, Squalls over Science Will Continue in 2019 [1]

The Trump administration’s “war on science” is playing out not just at the EPA, with its controversial proposed “secret science” rule, but at federal agencies throughout the government. This special TipSheet lays out the conflict, and offers guidance on how to turn the overarching issue into a story with character and a regional or local sense of place. Plus, see more in our ongoing 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment.

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Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [7]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Science [11]
Technology [12]
Transportation [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
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"Deep Beneath Your Feet, They Live in the Octillions" [16]

"The real journey to the center of the Earth has begun, and scientists are discovering subsurface microbial beings that shake up what we think we know about life."

Science [11]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: NY Times [18], 12/24/2018
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Lamar Smith: A Ranch, An Oil Field, And A Career Colored By Skepticism [19]

"Rep. Lamar Smith's cattle brand is shaped like the number 2, with a check mark in the top right corner. It's supposed to be burned in the right hip of an animal."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Science [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ClimateWire [21], 12/24/2018
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That Global Warming Hiatus? It Never Happened. Two New Studies Explain [22]

"The United Nations panel of climate science experts mentioned it in a 2013 report, scientists have published more than 200 papers analyzing it, and climate deniers said it was proof that climate change didn't exist, but in reality the global warming "pause" or "hiatus" never occurred."

Climate Change [4]
Science [11]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: InsideClimate News [23], 12/19/2018
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"Trump’s NOAA Nominee Won’t Get Senate Vote This Year" [24]

"The Senate will not vote this year to confirm a new head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, lawmakers said this week. That leaves the agency responsible for understanding and predicting changes in the earth’s climate without a Senate-confirmed leader for the longest period since it was created in 1970."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Science [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NY Times [26], 12/14/2018
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Decade of New Evidence Supports EPA Greenhouse ‘Endangerment Finding’ [27]

"Scientific understanding of the risks greenhouse gases pose to public health and welfare has strengthened and broadened in the decade since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made its landmark 'endangerment finding,' according to a new review of the latest science published Thursday."

Climate Change [4]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Science [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: InsideClimate News [28], 12/14/2018
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"Clean Water Act: EPA Falsely Claims 'No Data' On Waters In WOTUS Rule" [29]

"The Trump administration says it doesn't know how many streams it is proposing to exclude from Clean Water Act jurisdiction today. But a 2017 slideshow prepared by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers staff shows that at least 18 percent of streams and 51 percent of wetlands nationwide would not be protected under the new definition of "waters of the United States," or WOTUS, announced today."

Biodiversity [3]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Food [33]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [34]
Science [11]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Greenwire [37], 12/12/2018
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In 2019, Watch for Aggressive Energy-Enviro Oversight By Democratic House [38]

As Democrats take charge of the House of Representatives next month, they’ll be wielding powerful congressional oversight powers over environment and energy matters. Watch for oversight drama in 2019 as committees take a closer look at natural resource policy at the Interior Department, the rollback of climate policy, attacks on climate science and more. All in our latest Issue Backgrounder.

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Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [10]
Policy [40]
Pollution [34]
Science [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
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Public [15]
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"COP 24: U.S. Stands With Russia And Saudi Arabia Against Science" [43]

"The United States worked with Russia and Saudi Arabia on Saturday night to sideline climate science in U.N. negotiations, angering nations that say urgent action is needed for their survival."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Science [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ClimateWire [44], 12/10/2018
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Trump Fuel Economy Rollback Based On Misleading And Shoddy Calculations [45]

"The Trump administration’s proposal to roll back fuel economy standards relies on an error-ridden and misleading analysis that overestimates the costs and understates the benefits of tighter regulation, an independent study by leading economists, engineers and other experts has found."

Air [46]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [34]
Science [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: LA Times [47], 12/10/2018
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