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Investigations May Bring News in 2018 [1]

Almost a dozen investigations are underway at the U.S. EPA and the Interior Department, including of unusual travel, private sector connections and staff/advisory panel moves. This week's TipSheet runs down the probes in detail, and offers resources for coverage of developments in 2018.

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Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [11]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [17]
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Public [18]
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"Bipartisan Bill Might Seed the Future of Organic Farming" [19]

"Advocates on both sides of the aisle say doubling funding for the USDA’s organic research program will help farmers meet demand and remain competitive."

Agriculture [20]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Civil Eats [21], 12/12/2017
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"Interior Department’s Climate Science Centers Persevere" [22]

"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 [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Natural Resources [23]
Science [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: High Country News [24], 12/12/2017
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Trump’s Budget Will Slash Climate Change–Related NASA Missions [25]

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

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Salon [26], 12/12/2017
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"DOE: Senior Officials Ordered Removal Of 'Climate Change' — Emails" [27]

"A DOE official's controversial request this summer for scientists to remove 'climate change' from research abstracts was ordered by senior national lab managers and was intended to satisfy President Trump's budget request, according to emails obtained by E&E News and confirmed by a lab aide."

Climate Change [3]
Science [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Greenwire [28], 12/12/2017
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"World Leaders, High Security At Paris Climate Summit" [29]

"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 [3]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [12]
Public [18]
International [30]
Source: AP [31], 12/12/2017
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"The Most Accurate Climate Models Predict Greater Warming, Study Shows" [32]

"New research says we should pay more attention to climate models that point to a hotter future and toss out projections that point to less warming. "

Climate Change [3]
Science [12]
Public [18]
International [30]
Source: InsideClimate News [33], 12/07/2017
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EPA Chief Pruitt Says Agency Scientists Are Free to Discuss Their Work [34]

"Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency will be free to publicly discuss their work from now on, Scott Pruitt, the agency’s administrator, has assured lawmakers who criticized the E.P.A. for preventing employees from presenting findings about climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [36]
Science [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NY Times [37], 12/07/2017
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"Trump Science Job Nominees Missing Advanced Science Degrees" [38]

"When it comes to filling jobs dealing with complex science, environment and health issues, the Trump administration is nominating people with fewer science academic credentials than their Obama predecessors. And it’s moving slower as well."

Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Science [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [39], 12/06/2017
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Battle Builds Over Science Integrity in Environmental Policy [40]

Purges of EPA science panels by Administrator Scott Pruitt are just one among many moves in an ongoing dispute over the integrity of the environmental sciences in government policymaking. The latest Issue Backgrounder takes a deep dive with a briefing on five likely battles ahead for the coming year.

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Agriculture [20]
Air [42]
Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [44]
Government [9]
Health [45]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [46]
Science [12]
Technology [47]
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National (U.S.) [14]
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Public [18]
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