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Trump Admin Wrongfully Withheld Funds From Popular Energy Program: GAO [1]

"The Trump administration ­violated the law by wrongly withholding funds for a popular Energy Department program supporting innovation, the Government Accountability Office said Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Science [5]
Technology [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [9], 12/14/2017
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"Senate Panel Clears Trump’s Nominee For NOAA" [10]

"The Senate Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to move forward with the nomination of Barry Myers to be head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [13]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [14], 12/14/2017
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"Trump’s E.P.A. Chemical Safety Nominee Withdraws" [15]

"President Trump’s nominee to oversee the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical safety division on Wednesday withdrew his name from consideration for the post in the face of mounting opposition."

Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [18], 12/14/2017
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"Arctic Report Card: Lowest Sea Ice on Record, 2nd Warmest Year" [19]

"Climate scientists say the magnitude and rate of sea ice loss this century is unprecedented in 1,500 years and issue a warning on the impacts of a changing climate."

Climate Change [11]
Science [5]
Public [7]
International [20]
Antarctica & Arctic [21]
Source: InsideClimate News [22], 12/13/2017
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Investigations May Bring News in 2018 [23]

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 [11]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Policy [27]
Science [5]
Water & Oceans [28]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Central America & the Caribbean [31]
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"Bipartisan Bill Might Seed the Future of Organic Farming" [32]

"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 [33]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Civil Eats [34], 12/12/2017
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"Interior Department’s Climate Science Centers Persevere" [35]

"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 [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [36]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: High Country News [37], 12/12/2017
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Trump’s Budget Will Slash Climate Change–Related NASA Missions [38]

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

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Salon [39], 12/12/2017
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"DOE: Senior Officials Ordered Removal Of 'Climate Change' — Emails" [40]

"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 [11]
Science [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [41], 12/12/2017
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"World Leaders, High Security At Paris Climate Summit" [42]

"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 [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Science [5]
Public [7]
International [20]
Source: AP [43], 12/12/2017
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