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EPA Eased Herbicide Regulations Using Monsanto Research, Records Show [1]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lessened protections for crops and wildlife habitats after Monsanto Co. supplied research that presented lower estimates of how far the weed killer dicamba can drift, according to a review of federal documents."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Midwest Ctr for Investigative Reporting [9], 03/02/2018
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"Forecast For Natl Weather Service: Cloudy, With A Chance Of Budget Cuts [10]

"The Trump administration is looking to slash the National Weather Service's budget at a time when the service already has hundreds of unfilled positions — all while extreme weather is increasing."

Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [13], 03/02/2018
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"EPA: Agency Moves To Disband Environmental Research Operation" [14]

"U.S. EPA is planning to shut down a grant-making center that supports leading-edge research on human exposure to pollution and its effects."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [15], 03/01/2018
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“Yellowstone Migrations” [16]

A photographer undertook an artistic and scientific odyssey that was inspired by an ancient migration now imperiled by human encroachment. His new volume tracks the mythical journeys taken by pronghorn, mule deer and elk through the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. BookShelf reviews Joe Riis’ “Yellowstone Migrations.”

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Biodiversity [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Natural Resources [20]
Science [6]
Wildlife [21]
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"Major EPA Reorganization Will End Science Research Program" [23]

"A federal environmental program that distributes grants to test the effects of chemical exposure on adults and children is being shuttered amidst a major organization consolidation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [24]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [25], 02/27/2018
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Fossils Found At Bears Ears — Right Where Trump Removed Protections [26]

"One of the world's richest troves of Triassic-period fossils has been discovered in an area of Bears Ears National Monument that just lost its protected status, scientists announced Thursday. President Trump signed a proclamation in December that shrank the national monument by 85 percent."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [20]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [27], 02/23/2018
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Zinke Asked For Confidential Energy Data. So Two Scientists Left. [28]

"Two senior U.S. Geological Survey officials have stepped down after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke asked that they provide his office with confidential data on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska before it was released to the general public."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [29], 02/22/2018
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University Pulls Back on Pollution Study That Supported Its Benefactor [30]

"The president of a Tennessee state university, under fire for an academic study on truck emissions that was paid for by a local trucking company, has asked federal officials to disregard the study, at least for now, in its review of pollution regulations that could benefit the company."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [31], 02/22/2018
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"Making America Toxic Again" [32]

"Scott Pruitt’s job is to protect the environment. Unfortunately, God has other plans for him."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [33]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Mother Jones [34], 02/21/2018
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"Oil And Gas: Trump's Budget Would Erase USGS Impact Research" [35]

"The Trump administration is seeking to zero out federal funding on the environmental effects of oil and gas development."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [33]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: EnergyWire [36], 02/19/2018
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