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Could Dems Borrow GOP Playbook To Roll Back Trump Rules? [1]

If oddsmakers are right and the Dems sweep the White House and both houses of Congress next month, one significant outcome could be the rollback of prominent Trump administration deregulatory moves. The latest TipSheet explains how an arcane law might make such reversals possible, and then spotlights half-a-dozen potentially vulnerable Trump regulatory actions.

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Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
Wildlife [15]
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National (U.S.) [16]
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Public [17]
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"Social Media: Climate Falsehoods Reached Millions On Facebook" [18]

"Climate denial groups have used Facebook to spread disinformation to millions of people in the lead-up to the 2020 elections, according to a new report."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Science [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [19], 10/09/2020
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Harris, Pence Spar Over Climate Science, Fracking, and Green New Deal [20]

"Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) sparred over their commitment to the science of climate change, with the vice president repeatedly falsely asserting a Biden administration plans to ban fracking and adopt the Green New Deal."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [21], 10/08/2020
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October 15, 2020

Covering Climate Change: Connecting the Dots [22]

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, in partnership with Climate Nexus, has organized a panel discussion, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET, with three journalists who are connecting the dots between our drastically changing climate and environmental justice, changing U.S. policy, the impacts of COVID-19 and more. Free registration required.

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Journalism & Media [10]

"Exxon’s Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents" [24]

"Exxon Mobil Corp. had plans to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions by as much as the output of the entire nation of Greece, an analysis of internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg shows, setting one of the largest corporate emitters against international efforts to slow the pace of warming."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Journalism & Media [10]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg [25], 10/06/2020
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"White House: Trump Team Delaying Work On Major Climate Report" [26]

"The Trump administration is slow-walking a mandatory climate report by not seeking out scientists to work on it, says one of the authors of the last National Climate Assessment."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Science [14]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [29], 10/06/2020
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Plant Trackers Help Mark Coal’s Decline [30]

Keeping tabs on the increasingly frequent closing of U.S. coal-fired electric power plants is an important way to follow developments on the larger climate change beat. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points to several mapping databases that help make the job far easier — whether watching the industry in the United States or abroad.

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Reporters Toolbox [31]
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Activism [32]
Air [3]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [13]
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National (U.S.) [16]
International [34]
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Public [17]
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HHS Renews $10.2 Million Contract For COVID-19 Data Tracking Company [35]

"The Department of Health and Human Services decided to award a second $10.2 million, six-month contract to TeleTracking Technologies even though Congressional committees are investigating the process by which the contract was awarded and the HHS Inspector General is looking at how the company is securing the information it is gathering, an NPR Investigation has learned."

Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [10]
Science [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [38], 10/05/2020
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Long-Delayed Trump USGS Study Finds That Climate Threatens Polar Bears [39]

"After stalling for months, a top Trump official released a polar bear study by government scientists Friday that highlights the endangered animals’ vulnerability to climate change and the fact that proposed oil drilling in Alaska would probably encroach on their habitat, causing more stress."

Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [41]
Journalism & Media [10]
Science [14]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [42], 10/05/2020
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"Fat Bear Week: America's Most Body Positive Contest Nears Climax" [43]

"Big is beautiful in the public vote for the brown bear piling on the most pounds before hibernation in Alaska’s Katmai national park".

Journalism & Media [10]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [44], 10/02/2020
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