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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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TipSheet [2]
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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]
Region: 
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]

"US Petroleum Reserve Lease Sale In Alaska Draws Just 7 Bids" [19]

"President Donald Trump’s efforts to make the United States 'energy dominant' with help from Alaska got off to modest results Wednesday."

Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: AP [20], 12/12/2017

Tough For AK Fishermen: Pacific Halibut Catches Likely To Drop Next Year [21]

"It's going to be a tough year for many Alaska fishermen. After announcements of a massive drop in cod stocks, the industry learned last week that Pacific halibut catches are likely to drop by 20 percent next year, and the declines could continue for several years."

Fish & Fisheries [22]
Public [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [23], 12/04/2017

"Cold War-Era Military Site Continues To Pollute Fish And Yupik People" [24]

"Three years after the Army Corps declared it sufficiently cleaned up, a former Air Force station continues to contaminate wildlife on remote St. Lawrence Island".

Environmental Health [25]
Military [26]
People & Population [27]
Public [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: EHN [28], 12/04/2017

"Eni Receives Federal Permit for US Arctic Offshore Drilling" [29]

"A subsidiary of an Italian energy company has received a federal permit to drill the first oil exploration wells in U.S. Arctic waters in two years."

Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: AP [30], 11/29/2017

"Will US Budget Cuts Destroy A Key Arctic Wildlife Area?" [31]

"Bernadette Demientieff says it is a 'very scary time' for the Gwich'in indigenous nation as proposed US budget legislation would open a key section of a nearly 20-million acre wildlife refuge in the Arctic up to oil-and-gas development."

Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [27]
Wildlife [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: Aljazeera [34], 11/15/2017

"ANWR Drilling Opponents Outline Battle Plan" [35]

"Senate opponents of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hope to convince their colleagues over the next few weeks that energy development there threatens America's entire wildlife refuge system, primarily for the sake of alleviating Alaska's fiscal crisis."

Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: E&E Daily [36], 11/14/2017

"Week Ahead: Senate Panel To Consider Arctic Drilling Bill" [37]

"A Senate Committee is scheduled to consider legislation next week opening the door to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)."

Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: The Hill [38], 11/13/2017

Murkowski Bill Directs At Least 2 Major Lease Sales In Arctic Refuge [39]

"Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Lisa Murkowksi (R-Alaska) released legislation Wednesday that would open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling for the first time in a generation by calling for at least two major lease sales over the next decade."

Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: Washington Post [40], 11/09/2017

Climate Preview? Pacific Ocean ‘Blob’ Seems To Take Toll On Alaska Cod [41]

"Gulf of Alaska cod populations appear to have nose-dived, a collapse fishery scientists believe is linked to warm water temperatures known as 'the blob' that peaked in 2015."

Climate Change [3]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [42]
Source: Seattle Times [43], 11/08/2017

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