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"Air Pollution: Key Advisers Blast EPA For Firing Review Panel" [1]

"Two of acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler's appointees to a prominent advisory committee are pushing back against his recent decision to disband an auxiliary panel involved in a closely watched review of airborne particulate standards."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Food [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [9], 12/12/2018
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"Clean Water Act: EPA Falsely Claims 'No Data' On Waters In WOTUS Rule" [10]

"The Trump administration says it doesn't know how many streams it is proposing to exclude from Clean Water Act jurisdiction today. But a 2017 slideshow prepared by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers staff shows that at least 18 percent of streams and 51 percent of wetlands nationwide would not be protected under the new definition of "waters of the United States," or WOTUS, announced today."

Biodiversity [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Food [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [19], 12/12/2018
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Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [20]

Environmental justice-related stories are expected to get more attention in the news media in 2019. But that’s not because the challenge of protecting marginalized communities from lopsided environmental impacts is being met. This week’s TipSheet explains, in a look-ahead to environmental justice stories making the news, the many forms the problem takes, the many communities affected and the emerging notion of “climate justice.”

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [22]
Air [2]
Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [24]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [26]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [30]
California [31]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [40]
Mexico [41]
Central America & the Caribbean [42]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Trump Fuel Economy Rollback Based On Misleading And Shoddy Calculations [43]

"The Trump administration’s proposal to roll back fuel economy standards relies on an error-ridden and misleading analysis that overestimates the costs and understates the benefits of tighter regulation, an independent study by leading economists, engineers and other experts has found."

Air [2]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: LA Times [44], 12/10/2018
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"EPA: Science Adviser Allowed Oil Group To Edit Research" [45]

"When EPA begins a major review of air pollution standards this week, a researcher who has received funding from an industry group opposed to the rules will be leading the agency's panel."

Air [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ClimateWire [46], 12/10/2018
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"Poisoned Cities, Deadly Border" [47]

A deep look at the Mexican city of Mexicali shows a pattern of unchecked pollution leading to illnesses and deaths on both sides of the border.

Air [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun [48], 12/06/2018
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"Rightwing Taskforce Secretly Approves Anti-Environment Resolutions" [49]

"In Washington last week, Alec, a group that links lobbyists with state lawmakers, approved measures to boost Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel agenda".

Activism [22]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [50], 12/06/2018
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US Plans To 'Showcase Ways To Use Fossil Fuels' At Climate Conference [51]

While all the nations of the world meet in Poland to lower greenhouse emissions, the Trump administration, which has dropped out of the Paris Agreement, will nonetheless show up and promote the use of fossil fuels.

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [28]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [52], 12/06/2018
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"Air Pollution: White House Signs Off On Final Ozone Rule" [53]

"The White House's regulatory shop has completed its assessment of a hot-button ozone rule, putting EPA on track to issue the final version by tomorrow's [Thursday's] court-ordered deadline."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [54], 12/06/2018
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"E.P.A. to Roll Back a Restriction on New Coal-Burning Plants" [55]

"The Trump administration is poised to roll back a significant climate change regulation on coal-fired power plants, making it easier to build new coal plants in the United States."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [56], 12/05/2018
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