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"Part of the Answer to Climate Change May Be America’s Trees and Dirt" [1]

"When people think of potential solutions to global warming, they tend to visualize technologies like solar panels or electric cars. A new study published on Wednesday, however, found that better management of forests, grasslands and soils in the United States could offset as much as 21 percent of the country’s annual greenhouse gas emissions."

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Source: NY Times [7], 11/15/2018
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"Climate: Pallone On Select Committee: 'I Don't Think It's Necessary'" [8]

"Rep. Frank Pallone does not like the idea of bringing back the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News PM [11], 11/15/2018
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"EPA: How a Top Official Landed In Criminal Trouble" [12]

"When Trey Glenn was seeking a top EPA job last year, one of his references was a lobbyist for Drummond Co., an Alabama-based coal firm. Now, the lobbyist is likely headed for federal lockup. And Glenn, the head of EPA's Atlanta-based Region 4 office, is under indictment for allegedly violating the state's ethics law."

Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [14]
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Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Waste [16]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [17], 11/15/2018
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Hurricanes, Water Wars Threaten New High-End Gulf Coast Oyster Industry [18]

"For Cainnon Gregg, 2018 started out as a great year. After leaving his job as an installation artist to become a full-time oyster farmer in Wakulla County, Florida in 2017, Gregg began raising small oysters in baskets or bags suspended in the shallow, productive coastal waters of Apalachicola Bay."

Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Conversation [22], 11/14/2018
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"Courts: Trump Nominates Regs Chief for D.C. Circuit" [23]

"President Trump has nominated his top regulatory official to take over a vacant seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, according to a White House pool report."

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Source: Greenwire [25], 11/14/2018
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"EPA: Combative Press Tactics Mirror Trump's" [26]

"EPA's press shop is taking a page from President Trump's playbook. Since the new administration entered office, the staff in EPA's press shop has gotten personal with reporters — calling out their alleged mistakes in press releases, keeping them off advisories and blocking some from agency events."

Environmental Health [14]
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Science [28]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [29], 11/14/2018
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"Spending Fight Will Headline 'Fairly Brief' Lame Duck" [30]

"Lingering rancor over immigration remains the primary hurdle for wrapping up the 115th Congress, keeping in limbo the fate of spending for EPA and the Interior Department, the expired Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), and key energy tax breaks."

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Source: E&E Daily [31], 11/14/2018
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Chemicals Used To Fight BP Spill Were Ineffective And Toxic, Study Says [32]

"The undersea use of chemical dispersants during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster likely did more harm than good, a new study says."

Chemicals [19]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [36], 11/14/2018
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EPA Approved Weedkiller Though Scientists Warned It Would Destroy Crops [37]

"Every August, Andrew Joyce used to hunker down in the field beside his house, picking juicy, ripe tomatoes in the blazing sun."

Agriculture [2]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reveal/FERN [38], 11/14/2018
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"A Left-Flank Protest on Day 1 Signals a Democratic House Divided" [39]

"Freshman orientation for new members of Congress had barely begun when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old darling of the progressive left and newly elected congresswoman from New York, visited Nancy Pelosi’s office for the first time. She was not there to meet the House Democratic leader. She was there to protest."

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Source: NY Times [41], 11/14/2018
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