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Trump Plans Rollback of Sage Grouse Protections to Spur Oil Exploration [1]

"The Trump administration on Thursday published documents detailing its plan to roll back Obama-era protections for the vast habitat of the greater sage grouse, a chickenlike bird that roams across nearly 11 million acres in 10 oil-rich Western states."

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Source: NY Times [8], 12/07/2018
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"Trump Moves to Lift Hurdle to Coal Plants No One Wants to Clear" [9]

"The Trump administration wants to remove a key barrier to constructing new coal-fired power plants in the U.S. -- but don’t expect any utilities to actually build them."

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Source: Bloomberg [13], 12/07/2018
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"Politics: Ocasio-Cortez's Unlikely Path To Becoming Green Hero" [14]

"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's path to Congress representing an urban, diverse district in New York City began in a freezing-cold protest camp in North Dakota."

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Source: E&E Daily [16], 12/06/2018
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"Rightwing Taskforce Secretly Approves Anti-Environment Resolutions" [17]

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

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Source: Guardian [21], 12/06/2018
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US Plans To 'Showcase Ways To Use Fossil Fuels' At Climate Conference [22]

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 [11]
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Source: Washington Post [23], 12/06/2018
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"White House: Trump Ocean Plan Axes Climate Chapter" [24]

"The White House is no longer including a distinct chapter on climate change in an overarching plan setting federal priorities on ocean policy for a decade."

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Source: Greenwire [27], 12/06/2018
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"Public Lands: Sage Grouse, Climate Lawsuits Loom Over BLM Lease Sale" [28]

"Over the next week and a half, the federal government will make its quarterly offering of public lands for sale to oil and gas developers."

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Source: EnergyWire [29], 12/06/2018
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"Air Pollution: White House Signs Off On Final Ozone Rule" [30]

"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."

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Source: Greenwire [31], 12/06/2018
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"Nuclear: Downtime At 'Aging' Grand Gulf Attracts Increased Scrutiny" [32]

Nuclear power is being hyped as a reliable baseload source for the grid. But the massive Grand Gulf plant in Mississippi is only putting out full power 52 percent of the time.

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Source: EnergyWire [33], 12/05/2018
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"US Coal Consumption Drops To Lowest Level Since 1979" [34]

"Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter’s presidency, a federal report said Tuesday, as cheap natural gas and other rival sources of energy frustrate the Trump administration’s pledges to revive the U.S. coal industry."

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Source: AP [35], 12/05/2018
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