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"Pruitt Says EPA Will Create ‘Top-10’ List For Superfund Cleanup" [1]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt vowed Tuesday to cut through bureaucratic red tape that has slowed the cleanup of toxic Superfund sites and follow a task force’s recommendations to act more boldly in holding companies responsible for past contamination."

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Source: Washington Post [10], 07/26/2017

Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [11]

A federal court has ruled unconstitutional a Utah law that made undercover filming of livestock operations illegal. What's it mean for similar laws elsewhere? The latest WatchDog has the story, plus news on protecting whistleblowers, a digital journalist's legal guide, shielding of climate info and leaked government reports.

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Trump EPA Chem Safety Pick Was in the 'Business of Blessing' Pollution [28]

"Michael Dourson, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, founded and ran a toxicology consulting firm whose work enabled DuPont to avoid providing clean water to people in West Virginia after the company contaminated the area around one of its plants with a dangerous industrial chemical."

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Source: The Intercept [29], 07/25/2017

Shark Week Media Frenzy a Chance to Actually Cover Sharks [30]

The media frenzy whipped up by Shark Week broadcasts mask a harsh reality — humans kill millions more sharks than sharks kill humans, making the real story for reporters the struggle to save sharks. Get ideas and resources on the shark conservation story from this week's TipSheet.

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"Appeals Court Backs Wildlife Activist In Free Speech Case" [34]

"A federal appeals court on Monday ruled in favor of a wildlife activist who said his free speech rights were violated when a sheriff's deputy barred him from watching livestock agents herd wild bison into Yellowstone National Park."

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Source: AP [36], 07/25/2017

11 States Sue EPA Over Delay Of New Chemical Safety Rules [37]

"Attorneys general from 11 states today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a delay in Obama-era rules aimed at preventing accidents at chemical plants."

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Source: E&E News PM [39], 07/25/2017

Senate Confirms David Bernhardt, Trump Nominee For No. 2 Interior Post [40]

"Colorado native David Bernhardt’s nomination by President Donald Trump to the post of deputy Interior secretary was confirmed Monday by the U.S. Senate, despite concerns from Democrats who call him a Washington insider and from conservationists worried about his environmental record."

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Source: Denver Post [41], 07/25/2017

ETP's $4 Billion Rover Line Hits Another Snag, This Time In W Virginia [42]

"Energy Transfer Partners LP's (ETP.N) Rover pipeline, the biggest natural gas pipeline under construction in the United States, received more bad news after West Virginia told the company to stop some work, citing environmental violations, regulators said on Monday."

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Source: Reuters [43], 07/25/2017

8 Senators Call for Probe of ‘Arbitrary’ Reassignment of Fed Scientists [44]

"Eight U.S. senators called for an investigation today after a federal climate scientist filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that he had been arbitrarily reassigned by the Trump administration in what he believed was retaliation for speaking out publicly about the dangers climate change poses to Alaska Native communities."

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Source: InsideClimate News [46], 07/25/2017

Scott Pruitt Spent Much of Early Months at EPA Traveling Home: Report [47]

"Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, traveled to his home state, Oklahoma, 10 times over three months this year, largely at taxpayer expense, according to a report released Monday."

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Source: NY Times [48], 07/25/2017

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