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Opening Pruitt’s Calendar and Saving EPA Climate Info; plus, DAPL FOIA Denied and Hoopla over Senate Hallway Interviews [1]

Unlike his predecessors, new EPA head Scott Pruitt isn't publishing his calendar. Pushback from enviros, plus, EPA's scrubbed climate info starts reappearing on city websites around the country. That and news on a Dakota Access Pipeline FOIA and on reporters fighting for Capitol Hill access in this month's WatchDog.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [10]
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Mayors Back 100% Renewable Energy, Vow to Fill Climate Leadership Void [11]

"As the nation's mayors closed their annual meeting on Monday in Miami Beach, they sent a clear signal that cities are looking for action on climate change and are eager to fill a policy gap created by the Trump administration."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: InsideClimate News [12], 06/27/2017
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"Lobbying Fight Erupts Over Coal Country Bill" [13]

"The lobbying fight over a House bill to revitalize coal country has heated up ahead of a key committee hearing on Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [15]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [16], 06/27/2017
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"Supreme Court: Justices Decline Mine Spill, Air Pollution Cases" [17]

"The Supreme Court [Monday] declined to add two environmental cases to its docket for the fall term."

Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [18], 06/27/2017
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"EPA" Agency Seeks Applicants For Hot-Button Science Panels" [19]

"U.S. EPA is putting the word out that the agency is in the market for science advisers."

Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [20]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [21], 06/27/2017
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EPA Official Pressured Scientist on Congressional Testimony: Emails [22]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s chief of staff pressured the top scientist on the agency’s scientific review board to alter her congressional testimony and play down the dismissal of expert advisers, his emails show."

Environmental Politics [5]
Science [20]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [23], 06/27/2017
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Interior Appropriations — Dead on Arrival and Live at Five [24]

Even though big proposed budget cuts may be DOA for the Interior Department, it doesn't mean there aren't a wide range of land and resource-related stories emerging from the debates. The latest TipSheet sets the scene and offers a half-dozen ways to localize the Interior Department funding story.

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TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [26]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [27]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
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"Tribal Nations Fight Removal Of Grizzly Protections" [33]

"Leaders worry delisting could invite energy exploration in historic areas."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [15]
Wildlife [34]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: High Country News [35], 06/21/2017
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"More U.S. Counties Are Finding Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes" [36]

"With the summer mosquito season in full swing in many U.S. states, a new report shows a significant increase in counties across the South that have reported mosquitoes capable of spreading Zika and related viruses."

Environmental Health [37]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [38], 06/21/2017
  • Read more about "More U.S. Counties Are Finding Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes" [36]

"Trump Regulators Trigger Pollution Fight" [39]

"The fight over former President Barack Obama’s methane agenda has moved to the courts."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [40], 06/21/2017
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