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Scott Pruitt Says Those Who Want To Kill EPA Are 'Justified' [1]

"Those who want the Environmental Protection Agency to eliminate the department are 'justified' in their beliefs, the EPA head under President Donald Trump told a gathering of conservatives on Saturday."

Environmental Health [2]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Huffington Post [6], 02/27/2017
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"Aggressive Cuts To Obama-Era Green Rules To Start Soon: EPA Head" [7]

"U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will begin rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations in an "aggressive way" as soon as next week, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Saturday - adding he understood why some Americans want to see his agency eliminated completely."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Reuters [9], 02/27/2017
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Under Pruitt, Watch Enforcement Data [10]

As questions arise about how thoroughly the U.S. EPA's new administrator Scott Pruitt (left) will enforce environmental regulations, reporters can get at the story through EPA’s own exhaustive enforcement database. TipSheet provides a step-by-step on how to use data resources to follow trends and find bad actors. 

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More Controversy in Pipeline for Pipelines [13]

Keystone XL and Dakota Access may be the biggest pipeline stories so far, but they're far from the last, as dozens of other pipeline proposals come into play. Track this developing beat with our latest Issue Backgrounder, which provides a walkthrough of legal and regulatory challenges, and a case-by-case rundown.

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Partisan Divide in Congress Wider Than Ever on Environmental Issues: LCV [16]

"House Republicans cast pro-environmental votes just 5 percent of the time in 2016, while their Democratic colleagues tallied a 94 percent voting record, according to the League of Conservation Voters. That makes the 114th Congress the most politically polarized in the 46-year history of LCV's Scorecard, the new numbers released Thursday show."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: InsideClimate News [17], 02/24/2017
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"U.S. Energy Regulator Still Advancing Obama-Era Climate Guidance" [18]

"In what appeared to be a belated adoption of an Obama-era directive, the U.S. energy agency responsible for approving multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline projects has directed companies to start disclosing potential climate change impacts."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Bloomberg [20], 02/24/2017
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"Exxon Relents, Wipes Oil Sands Reserves From Its Books" [21]

"ExxonMobil announced Wednesday that it had wiped off its books all 3.5 billion barrels of tar sands oil reserves at one of its projects in Canada. Because of recent low oil prices, the company said none of those reserves can be considered economical according to the accounting rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission."

Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Canada [23]
Source: InsideClimate News [24], 02/24/2017
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Police Remove Last Standing Rock Protesters In Military-Style Takeover [25]

"Armed occupation brought an anticlimactic and forlorn end to the camp, which had been home to thousands of activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline".

Activism [26]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Guardian [28], 02/24/2017
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"America’s Aging Dams Are in Need of Repair" [29]

"After two weeks that saw evacuations near Oroville, Calif., and flooding in Elko County, Nev., America’s dams are showing their age. Nearly 2,000 state-regulated high-hazard dams in the United States were listed as being in need of repair in 2015, according to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials."

Disasters [30]
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Source: NY Times [32], 02/24/2017
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SEJ Objects to Non-Public FERC Comment Meeting Format [33]

In the face of rising protests from anti-fracking and anti-pipeline activists, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has adopted a format for some meetings that prevents the press from covering [34] public comment in real time. The Society of Environmental Journalists has expressed concern to FERC about this practice, which also prevents the public from engaging in dialogue. The text of SEJ's Feb. 23, 2017 letter is here [35].

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