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"McMorris Rodgers To Be Trump's Interior Pick" [1]

"President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington as his secretary of Interior, a source close to the transition told USA TODAY Friday."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: USA TODAY [5], 12/12/2016

"EPA: Pruitt Faces Chilly Staff Reception" [6]

"U.S. EPA employees are abuzz today about President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be their new boss, and many of them are wary."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [11], 12/09/2016

Mass. AG Appeals Exxon Ruling, Wants New Judge to Throw Out Case [12]

"Saying she does not believe a Texas judge has considered her arguments, Massachusetts AG Maura Healey files an appeal to halt her questioning by ExxonMobil lawyers."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: InsideClimate News [13], 12/09/2016

"Offshore Wind Project to Go Live as Industry Eyes Trump" [14]

"In a few days, the water-bound wind turbines off of Rhode Island’s Block Island are expected to generate electricity commercially for the first time, and New Englanders are set to become the first in U.S. history to use electric power generated from an offshore wind turbine."

Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Climate Central [17], 12/09/2016

"Amid Fears Of Trump Cutback, NASA Announces Long-Term Climate Mission" [18]

"Could this be push-back from an agency anticipating cuts? Could the Trump administration dismantle GeoCARB?"

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [2]
Science [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [20], 12/09/2016

"Polar Vortex Redux? U.S. Forecasters Say It Could Hit Next Week" [21]

"Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the United States could see frigid weather next week similar to life-threatening lows the polar vortex brought to parts of the country in 2014."

Disasters [22]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [23], 12/09/2016

Trump's EPA Pick May Struggle To Dismantle Obama's Environmental Legacy [24]

"Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump's pick to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has fought President Barack Obama’s measures to curb climate change at every turn as attorney general of Oklahoma. Now he is hoping to take apart Obama's environmental legacy from the inside out, a task that could prove tougher than it sounds."

Environmental Politics [2]
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Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [25], 12/09/2016

Clean Energy ‘Moving Forward’ Despite Trump’s E.P.A. Pick, Experts Say [26]

"President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice of a fossil-fuel advocate and climate-change denier to head the Environmental Protection Agency comes at a moment when the American energy market has already shifted away from the most polluting fossil fuels, driven more by investors and economics than by federal regulations."

Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NY Times [27], 12/09/2016

"House OKs Water, Spending Bills, But Senate Path Unclear" [28]

"The House [Thursday] afternoon passed water projects legislation and a continuing resolution to keep the government funded into next year, but the Senate path is unclear."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: E&E News PM [30], 12/09/2016

"Koch Network Launching PR Firm" [31]

"The conservative network helmed by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is launching a for-profit public relations agency."

Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [32]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: The Hill [33], 12/08/2016

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