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13-State Coalition To Challenge Trump On Vehicle Emission Standards [1]

"New York State's attorney general and 12 other top state law enforcement officials said on Friday they would mount a vigorous court challenge to any effort to roll back vehicle emission rules by the Trump administration."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [8], 06/13/2017
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"EPA Delays Chemical Safety Rule Until 2019" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will delay implementation of an Obama-era chemical safety rule for nearly two years while it reassesses the necessity of the regulation."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [13], 06/13/2017
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Idea To Privatize Campsites Has Enviros Worried Prices Could Skyrocket [14]

"U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says government shouldn’t be in the business of running campgrounds, so he wants to turn national park campsites over to private businesses."

Consumer [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican [18], 06/13/2017
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"U.S. Left As 'Footnote' In G7 Climate Talks" [19]

"BOLOGNA, Italy -- Rifts between the United States and its leading industrial allies over climate change deepened on Monday when Washington refused to subscribe fully to a Group of Seven statement on the environment."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 06/13/2017
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Zinke Recommends Trump Scale Back Bears Ears National Monument [23]

"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended President Trump 'revise the existing boundaries' of the Bears Ears National Historic Monument and call on Congress to dictate the terms of how parts of the area should be managed."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [24], 06/13/2017
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Hurricane Season Brings Surprises, and Surprising Depth [25]

Atlantic hurricane season is underway, and our latest Issue Backgrounder helps reporters get prepared, not just for the inevitable surprises, but also for the new issues these storms are raising. Plus, as part of our recent series: An Inside Story on award-winning storm coverage [26] and a TipSheet on covering hurricanes [27]. 

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Summertime and the Air is (Cough) Unhealthy [30]

With summer heat in many cities comes worsening air pollution, and a crop of smog-related stories. This week's TipSheet explains how smog forms and harms health, then helps you report on local smog factors and learn if your area is in "nonattainment" with EPA ozone standards, themselves a shifting target under Trump. 

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"The ‘Senseless Maiming’ of the Redwoods" [33]

"The biggest of northern California’s giant redwood trees grow more than 250 ft. tall, with a circumference greater than 90 ft. at their base. The oldest have seen more than 3,000 years. These majestic trees have been here long before us, and if left undisturbed, would still be growing after everyone on the planet was dead."

Forests [34]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: TIME [35], 06/12/2017
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"Politics: House Targets Climate Voices With Hidden Provision" [36]

"Congress passed a major piece of financial legislation yesterday that climate advocates say threatens their ability to pressure corporations to address environmental risks."

Activism [37]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: ClimateWire [38], 06/12/2017
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"Trump’s Proposed Climate Rule Reconsideration Nears Public Release" [39]

"President Trump’s White House is reviewing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed reconsideration of former President Barack Obama’s climate change rule for power plants."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [40], 06/12/2017
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