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Investigations May Bring News in 2018 [1]

Almost a dozen investigations are underway at the U.S. EPA and the Interior Department, including of unusual travel, private sector connections and staff/advisory panel moves. This week's TipSheet runs down the probes in detail, and offers resources for coverage of developments in 2018.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [11]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [17]
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Public [18]

"Interior Department’s Climate Science Centers Persevere" [19]

"Will Badlands National Park have enough forage in the future for its bison herds? Can the Wind River Reservation manage tribal water storage to account for the fact that snow now melts earlier? Could flash droughts be predicted more accurately, such as the one that Montana experienced last summer that led to one of the worst ever wildfire seasons in the state?"

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Natural Resources [20]
Science [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: High Country News [21], 12/12/2017

Trump’s Budget Will Slash Climate Change–Related NASA Missions [22]

"The administration wants to NASA to reprioritize the moon and Mars, and forget 'Earth-centric research'".

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Salon [23], 12/12/2017

Judges Skeptical Of Govt Request To Dismiss Kids' Climate Lawsuit [24]

"A panel of federal appeals court judges on Monday expressed skepticism over the Trump administration’s request to halt a high-profile climate change lawsuit brought by 21 children, which had been scheduled to begin early next year."

Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [25], 12/12/2017

"DOE: Senior Officials Ordered Removal Of 'Climate Change' — Emails" [26]

"A DOE official's controversial request this summer for scientists to remove 'climate change' from research abstracts was ordered by senior national lab managers and was intended to satisfy President Trump's budget request, according to emails obtained by E&E News and confirmed by a lab aide."

Climate Change [3]
Science [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Greenwire [27], 12/12/2017

"World Leaders, High Security At Paris Climate Summit" [28]

"More than 50 world leaders are joining bankers, energy magnates and others Tuesday in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming — despite U.S. President Donald Trump's rejection of the Paris climate accord."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [12]
Public [18]
International [29]
Source: AP [30], 12/12/2017

"Air Pollution: Pruitt Backs Off Enforcement Of Power Plant Program" [31]

"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is instructing agency officials to effectively drop enforcement of one key facet of the New Source Review program, in what could be a prelude to broad changes in the handling of air permits for both new plants and expansions of existing facilities."

Air [32]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Greenwire [35], 12/11/2017

FERC Seeks Delay In Considering Trump Coal, Nuclear Bailout [36]

"The head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is seeking a 30-day extension in the agency’s timeline to consider a proposal to prop up coal and nuclear power plants."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [37]
Pollution [34]
Waste [38]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [39], 12/11/2017

"Trump Will Suspend A Rule To Limit A Pollutant Far Worse Than Carbon" [40]

"The Trump administration will suspend a rule to limit methane leaks from oil and gas operations on federal land, but its true aim may be to kill the Obama-era requirement."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [41], 12/08/2017

Over 400 Structures Destroyed In 115,000-Acre Ventura County Wildfire [42]

"Gusty Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions continued to stoke major wildfires in Southern California on Thursday as Ventura County fire officials said the battle there could last well over a week."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [5]
Forests [43]
People & Population [44]
Public [18]
California [45]
Source: LA Times [46], 12/08/2017

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