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"Making America Toxic Again" [1]

"Scott Pruitt’s job is to protect the environment. Unfortunately, God has other plans for him."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Mother Jones [9], 02/21/2018
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Trump, Congress Face Test on Infrastructure Politics, Funding [10]

Infrastructure is much in the news these days, with battles over politics and funding yielding stories for environment reporters. In play are a Trump plan, who gets to pick projects, who pays and much more. But in an election year, how likely are infrastructure plans to move forward? The backstory, with angles for environment and energy, plus what to watch for in 2018, in our Backgrounder on infrastructure.

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Backgrounders [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [17]
Technology [18]
Transportation [19]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [7]
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Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [22]

Covering local infrastructure projects often means covering energy and the environment. This week’s TipSheet offers a companion to our special backgrounder on the national infrastructure story emerging out of Washington. We’ve got dozens of resources and links for finding infrastructure news and information from Congress, executive agencies, infrastructure organizations and environmental groups.

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TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [24]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [15]
Health [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [27]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [5]
Technology [18]
Transportation [19]
Waste [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
  • Read more about Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [22]

Interior Plan To Fund New Projects By Drilling Met With Skepticism [28]

"A new Interior Department plan to build roads in national parks, fix visitors centers and complete other infrastructure projects using money raised by drilling on public lands is facing skepticism from members of Congress and a former senior department official."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [29], 02/20/2018
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Shell Chemical Plant At Norco, La., Polluted Air For Decades [30]

"When Iris Carter heard that the Shell Chemical plant near her childhood home in Norco had been ordered to spend $10 million on pollution control equipment to resolve decades of allegations that the plant was violating the federal Clean Air Act, she felt a variety of emotions."

Chemicals [31]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: New Orleans Advocate [33], 02/20/2018
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Minnesota Readies Fight Against 3M In Water Pollution Trial [34]

Minnesota's $5 billion lawsuit against 3M for polluting natural resources is finally going to trial after yers of delay.

Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: MPR News [36], 02/20/2018
  • Read more about Minnesota Readies Fight Against 3M In Water Pollution Trial [34]

As Fire Risk Explodes Across the West, an Oregon City Finds a Solution [37]

"Using selective logging and controlled burns, Ashland has reduced fire risk on thousands of acres in the forested watershed that provides the city’s drinking water. The partnership that made it happen could be a model for other fire-prone communities."

Disasters [38]
Forests [39]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Water Deeply [40], 02/20/2018
  • Read more about As Fire Risk Explodes Across the West, an Oregon City Finds a Solution [37]

"FERC Gives Markets Green Light To Deploy Energy Storage" [41]

"Energy storage and distributed energy resources such as small-scale solar received a resounding vote of confidence from federal regulators on Wednesday."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: EnergyWire [42], 02/20/2018
  • Read more about "FERC Gives Markets Green Light To Deploy Energy Storage" [41]

"Seismic Surveys Planned Off U.S. Coast Pose Risk To Marine Life" [43]

"Animals that live in the ocean communicate with sound — humpback whales, for example. But these voices could soon be drowned out by powerful sonic booms from vessels searching for oil and gas."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [44], 02/20/2018
  • Read more about "Seismic Surveys Planned Off U.S. Coast Pose Risk To Marine Life" [43]

"Chemicals: EPA Flouted Law By Delaying Formaldehyde Rule — Judge" [45]

"Greens notched a court victory Friday as a California judge ruled that U.S. EPA unlawfully delayed an Obama-era rule aiming at limiting formaldehyde emissions from wood products."

Chemicals [31]
Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [46], 02/20/2018
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