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"Russian Land of Permafrost and Mammoths Is Thawing" [1]

"The lab assistant reached into the freezer and lifted out a football-size object in a tattered plastic grocery bag, unwrapping its muddy covering and placing it on a wooden table. It was the severed head of a wolf."

Climate Change [2]
Public [3]
Asia [4]
Source: NY Times [5], 08/05/2019
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Sharp Rise In Brazilian Deforestation Undeniable: Sacked Research Chief [6]

"Ricardo Galvao, the sacked head of Brazil’s space research agency, said on Saturday the trend of sharply rising deforestation was undeniable, a day after he was fired following a public spat with President Jair Bolsonaro over data published by the agency."

Agriculture [7]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Science [10]
Public [3]
South America [11]
Source: Reuters [12], 08/05/2019
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"California Farmers Are Planting Solar Panels As Water Supplies Dry Up" [13]

"MARICOPA, Calif. — Jon Reiter banked the four-seat Cessna aircraft hard to the right, angling to get a better look at the solar panels glinting in the afternoon sun far below."

Agriculture [7]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [3]
California [16]
Source: LA Times [17], 08/05/2019
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"Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear" [18]

"When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for candidates who are strong on the mainstream conservative causes he cares about most, including gun rights and opposing abortion. But there is another issue high on his list of urgent concerns that is not on his party’s agenda: climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NY Times [21], 08/05/2019
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"States Sue U.S. to Save Obama-Era Car-Efficiency Rules" [22]

"A dozen states led by California and New York sued the Trump administration over its plan to roll back auto-industry regulations put in place by former President Barack Obama to improve fuel-efficiency."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg [24], 08/05/2019
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Sen. Hirono Leads Letter Warning of Science Data Suppression at USGS [25]

"Last week, Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and 21 of her US Senate colleagues sent a letter to Dr. James Reilly, the director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to express their concern over recent reports that USGS will only utilize climate models that project the effects of climate change through 2040."

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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Alaska Natives Accuse White House Of Hiding Arctic Oil Impact Info [28]

"Alaska Natives and environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, accusing it of concealing information about the effects of oil development in the long-protected Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [29]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [30]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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"Interior: Wyden To Ice Jorjani Vote Over FOIA Program" [31]

"Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden (D) declared today he will block the confirmation of Daniel Jorjani to become the Interior Department's solicitor over concerns about how the agency handles Freedom of Information Act requests."

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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Climate To Spark Blue Crab Baby Boom. Then Predators Will Eat Them. [32]

"A study promised a rare positive development from global warming for Maryland’s favorite crustacean. But the bad news wasn’t far behind."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 08/02/2019
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"New EPA Lead Standards to Give Utilities Wide Latitude" [36]

"A forthcoming EPA overhaul of standards for lead in drinking water will essentially ban partial lead pipe replacement, in which part of a lead pipe is removed but another part is allowed to remain, Bloomberg Environment has learned."

Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 08/02/2019
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