"Exxon Pushes Back on California Cities Suing It Over Climate Change" [1]
"The oil giant is attacking its accusers through a Texas court, similar to how it tried to block investor fraud investigations by New York and Massachusetts."
"The oil giant is attacking its accusers through a Texas court, similar to how it tried to block investor fraud investigations by New York and Massachusetts."
"Nearly a year into the Trump administration, mentions of climate change have been systematically removed, altered or played down on websites across the federal government, according to a report made public Wednesday."
"The Interior Department has adopted a new screening process for the discretionary grants it makes to outside groups, instructing staff to ensure those awards “promote the priorities” of the Trump administration."
"President Trump’s first year in office has been a boon for the coal industry, with the Trump administration rolling back regulations on coal-fired power plants and withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate change agreement."
"President Donald Trump’s administration will not allow drilling for oil and gas off the coast of Florida after urging from the state’s governor, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Tuesday."
The 2018 elections may prove highly consequential for environment and energy policy, possibly slowing or even reversing the Trump-GOP deregulatory agenda. The latest Issue Backgrounder helps reporters frame the choices voters face, including environmental justice and offshore drilling.
The battle over environment and energy issues may ultimately come down to U.S. courts, where, unlike Congress and White House, the GOP doesn't hold sway ... yet. This week's TipSheet looks at a dozen major legal issues making news in 2018, like wetlands protection, and offers story ideas and resources to cover them.
"Coal giant Murray Energy Corp.'s bid to force U.S. EPA to continually evaluate the impacts of its air regulations on the coal industry today came to an end in the Supreme Court."
"Nearly everywhere you turn during this frigid stretch of winter, much of the world seems covered in a layer of salt aimed at keeping our roads drivable and sidewalks free of ice. All that salt is one reason — although not the only one — that many of the nation’s rivers and streams are becoming saltier, according to new research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
"With three strong hurricanes, wildfires, hail, flooding, tornadoes and drought, the United States tallied a record high bill last year for weather disasters: $306 billion."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[6] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012018/exxon-california-coastal-cities-climate-change-damages-lawsuit-texas-court
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-much-has-%E2%80%98climate-change%E2%80%99-been-scrubbed-federal-websites-lot
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[11] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/climate/climate-change-trump.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/climate
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/interior-puts-grants-worth-100s-millions-through-political-review
[13] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interior-puts-grants-to-nonprofits-universities-through-political-appointee-review/2018/01/08/ec7140b2-f4bc-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html?utm_term=.42d5382c9905
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[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
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[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-administration-bars-oil-drilling-florida-after-governors-plea
[19] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-florida/trump-administration-bars-oil-drilling-off-florida-after-governors-plea-idUSKBN1EZ001
[20] https://www.sej.org/publications/backgrounders/2018-elections-could-be-game-changer-environment-energy
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/backgrounders
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest
[36] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/court-cases-trump-agencies-will-make-news-2018
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains
[43] https://www.sej.org/headlines/supreme-court-justices-reject-4-environmental-cases
[44] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060070347
[45] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nation%E2%80%99s-rivers-and-streams-are-getting-dangerously-saltier
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[47] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/08/the-nations-rivers-and-streams-are-getting-dangerously-saltier/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.2c17815c5c27
[48] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-hits-record-costly-weather-disasters-306-billion
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
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