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"For News Media, a Day of Solidarity in a Summer of Unease"

"For the nation’s journalists, this has been a summer of unease and unrest. On live television, a caller to C-Span threatened “to shoot” a pair of CNN journalists, Don Lemon and Brian Stelter, for their political commentary. In Tampa, Fla., rallygoers hurled vitriol at reporters covering a speech by President Trump, who later tweeted his approval. Mr. Trump added a new adjective to his nickname for the media — “the fake, fake, disgusting news” — and his press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, declined to disavow the phrase “enemy of the people.”

Source: NY Times, 08/17/2018

"Clean Water Rule: Judge Revives WOTUS in 26 States"

"The Obama-era Clean Water Rule became the law in 26 states [Thursday] as a federal judge in South Carolina issued a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration's delay of the regulation that defines what wetlands and waterways get federal protection."

Source: Greenwire, 08/17/2018

"How Ginsburg's Reversal Of Kavanaugh Saved 'Huge' Air Rule"

"If Judge Brett Kavanaugh had his way, EPA would be without an important tool for regulating air pollution that drifts across state lines."

Source: Greenwire, 08/16/2018

Science, Health Leaders Lay Out Evidence vs. EPA 'Secret Science' Rule

"Arguing that public health and safety are at risk, researchers, health experts and administrators from leading scientific institutions across the nation have joined in opposition to a controversial Trump administration proposal that would restrict the use of science in federal policy making."

Source: InsideClimate News, 08/16/2018

Fewer Than 1 Percent Of Offshore Tracts Auctioned By Trump Draw Bids

"Oil and gas companies bid on fewer than one percent of the offshore tracts made available by the Trump administration during an auction Wednesday."

Source: The Hill, 08/16/2018

"Mining: Trump Admin OKs Sprawling Alaska Gold Project"

"The Trump administration approved a massive gold mine for southwestern Alaska yesterday that would rank among the world's largest mining projects."

Source: Greenwire, 08/15/2018

"A New Golden Age for Trophy Hunters"

"Trump once called the practice a 'horror show.' But his Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, keeps doing favors for big-game killers."

Source: New Republic, 08/15/2018

"Draft Details Trump’s Plan For Reversing Obama Climate Rule"

"The Trump administration is preparing to unveil its plan for undoing Barack Obama’s most ambitious climate regulation — offering a replacement that would do far less to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet, according to POLITICO’s review of a portion of the unpublished draft."

Source: Politico, 08/15/2018

"EPA Challenged Safety Of Administration Mileage Freeze"

"The Environmental Protection Agency privately challenged the Trump administration’s rationale for freezing Obama-era mileage standards, saying the proposal would actually increase U.S. highway deaths."

Source: AP, 08/15/2018

Illinois Sues Trump Tower for Violating Chicago River Water Protections

"Trump International Hotel & Tower is endangering fish and other aquatic life in the Chicago River, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan alleges in a new lawsuit targeting the president’s skyscraper for multiple violations of clean water laws."

Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/15/2018

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