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Trump fails to end ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s defamation lawsuit

March 14, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Freedom of Speech / Censorship, General News, Government / Politics, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Major News, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), New York, New York City, Picture available, Pictures, Television, TRUMP, United States, US, US Government News, USA, ZERVOS

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss a defamation

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U.S. minorities consume less but suffer more from pollution: study

March 11, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Coal, Environment, fired Power Stations, Government / Politics, Health / Medicine, MINORITIES, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Race Relations / Ethnic Issues, Science, Society / Social Issues, Technology (TRBC), United States, US, US Government News, USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. air pollution is disproportionately caused by white consumers, while African-Americans and Hispanics are burdened most by

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Exclusive: U.S. EPA aims to curb biofuel credit speculation by blocking outsiders

March 7, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Banking and Investment Services (TRBC), Bioethanol, BIOFUELS, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Corn, Energy (TRBC), Enterprise Reporting, Environment, EPA, ETHANOL, EXCLUSIVE, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), Government / Politics, Lawmaking, Major News, Pollution, Regulatory Corporate News Announcements, Renewable Energy, Soybean, United States, US, US Government News, USA, Western Europe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency will attempt to stamp out speculation in the U.S. biofuel credit market by

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White House pressures automakers on fuel rules, blocking California: sources

March 6, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Auto and Truck Manufacturers (TRBC), AUTOMAKERS, CALIFORNIA, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Company News, EMISSIONS, Environment, Europe, Italy, Pollution, Regulation, US, US Government News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is pressuring automakers to back its effort to roll back Obama-era fuel economy standards

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Flooded California towns still mostly cut off despite receding waters

February 28, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments CALIFORNIA, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, FLOOD, Floods, General News, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Transportation (TRBC), United States, US, US Government News, USA, Utilities (TRBC), Video, WEATHER, Weather Markets / Weather

(Reuters) – Low-lying communities along the swollen Russian River in Northern California wine country remained largely cut off by flooding

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U.S. Senate hopes confirmation vote this week on Trump’s EPA pick: aide

February 26, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Advocacy Groups / Pressure Groups / Lobbies, Coal, Elections / Voting, Electric Utilities (TRBC), Energy (TRBC), Environment, EPA, Government / Politics, Lawmaking, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Pollution, Regulation, Regulatory Corporate News Announcements, United States, Upper House Elections, US, US Government News, US Senate, USA, Utilities (TRBC), WHEELER

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler addresses staff at EPA headquarters in Washington, U.S., July

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Snow, sleet threaten U.S. East Coast, hinder hundreds of flights

February 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Airlines (TRBC), Arizona, Colorado, Education, Illinois, Major News, Maryland, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Precipitation, Tourism / Travel, United States, US, US Government News, USA, Utah, Washington DC, WEATHER, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A winter storm bore down on the U.S. East Coast on Wednesday, threatening to snarl New

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U.S. issues new rules requiring rail oil spill response plans

February 14, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Canada, Company News, Crude Oil, Disasters / Accidents, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Environment, Freight Transportation : Ground (TRBC), Ground Accidents / Collisions, OIL, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Pollution, Production Status Changes, Property and Casualty Insurance (TRBC), RAIL, Rail Freight, Refined Products, Regulation, Transportation (TRBC), Transportation Markets / Transportation, United States, US, US Government News, USA

FILE PHOTO: A crude oil train moves past the loading rack at the Eighty-Eight Oil LLC’s transloading facility in Ft.

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U.S. emergency-management chief Brock Long to resign

February 13, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, FEMA, Government / Politics, International / National Security, LONG, Major News, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, United States, US, US Government News, USA, Wildfires / Forest Fires, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, said he would resign on Wednesday,

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Republican leader says Senate will vote on Green New Deal

February 12, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Elections / Voting, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, GREENNEWDEAL, Labour / Personnel, Lawmaking, Major News, Non, Pollution, Regulation, Solar Power Stations, United States, US, US Government News, US Senate, USA, Utilities (TRBC), Wind Farms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the U.S. Senate will vote on a “Green

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