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Expect environmental battles to be ‘even more significant’ in 2018

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The Trump administration offered grand pronouncements about environmental deregulation in 2017. But this is the year to hammer out the details.
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Peter Dykstra
Peter Dykstra
Peter Dykstra has worked on environmental issues for decades. He is based in Conyers, Ga., and is a former publisher and weekend editor at Environmental Health News and The Daily Climate. He is a contributor to Public Radio International’s Living On Earth.
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