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WILDLIFE: FWS plucks federal protections from lesser prairie chicken

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The Fish and Wildlife Service is formally removing the lesser prairie chicken from the list of threatened species, a move required by a recent court order.

DRINKING WATER: House bill would help schools pay for lead testing

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Illinois Rep. Tammy Duckworth introduced legislation yesterday that would reimburse schools that voluntarily test for lead in drinking water.

FORESTS: Senate, House head in opposite directions on wildfire cash

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State foresters have complained for years that the federal government raids local forestry programs to cover the rising cost of Western wildfires.

PUBLIC LANDS: Jewell, lawmakers advocate for LWCF in Seattle

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A bipartisan show of support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund in Washington state yesterday was headlined by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell (D) and Rep. Dave Reichert (R).

CAMPAIGN 2016: Green group pumps more cash into Nev. Senate race

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With Nevada Democrat Harry Reid poised to vacate his long-held Senate seat, the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund is zeroing in on the race to replace him.

CAMPAIGN 2016: Obama, Biden endorse Harris in Calif. Senate fight

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President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden today endorsed California Attorney General Kamala Harris in her bid to succeed retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer (D).

PEOPLE: Prominent energy analyst jumps to White House

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Energy analyst Michael Levi is headed to the White House as a special assistant to the president for energy and economic policy after a decade at the Council on Foreign Relations.

NATIONAL PARKS: Jarvis to stay on; deputy director to retire

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National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis plans to stick around for the rest of President Obama's term, but his deputy director will retire at the end of the month.

NEWSMAKER: Fudge is sweet on hometown, sour on GOP

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CLEVELAND -- It can be awkward when a national political convention comes to your town and you're a leading member of the opposing party.

NEWSMAKER: Mont. freshman ready for his close-up

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CLEVELAND -- New Hampshire delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions are accustomed to having would-be presidents and other big shots address their daily breakfast meetings during convention week.

SUPREME COURT: Garland supporters greet vulnerable senators, pack up early

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CLEVELAND -- Obama administration allies taking aim at vulnerable Republican senators for the chamber's refusal to hold a hearing or vote on Judge Merrick Garland's nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy greeted visitors here with a new campaign.

NOTEBOOK: Frostpaw hits Cleveland

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CLEVELAND -- Frostpaw the polar bear is in town this week, looking to raise awareness on the threat polar bears face from climate change -- even if the GOP is expected to make scant mention of global warming during its convention.

ENERGY POLICY: 'We're not going to put diapers on cattle -- let's get real'

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CLEVELAND -- Rep. Kevin Cramer said yesterday he was pushing Donald Trump, who is preparing to accept the GOP's presidential nomination here this week, to adopt a "states-first regulatory regime" and an energy vision that is truly "all of the above -- and below."

CLIMATE: World is 'cooling' -- Rep. Blackburn

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CLEVELAND -- The full range of Republican views on climate change was on full display here this morning, as a senior House lawmaker rejected the broad scientific consensus that the Earth's atmosphere is heating and a GOP climate activist outlined conservative arguments for tackling emissions.

CLIMATE: GOP activist Faison plots push for 'clean energy champions'

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In the 2014 election cycle, California billionaire Tom Steyer pumped millions of dollars into federal campaigns, only to watch his investment fail dramatically -- losing a majority of the races his NextGen Climate Action Committee PAC targeted.

GOP CONVENTION: Platform would hand regs to states, turn EPA into commission

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CLEVELAND -- The 2016 Republican platform that party leaders adopted here yesterday envisions a reorganization of U.S. EPA into an independent commission, with primary regulatory authority over the environment handed to state governments.

COAL: Appeals court upholds EPA's retroactive mountaintop veto

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A federal appeals court today upheld U.S. EPA's retroactive veto of a water permit for a West Virginia mining project in a big win for the Obama administration.

NPS@100: Tradition shapes agency's odd approach to crime solving

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While other U.S. law enforcement agencies have a single chain of command, the National Park Service has two. Criminal investigators report to agency headquarters, while "flat hat" protection rangers answer to a park superintendent. Several cases have revealed the potential for abuse.

CHINA: 2 killed in pipeline fire, landslide

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After a landslide, fire and the death of two people in China, the Sichuan-East China gas pipeline has been shut down.

BAHAMAS: Disney faces backlash over plan to buy undeveloped island

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Disney hopes to buy an uninhabited 12-acre island in the Bahamas to potentially develop it into a cruise ship terminal.
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