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ENERGY POLICY: Chamber faults Clinton on fossil fuels, has no quarrel with Trump

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may be slipping in polls and raising eyebrows over his statements on the campaign trail, but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is still with him on energy policy.

CLIMATE: DiCaprio film should be 'required' for GOP — Kerry

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Senate Republicans should be "required" to watch Leonardo DiCaprio's new documentary film "Before the Flood," Secretary of State John Kerry said last night.

CLIMATE: LCV ad links candidate to Exxon cover-up allegations

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The League of Conservation Voters revealed a strategy for linking House Republicans to the controversy over Exxon Mobil Corp.'s record on climate change.

DAKOTA ACCESS: Shailene Woodley explains why she protested

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Actress Shailene Woodley, who was arrested while protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline, has written her reasoning for fighting the $3.7 billion project in Time magazine.

PIPELINES: First Amendment activists worry over filmmaker arrests

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Two documentary filmmakers are facing felony charges that could land them in prison for decades after filming pipeline protests.

LOBBYING: Ex-Texas congressman signs up for oil and gas group

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Former Rep. Martin Frost (D-Texas) has signed up to lobby for the country's independent oil and gas companies at his own firm.

WATER POLLUTION: Lawmakers press White House to scrap uranium mining rule

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A trio of Republican senators is asking the White House to block a U.S. EPA rule meant to protect groundwater from uranium mining.

WILD HORSES: Former top congressional aides lobby for advocacy group

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A prominent wild horse advocacy group that has been a strong critic of the Bureau of Land Management's handling of growing herds of wild horses and burros has hired two well-connected Democratic operatives to lobby Congress on its behalf.

WHITE HOUSE: Obama weighed 'diversity' Cabinet picks in '08 — emails

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Even before President Obama clinched the White House in 2008, his team was rounding up names of possible "diversity" candidates for senior administration jobs.

Q&A: Gale Norton on Sagebrush Rebellion, support for Trump

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Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton flirted with both the Democratic and Libertarian parties before becoming a Republican.

OIL AND GAS: EPA rethinks smog exemptions for small producers

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U.S. EPA is rethinking plans to exempt tens of thousands of low-producing oil and gas wells from a key part of newly issued recommendations aimed at cutting releases of smog-forming emissions.

POLITICS: Has Podesta's stock fallen?

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John Podesta probably would have done some things differently if he had known years of his personal emails would be dumped on the internet for all to see.

CAMPAIGN 2016: Dems' bid for House majority — close but no cigar?

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made a splash when he entered the GOP primary contest last year before unexpectedly surging to the head of a crowded field and claiming the party's nomination. Now as Trump struggles in the White House race — weighed down by poor debate performances and accusations of sexual assault — Democrats are hoping the initial splash builds into a wave election that puts them back in control of the House for the first time since they lost the majority in 2010.

WATER POLLUTION: Surfers show link between tainted water, illness

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Over 600 surfers helped in a groundbreaking epidemiological study of the risks of surfing in polluted waters.

NUCLEAR WASTE: Costs spike after fiery accident

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One year ago, an underground fire at a low-level nuclear waste dump in Nevada ignited a series of volatile eruptions that spewed hazardous debris 60 feet into the air.

CHEMICAL SAFETY: N.J. refinery mirrors Texas safety issues

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The Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery is the second largest on the East Coast. The Linden, N.J., facility is 12 miles from the 9/11 memorial in Manhattan, and a disaster there could disrupt energy supplies for millions in the Northeast.

CHEMICALS: Spill at Kan. vodka plant leads to respiratory complaints

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A chemical spill at a plant in Kansas on Friday sent a toxic plume over the city of Atchison and led doctors to treat over 100 people for respiratory problems.

DROUGHT: As Ala. water levels plunge, concerns over fish, mussels grow

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Nearly all of Alabama is dealing with drought from moderate severity to exceptional drought, which is the highest classification listed in the Department of Agriculture's U.S. Drought Monitor.

WATER POLLUTION: Regulators tag pollution sources at burning Mo. dump

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Missouri officials have highlighted multiple sources of contamination at a controversial landfill and asked the dump's manager to conduct "corrective measures" in order to remediate a subterranean fire that is burning inside the landfill.

WESTERN WATER: Officials want to leave more water in Calif. rivers

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State regulators are moving to leave more water in two of the biggest rivers in California in an effort to preserve the native ecosystem of the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
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