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PUBLIC LANDS: Interior creates Great Thicket refuge across 6 states

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The Interior Department today announced the creation of a 15,000-acre wildlife refuge, which will be made up of 10 areas scattered across six Northeastern states.

ARIZONA: Race for seats on utility commission heats up with TV ads

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Arizona's biggest utility and a rooftop solar company are expected to square off through television ads to get their preferred candidates chosen for the office of utility regulator.

MONTANA: GOP candidate pours $5.1M into governor's race

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The Republican vying to unseat Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) has poured over $5.1 million of his own money into one of the tightest gubernatorial races in the country.

OIL AND GAS: Industry contributes equally to Clinton, Trump

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Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have put forward wildly different visions for the Unites States' energy future yet have garnered relatively equal support from the U.S. oil and gas industry and its workers.

ALASKA: State GOP accuses Murkowski rival of breaking law

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The Alaska Republican Party filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission yesterday accusing Libertarian Senate candidate Joe Miller of violating campaign finance law.

COLORADO: Ad hits GOP Rep. Tipton for bill to 'give away' public lands

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A Democratic-aligned political action committee ad is hitting Colorado Republican Rep. Scott Tipton in a new spot that criticizes him for his past support for overturning the Clinton administration's 2001 roadless rule and argues Democratic challenger Gail Schwartz is a stronger advocate for the state's public lands.

PENNSYLVANIA: Toomey, McGinty go hit for hit in Philadelphia debate

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Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey (R) and Democratic challenger Katie McGinty didn't hold back last night in the final debate of their closely matched Senate contest — aggressively attacking each other over their parties' respective presidential nominees as well as sparring over what kind of energy policy is best for the state.

PENNSYLVANIA: Former AG sentenced to prison on perjury charges

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Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania's former attorney general, was sentenced to 10 to 23 months in prison yesterday for perjury and abuse in her office.

DAKOTA ACCESS: Protesters set up camp on property owned by pipeline company

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For the first time, more than 100 protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline have set up camp directly in the project's path.

PUBLIC HEALTH: Coalition floats national strategy to fight lead poisoning

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A coalition of 49 organizations has proposed a federal strategy for tackling lead poisoning across the country.

PEOPLE: Former FERC adviser joins firm representing Dakota Access

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A former legal adviser at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has joined a law firm representing developers of the controversial $3.78 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline triggering protests in North Dakota.

DRINKING WATER: EPA sends White House controversial radiation guidelines

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U.S. EPA sent the White House on Friday its final version of a contentious set of guidelines for radiation levels in drinking water systems in case of a nuclear emergency.

CLIMATE: Leaked emails reveal $3M campaign targeting Rupert Murdoch

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Environmental advocates were planning a $3 million international campaign to use "guerilla tactics" against media mogul Rupert Murdoch's skepticism of man-made climate change, hacked emails show.

CALIFORNIA: Dems look at Issa, see and smell blood

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SOLANA BEACH, Calif. — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) after 16 years in the House faces his toughest-ever re-election battle, with analysts tagging his race against Democrat Doug Applegate as one of the country's tightest.

EPA: Report finds agency enforcement down

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U.S. EPA's pace of criminal prosecutions is in decline.

POLITICS: Grijalva, Podesta were floated for Interior boss — emails

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Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) was pitched to the Obama transition team as a possible Interior secretary back in 2008, according to hacked emails.

OREGON STANDOFF: Star turn for 'relentlessly mundane' prosecutor

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As the jury deliberates in the trial of seven Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupiers, assistant U.S. attorney Ethan Knight is poised to secure convictions in two of the highest-profile cases in Portland, Ore.'s history.

CHINA: Officials vow to boost monitoring, public health

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Chinese officials announced plans yesterday to implement a thorough environmental monitoring program by 2030 in order to bolster public health and increase life expectancy.

CANADA: Aboriginals, enviros to sue over LNG project

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Aboriginal and environmental groups plan to file lawsuits tomorrow against the Canadian government over a controversial liquefied natural gas project permitted in British Columbia.

NORWAY: 'No danger to health' after reactor leaks

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Nuclear authorities in Norway announced yesterday that a leak at a small nuclear reactor has been contained and that no environmental impact is expected.
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