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EPA: Former officials see Trump as threat to environmental justice

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Former U.S. EPA and Justice Department attorneys yesterday said they're concerned that EPA's focus on environmental justice issues will decline in the Trump administration.

Q&A: Ray LaHood talks Trump, Obama, Sinatra

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For Ray LaHood, being a Republican in a Democratic Cabinet never got awkward.

CLEAN WATER RULE: How EPA tried to erase 'WOTUS' from media lexicon

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When its proposed rule defining what wetlands and waterways deserved automatic Clean Water Act protection kicked up a political hailstorm last year, the Obama administration scrambled to squash journalists' use of what it saw as an unflattering and misleading acronym.

INTERIOR: Jewell explains decisions on Bundy, looks ahead to Trump

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said this week that armed standoffs with "fringe" groups protesting federal land management led to the most "extraordinarily difficult" moments of her four years at the helm of the agency.

TRANSITION: EPA, Interior, DOE picks could come next week

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President-elect Donald Trump said most of his remaining Cabinet announcements will be made next week, a signal that he could be ready to name chiefs for U.S. EPA and the Interior and Energy departments.

HAWAII: It's snowing on the Big Island

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The summits of Hawaii's Big Island could get almost a foot of snow this week with a winter storm warning in effect.

CALIFORNIA: Air board taps former industry consultant as head

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Former industry consultant Wayne Nastri accepted a formal appointment Friday to serve as executive officer of Southern California's air quality board.

FISHERIES: Oyster outbreaks linked to climate change — scientists

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A disease found in oysters that sickens tens of thousands of people annually is linked to warmer waters from the Gulf of Mexico moving northward, scientists say.

NUCLEAR WASTE: Officials study thyroid cancer outbreak around Rocky Flats

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The Colorado Health Department will examine incidences of thyroid cancer surrounding the shuttered Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility following a community survey that has revealed concerns.

WILDFIRES: Mental health can erode months after blazes, experts warn

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Wildfires storming through southern Appalachia could lead to an uptick in mental health problems, experts say, largely because fast-moving fires leave no time for residents to mentally prepare for damages.

AIR POLLUTION: Calif. residents urged crackdown for years before state action

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California authorities are cracking down on two metal-processing factories in the town of Paramount due to the discovery of high levels of a carcinogen in the air, though locals say they have been pleading for help for years.

FLINT CRISIS: Water quality improves, but filters still needed — scientists

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Water quality in Flint, Mich., is on the mend, scientists reported late last week, when they found no detectable levels of lead in 57 percent of homes tested.

DROUGHT: Snow, rain ease burden on northern Sierra Nevada

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A wet fall and predictions for a snow-heavy winter may relieve the yearslong drought in California's northern watershed.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA to release particulate matter review plan

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U.S. EPA is set to release a final integrated review plan as soon as today for its recently launched review of air quality standards for particulate matter.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Trump's inauguration gives employees extra day off

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Federal employees will have a three-day workweek next month thanks to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

NOAA: Audit cautions NWS over treatment of contractors

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The National Weather Service appears to treat some contractors as federal employees, creating the "perception" that the agency is skirting government contracting laws, according to a new report from the Commerce Department's inspector general.

OFFSHORE WIND: Nation's 1st turbines should start operating within days

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The nation's first offshore wind farm will begin delivering power to the grid within days, even though one of its five turbines needs to be repaired.

INVASIVE SPECIES: Obama orders interagency group to weigh climate

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President Obama issued an executive order today directing federal agencies to consider climate change when combating invasive species.

FLINT CRISIS: Judge upholds order requiring Mich. to provide bottled water

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A federal judge upheld an order Friday requiring Michigan to deliver bottled water to Flint households that lack properly installed water filters.

WATER POLLUTION: Rail giant settles with greens over former mine site

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A subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Corp. must prove that a former mountaintop-removal mine site in West Virginia is not polluting waterways under a proposed settlement announced Friday.
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