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WILDFIRES: Smoky Mountains National Park reopens as deadly blaze weakens

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the city of Gatlinburg, Tenn., will reopen today, 11 days after a deadly wildfire swept the area.

NATIONAL FORESTS: Final Tongass logging plan draws mixed reaction

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The Forest Service has formally approved a much-debated land-use plan amendment that calls for phasing out clearcutting of old-growth trees over a 16-year period in Tongass National Forest.

OCEANS: Obama bans drilling in 40K square miles of Bering Sea

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President Obama has withdrawn 40,000 square miles of Arctic waters from all future oil and gas leasing, releasing an executive order today that creates the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.

Q&A: Tom Carper on EPW, 'Tango Charlie,' a first-date proposal

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Tom Carper is a jokester.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Bill would undo 9th Circuit ruling

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Members of Montana's congressional delegation today floated draft legislation to discourage Endangered Species Act lawsuits against the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: 'Do not purge, delete or destroy' documents — Chaffetz

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The House's top watchdog sent a reminder this week to the Obama administration's departing agency leaders: Do not purge your records on your way out the door.

AGENDA: Manchin punts on Trump meeting; lawmakers plot endgame

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With a government shutdown looming at midnight, a Senate standoff over miners' health benefits showed no signs of being resolved.

NATIONAL PARKS: Why inauguration protesters still lack permits

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Groups organizing protests of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next month have expressed concerns that officials have not yet issued protest permits.

CHEMICALS: Ebell-linked website bashes Rachel Carson, promotes DDT

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A website organized by the libertarian think tank that employs President-elect Donald Trump's U.S. EPA transition leader takes issue with an icon of the environmental movement — the late biologist, conservationist and author Rachel Carson.

CLIMATE: Trump's meetings with activists overblown — campaign adviser

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President-elect Donald Trump's recent meetings with former Vice President Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio, who dropped by Trump Tower on Wednesday, have sent mixed signals to some people about his environmental priorities.

SUPREME COURT: Chevron doctrine on the ropes as Trump era looms

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President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the vacant Supreme Court seat will be entering the court during a crucial moment in the history of the Chevron doctrine, legal experts said this week.

TRANSITION: More Obama policy foes tapped for EPA, Interior, DOE teams

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Another prominent enemy of climate science has been added to the Trump transition's U.S. EPA landing team.

DOE: Transition document points to major shakeup — sources

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President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is pondering wide-scale changes at the Department of Energy and zeroing in on employees who may have helped advance the Obama administration's climate policies, according to a landing team document obtained by E&E News.

INTERIOR: Cathy McMorris Rodgers is Trump's pick — source

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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers as his nominee for Interior secretary, according to a source close to the transition.

KENYA: Lion hunt becomes javelin contest for eco-minded Maasai

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Hundreds of young men in Kenya took part in a conservational twist on a coming-of-age Maasai tradition this weekend.

CANADA: Massive $7B dam prompts industry, indigenous backlash

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Within a decade, a remote area prized for its rare microclimate in northeastern British Columbia will be flooded after the installation of a $7 billion hydroelectric dam and power station, the largest public infrastructure project in Canada's history.

TEXAS: Endangered salamanders vanish from lab

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Hundreds of endangered salamanders disappeared from a lab in San Marcos, Texas, over Thanksgiving, leaving biologists baffled and scrambling to replace the population.

WASHINGTON: Longtime blue timber towns go all-in for Trump

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Logging towns in the Pacific Northwest are lurching toward the right after decades of supporting Democratic presidents.

COLORADO: Agency seeks $25M for stream protections

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The Colorado Water Conservation Board has requested $25 million to fund stream protections across the state, as watersheds are threatened by drought, booming industry and a growing population.

TOXICS: EPA must do more to prevent fumigant deaths — IG

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U.S. EPA's Office of Inspector General today called on the agency to overhaul its fumigation management programs, noting that at least 11 people have died during residential pesticide applications since 2002.
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