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COAL: Obamacare repeal could hamper black lung benefits

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As Republicans rally on Capitol Hill to repeal President Obama's signature health care law, among those hardest hit may be a group President-elect Donald Trump has promised to help: coal miners.

DROUGHT: Calif. water managers puzzle over what to do with excess

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Reservoirs are filling fast as rain drenches drought-ridden California, and the sudden overload means a challenge for water managers trying to take advantage of the deluge.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA tentatively agrees to NO2, SO2 review deadlines

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U.S. EPA would commit to a series of hard deadlines for reviewing — and, if necessary, updating — its ambient air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide under a proposed consent decree released today for public comment.

CHINA: Nation orders shutdown of over 100 coal projects

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China's energy regulator has ordered the closure of over 100 coal-fired power projects in the country's continual push to move away from the use of fossil fuels.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Rule would tighten sustainability standards for purchases

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The Obama administration proposed a rule, three days before leaving office, to create tougher sustainability standards for federal acquisitions.

TECHNOLOGY: U.S. falling behind China, other countries — DOE

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The Energy Department is warning in a new report that U.S. energy research and development lags behind other countries and is not reaching levels to avoid dangerous levels of carbon emissions.

DAKOTA ACCESS: Company wants to block launch of environmental review

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Backers of the Dakota Access pipeline are urging a federal court to block the Obama administration from kicking off an in-depth environmental review of the stalled oil project.

OREGON STANDOFF: Defendants in 2nd trial want Ammon Bundy to testify

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Defendants in the second trial for occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last winter are requesting that leaders of the armed takeover, including Ammon Bundy, be allowed to testify.

NATIONAL PARKS: Water jet used to dislodge fallen boulders at Zion

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Two major rock slides on Friday brought down two massive rocks that closed access to two trails and a main access road at Zion National Park.

NATIONAL PARKS: 82 dead false killer whales in Everglades puzzle scientists

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Dozens of false killer whales, which are members of the dolphin family, became stranded over the weekend in Florida's Everglades National Park.

MISSISSIPPI: BOEM, Army Corps to restore part of Gulf Islands seashore

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is undertaking its largest project to date under its Marine Minerals Program, partnering with the Army Corps of Engineers to restore an island off the coast of Mississippi.

NATIONAL PARKS: NPS breaks visitation record for 3rd straight year

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The National Park Service welcomed nearly 326 million people to over 400 sites in 2016, the agency's third straight year of record-breaking visitation.

COAL: BLM agrees to Utah lease sale

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The Bureau of Land Management has agreed to lease nearly 56 million tons of coal in Utah for roughly 41 cents per ton.

CHESAPEAKE BAY: Enviros fret over Pruitt's opposition to cleanup

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Oklahoma's attorney general and President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead U.S. EPA, Scott Pruitt, has been opposed to the largest cleanup of a water body — the Chesapeake Bay — in U.S. history.

EPA: Majority of Americans want regs preserved — poll

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More than 60 percent of U.S. citizens want U.S. EPA's regulatory power preserved or increased under the new administration, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released today.

TRANSITION: Pruitt went easy on poultry farms after donations — greens

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As a candidate for attorney general in Oklahoma in 2010, Scott Pruitt accepted tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions connected to poultry farms facing a manure pollution crackdown, an environmental group said today.

REGULATIONS: Green rules don't cost jobs — report

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Amid the GOP battle cry to roll back environmental regulations they say burden the economy and kill jobs, a green group has released a report rebutting that claim.

SENATE: Barrasso sets sights on Endangered Species Act 'update'

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Newly minted Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso wants to overhaul the Endangered Species Act, adding to the chorus of key Republicans eyeing the landmark law for reforms.

WHITE HOUSE: Report urges Trump to safeguard scientific integrity

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The Trump White House needs a special director within the Office of Science and Technology Policy tasked with ensuring that federal science is free of political influence, the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists said in a report today.

PESTICIDES: Proposed ban on apple chemical will test Trump EPA

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A fight over a pesticide frequently used on apples will give the Trump administration a major early test over regulating farm chemicals.
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