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MEXICO: Celebrated anti-logging activist shot dead

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A Mexican anti-logging activist and recipient of the 2005 Goldman Environmental Prize was shot dead at a relative's home Sunday.

MINNESOTA: Governor announces $500M deal to protect waters from runoff

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A $500 million deal announced Tuesday will convert thousands of acres of environmentally sensitive land in southwest Minnesota to native plants and grasses in an attempt to protect local waters from polluted runoff.

TOXICS: Groups blast feds' advisory on fish consumption, mercury

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U.S. EPA and the Food and Drug Administration released a final fish consumption advisory yesterday, encouraging Americans to regularly consume "lower-mercury fish" in a guideline that public health groups blasted as "dangerous."

TOXICS: Housing agency strengthens lead guideline for kids

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development tightened its lead-in-blood guideline for children last week, bringing its standard in line with that of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

AIR POLLUTION: Houston oil company to pay $700K in proposed EPA settlement

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A Houston oil company will pay a $700,000 fine to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations related to the sale of an unregistered fuel additive, under a tentative settlement with the Obama administration.

USDA: Regs set tougher standards for organic livestock

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The Department of Agriculture released regulations yesterday that will hold organic meat and egg producers to stricter animal welfare standards.

BIOFUELS: Industry gathers in Calif. as it faces uncertain future

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Biofuel manufacturers face an uncertain regulatory future as President-elect Donald Trump takes office tomorrow, but officials voiced some optimism at the industry's largest gathering this week.

VW SCANDAL: Former CEO denies early knowledge of emissions cheating

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Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn denied that he knew early on about the company's diesel emissions cheating in his first public appearance since resigning in September 2015.

FLINT CRISIS: Judge allows charged officials to access investigation info

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A judge has granted current and former Michigan officials access to state investigative data as they face criminal charges related to the Flint water crisis.

COAL: Appeals court upholds Blankenship conviction

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A federal appeals court today upheld the landmark conviction of former coal executive Don Blankenship in connection to the deadliest coal mine disaster since 1970.

AIR POLLUTION: Texas sues EPA over haze rule

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, already in the thick of a fight against U.S. EPA's regional haze plan for his state, is now suing to overturn the agency's recent revisions to the broader program, created to improve visibility in national parks.

AIR POLLUTION: In court, EPA defends analysis of mercury regs' benefits

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U.S. EPA is asserting a wide prerogative to gauge the potential impact of proposed air quality regulations in a legal tussle over whether the agency properly considered compliance costs in going ahead with its regulations on power plant mercury emissions.

WILDLIFE: Tick populations spike in warm NE winters, threaten moose

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Thriving in warm winters, New England ticks are decimating moose populations, attaching to calves in particular and draining them of blood.

WILDLIFE: Primates face extinction crisis — study

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More than half of all primates are at risk of extinction, according to a new report published in Science Advances.

OREGON STANDOFF: Trenches, road dug at Malheur refuge cost $100K to repair

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Repairs for two trenches and a road dug during the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last winter cost more than $108,000, according to officials.

COLORADO RIVER: Jewell orders contingency talks to continue

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has ordered the department to continue negotiations over a deal to share Colorado River water in the Southwest.

PESTICIDES: 3 common agrochemicals imperil endangered species — EPA

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Three common pesticides threaten the nation's endangered animals, U.S. EPA said yesterday.

COAL: McConnell says reg rollback won't bring back industry completely

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said cutting the Obama administration's environmental regulations would not completely bring back his state's coal industry.

INTERIOR: Jewell adviser headed to Senate Indian Affairs

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A top aide to outgoing Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is heading back to Capitol Hill to defend many of the Indian Country policies she helped to implement.

NOMINATIONS: 2 Cabinet confirmation votes tomorrow — Schumer

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today threatened to block Rex Tillerson's path to becoming secretary of State as Republicans prepare to fast-track his confirmation.
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