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CLIMATE: House Democrats request hearing on Interior directives

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Top Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee asked the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee today to examine the Trump administration's early actions on climate data and on external communications at the Interior Department.

BLM: Chaffetz asks IG for info on agent's Burning Man misconduct

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The House's top watchdog is pressing the Interior Department inspector general for more information about its recent disclosure that a top law enforcement official in the Bureau of Land Management's Salt Lake City office violated federal ethics rules and abused his position to get special access to the Burning Man festival for his family, among other transgressions.

PUBLIC LANDS: ENR moves monument issue to full committee, names panel members

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today elevated the issue of national monuments from the National Parks Subcommittee to the full committee's jurisdiction — a signal that undoing monuments and reforming the process for creating new ones could be a top ENR Committee priority.

EPA: Barrasso resists call to delay Pruitt vote

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Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is rejecting calls by Democrats to postpone a committee vote on Scott Pruitt, President Trump's nominee for U.S. EPA administrator.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Trump to keep LGBT protections for contractors

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President Trump will keep in place an executive order that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender federal contractors from workplace discrimination.

VW SCANDAL: Conservatives urge Trump to scrutinize EV settlement

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Conservative groups are asking President Trump to review U.S. EPA's role in Volkswagen AG's $1.2 billion investment in electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

NATIONAL PARKS: Jarvis blasts Trump admin's efforts to 'suppress' rangers

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Former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis is admonishing the Trump administration for trying to silence park rangers.

DOE: Trump team overhauls Obama-era energy shop

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Staffers working in an Energy Department office carved out by the Obama administration have been told they'll soon be relocated, according to a former DOE official.

BRISTOL BAY: Trump's arrival revives Pebble's hot-button mining plan

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U.S. EPA operations are still in flux as the new administration settles in, but there appears to be nothing but optimism at the mining company behind the controversial Pebble project in the Bristol Bay area of southwestern Alaska.

FERC: White House mum as worries grow over commission vacancies

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With the clock ticking toward the loss of a quorum on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said today she's heard nothing from the Trump administration about filling the three Republican openings on the five-seat commission.

NOMINATIONS: Dems join with GOP to advance Zinke, Perry

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A Senate committee today approved President Trump's nomination of Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana to lead the Interior Department and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) to lead the Energy Department, with a few Democrats joining with Republicans in support of the GOP candidates.

WHITE HOUSE: Yates firing seen having 'chilling effect' on workforce

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Stinging comments from the White House and the very public firing of the acting attorney general yesterday have spooked government workers who fear a Trump administration crackdown on dissenting views.

FLORIDA: Tribe bars federal python research on its land

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The Miccosukee Tribe has halted research on Burmese pythons on its Florida reservation in a move that shocked researchers.

CALIFORNIA: Hummingbird egg stalls bridge project

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A hummingbird egg has stymied a massive bridge upgrade in the San Francisco Bay Area.

ARIZONA: Bill would let city residents shoot snakes, rats in yard

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Arizona city residents who spot a snake or rat in their yard would be allowed to shoot it with a small-caliber gun under legislation that Republicans gave initial approval to yesterday.

MARYLAND: Lawmakers try to push renewable energy bill past veto

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The Maryland House of Delegates voted yesterday to override Gov. Larry Hogan's (R) veto of a renewable energy bill.

TOXICS: Teflon chemical found in fast-food wrappings

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That greasy burger you devour after a long day of work could be saturated with industrial chemicals.

AIR POLLUTION: Particulate exposure linked to Alzheimer's — study

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Air pollution could cause around 21 percent of dementia cases, including Alzheimer's disease, across the globe, a new study suggests.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA greenlights Alaska fine particles plan

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U.S. EPA has tentatively approved an Alaska plan for bringing the Fairbanks area into attainment with a key federal standard for fine particle pollution, the latest step in regulators' quest to limit pollution from widely used wood stoves.

FLOOD INSURANCE: Advocates want rates tied to risk

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Congress should reform the National Flood Insurance Program to tie rates to flood risk, according to a new report from SmarterSafer.org, a coalition of environmentalists, taxpayer advocates and housing organizations.
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