A spillway in California crumbled yesterday when state officials unleashed so much water that the concrete surface eroded.
WEATHER: Calif. spillway crumbles as rains max out reservoirs
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EVERGLADES: Bid to buy sugar fields for reservoir advances in Fla. Senate
Florida Senate President Joe Negron's (R) proposal to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee on 60,000 acres of land gained the support of the state Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee yesterday.
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AGRICULTURE: Farmland conservation tops state priority list for rewrite
State agriculture departments are making farmland conservation programs one of their top priorities for a 2018 rewrite of federal farm programs, a lobbying group for the agencies said.
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PUBLIC LANDS: Sportsmen aim to derail Chaffetz bill to cut police units
In the wake of a successful campaign to snuff out Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz's proposal to sell off more than 3 million acres of public lands, sportsmen's groups are now targeting the Republican lawmaker over legislation that would eliminate hundreds of law enforcement positions at the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service.
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FEDERAL AGENCIES: Lawmakers scrutinize nondisclosure agreements
House lawmakers are asking agencies across the federal government, including U.S. EPA, whether their workers are signing nondisclosure agreements.
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MINING: Trump may repeal 'conflict mineral' disclosure
President Trump will likely sign an executive order targeting a Dodd-Frank rule requiring companies to declare whether their products contain "conflict minerals" from war-torn regions of Africa.
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EPA: Judge sets hearing on Pruitt open records lawsuit
The open records lawsuit against Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R), President Trump's nominee for U.S. EPA administrator, is moving forward.
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REGULATIONS: Environmentalists sue Trump over executive order
The Natural Resources Defense Council sued President Trump today over his executive order that would require agencies to repeal two federal rules for every new one.
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CALIFORNIA: 5 key players in climate showdown with Trump
California Democratic leaders vow they're ready to take on President Trump in a battle to keep alive the fight against climate change as he rejects the science and embraces fossil fuels.
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NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Fans of abolishing sites aim to build on past examples
More than 1,100 people make their way up Cedar Mountain in Wyoming each year, trekking 3 miles west of Cody and up a gravel road to explore the expansive Spirit Mountain Cave.
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CLIMATE: GOP statesmen launch 'uphill slog' for carbon tax
Former Secretary of State James Baker led a group of senior Republican statesmen today in rolling out a plan for using a carbon tax to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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WHITE HOUSE: Trump's energy inner circle takes shape
President Trump is expected to soon fill key White House energy jobs — relying on Washington energy insiders and former staffers to Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) to help shape his administration's environmental agenda.
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BOLIVIA: Locusts cause state of emergency
Bolivia's government has implemented a state of emergency as enormous locust swarms have plagued the city of Santa Cruz, where most of the country's meat and agricultural products are produced.
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FRANCE: Explosion rocks nuclear plant
A fire and explosion shut down a French nuclear power plant today, said state-controlled utility Électricité de France SA.
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MICHIGAN: Sand mine permit renewed despite neighbors' worries
After a lengthy battle between Sargent Sand Co. and unhappy neighbors of its Ludington mine on Lake Michigan, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has renewed the company's permit.
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CALIFORNIA: Crater in dam spillway could keep growing
With reservoirs in California almost at full capacity due to rain and snow, state engineers tested yesterday how much water they could release from the already damaged Oroville Dam spillway.
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INFRASTRUCTURE: Governors send wish list to Trump admin
Governors sent a list of 428 "shovel-ready" road, bridge, energy and water projects they see as a priority to President Trump yesterday.
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DROUGHT: Calif. keeps water regs despite recent rains
The California State Water Resources Control Board voted yesterday to keep the statewide emergency drought conditions in place, despite the heavy rain and snow the state has recently seen.
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ARMY CORPS: Mocking emails shouldn't affect dredging ruling — agency
The Army Corps of Engineers admitted in a court filing that agency employees sent "inappropriate" mocking and at times profane emails about the Port of Cleveland but said those actions didn't undercut the agency's decision to dump dredged material into Lake Erie.
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EPA: White House blocks some staff from attending climate event
Days before this week's environment conference in Alaska, U.S. EPA officials were abruptly told not to attend.
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