Scientists fear that South Florida's coastal Everglades are at a "tipping point," where changes in the ecosystem become an irreversible cycle of decline.
EVERGLADES: Scientists fear ecosystem has hit 'tipping point'
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AUTONOMOUS CARS: Senators vow bipartisan bid to clear regulatory roadblocks
Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) will craft legislation this year that looks to advance self-driving vehicle technology and clear regulatory hurdles for automakers.
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APPROPRIATIONS: 200 groups urge robust funding for lands, resources
A coalition of more than 200 national recreation and conservation organizations today called on congressional leaders to "support the strongest possible funding levels" for public lands and waters as well as cultural resources in fiscal 2018, while urging lawmakers to avoid potential cuts through sequestration.
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BLM: Online leasing could be vulnerable to hacking — Grijalva
Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D) wants the Government Accountability Office to assess whether the Bureau of Land Management's use of online oil and gas lease sales is secure from computer hackers, a move derided by an industry representative as a political ploy.
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EPA: Democrats request Pruitt vote delay
Senate Democrats have requested that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) delay a vote on U.S. EPA administrator nominee Scott Pruitt until his emails as Oklahoma attorney general are released.
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REGULATIONS: Trump to sign CRA resolution as Republicans tee up others
The list of environmental regulations congressional Republicans want to repeal got longer with the addition of the Interior Department's recent change to how it values federal fossil fuels.
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WHITE HOUSE: Flynn scandal fuels Trump's green critics
Opponents of President Trump are seizing on the scandal over his departed national security adviser as a sign of broader personnel problems.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY: Judges consider overturning PJM power market rules
Environmentalists and public power utilities today asked federal judges to overturn a new electricity market structure in the eastern half of the country that they say is costly and discriminates against renewable energy.
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WESTERN WATER: Regulators rebuffed 2005 warning about Calif. dam's spillway
As officials scramble to repair a deteriorating emergency spillway at Oroville Dam in Northern California, documents show environmental groups pleaded with federal officials to reinforce the infrastructure nearly a dozen years ago.
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AIR POLLUTION: Pruitt seen as boon for utilities hit by EPA haze rule
Scott Pruitt hadn't long been Oklahoma's attorney general in 2011 when he sallied into his first public clash with U.S. EPA. The target: a proposed clampdown on power plant pollution clouding views at wilderness areas in three states.
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EPA: Pruitt, ethics lawyers will get to know each other
Scott Pruitt wouldn’t be the first U.S. EPA administrator to walk the twisted path around conflicts of interest.
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NEVADA: Legislature tries to stay afloat on water issues
Nevada lawmakers got a crash course yesterday on the state's complicated water laws in an effort to address the series of bills they are expected to consider regarding the precious resource in the nation's driest state.
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HAWAII: Bill to increase commercial fishing oversight advances
Lawmakers in Hawaii have advanced legislation that calls for more oversight of the commercial fishing industry after news reports from the Associated Press uncovered hundreds of incidents where foreign fishermen were confined on boats just offshore.
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OHIO: House GOP looks to reduce efficiency standards
Ohio House Republicans are looking to reduce state clean energy and energy efficiency requirements on power companies, just six weeks after Gov. John Kasich (R) vetoed a bill that would have delayed by two years mandates for companies to sell an increasing portion of renewable energy.
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OREGON: State takes major step toward selling Elliott State Forest
Oregon yesterday took a major step toward selling a state forest.
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INFRASTRUCTURE: Thousands of bridges structurally deficient — report
More than 55,000 bridges in the U.S. are structurally deficient, according to an American Road and Transportation Builders Association analysis.
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FOREST SERVICE: Trump hiring freeze won't affect seasonal jobs
The Office of Management and Budget has approved the Agriculture Department's proposal to exempt thousands of jobs at the Forest Service from President Trump's hiring freeze.
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NUCLEAR WASTE: Feds to restart shipments to recently reopened DOE repository
Shipments to an underground nuclear waste repository in New Mexico will resume in April more than three years after they were halted due to a radiation release.
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DAKOTA ACCESS: Pope Francis — tribes should have say over their lands
Pope Francis said yesterday that indigenous groups should be able to dictate economic activities that affect their tribal ancestral lands, a view that diverges with the Trump administration, which is pushing the Dakota Access oil pipeline despite opposition from American Indians.
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PIPELINES: No injuries reported after explosion rocks South Texas
A natural gas pipeline operated by Kinder Morgan Inc. in South Texas exploded early this morning.
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