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WHITE HOUSE: Thousands petition Trump to pick science adviser

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More than 10,000 people signed a petition recently sent to President Trump that urges him to prioritize appointing a science adviser.

COMMERCE: Ross lauds expanded role, is mum on climate research

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Wilbur Ross outlined his "rules of the road" in his first speech as Commerce secretary this morning, telling a room of employees that he expects them to be concise, on time and on board with agency decisions.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: Executive order coming next week

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President Trump will sign an executive order against U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan next week, a White House spokeswoman said today.

AIR POLLUTION: Asian emissions driving up ozone levels in western U.S.

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Air pollution wafting into the western United States from Asia is undercutting efforts to reduce ozone levels in the region, a new study concludes.

BIOFUELS: Backlash and confusion over talk of executive order

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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and the leading U.S. biofuel trade group reached a private agreement to change the compliance structure of the renewable fuel standard, said sources familiar with the deal.

EPA: Tables are turned as state AGs set their sights on Pruitt

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Scott Pruitt, who sued U.S. EPA more than a dozen times as Oklahoma's chief legal officer, will likely soon find himself on the other side of lawsuits filed by Democratic attorneys general.

NOMINATIONS: Senate confirms Zinke as Interior secretary

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Sixteen Democrats and an independent crossed the aisle today to support the confirmation of Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) as Interior secretary.

NIGERIA: Toxic waste dumped in rural town — officials

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Toxic waste was dumped in the rural town of Koko in southeast Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region, according to officials.

PERU: Inca's once-sacred Lake Titicaca now surrounded by dead frogs

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Lake Titicaca, once worshipped by the Incas in Peru, is now surrounded by dead frogs, old paint buckets and soggy trash.

ALASKA: Dam would disrupt pristine salmon river — opponents

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Alaska's largest electric company is taking heat for plans to build a 700-foot-wide, 300-foot-tall dam on the Snow River.

IDAHO: New bill calls for Craters of the Moon to be national park

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An Idaho state senator introduced a proposal urging Congress to make the state's Craters of the Moon National Monument a national park.

TRIBES: San Carlos Apache seek answers to herbicide spraying

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Members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe want answers on the current state of their soil and water after the government sprayed a dioxin-containing herbicide, silvex, along the reservation in the 1960s and '70s.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER: Mayors urge infrastructure funding

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A coalition of Mississippi River mayors is asking Congress and the Trump administration to continue infrastructure investments to preserve water quality and reduce disaster risks.

EPA: IG digs into employee misbehavior

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Resume forging, crack cocaine, fleeing to India — all were exposed in a few months of investigative work by the U.S. EPA inspector general.

WEATHER: Antarctica reached a whopping 63 degrees

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The continent of Antarctica set a new record high temperature in March 2015, scientists from the World Meteorological Organization announced yesterday.

PEOPLE: Key pipeline protester led double life

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Pete Hefflin fought against pipeline companies, spoke against corporate greed and helped open the largest protest camp in West Texas aimed at blocking the Trans-Pecos pipeline.

OREGON STANDOFF: Defense wants judge to compel informant to testify

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Defense lawyers in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff case are urging the judge to issue an arrest warrant for a man who they say was an FBI informant and who has refused to appear as a witness.

FISHERIES: Lawsuit questioning dams' effect on bull trout dismissed

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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by environmental groups that was seeking to force federal agencies to analyze whether two dozen dams in western states are harming bull trout.

AIR POLLUTION: Judge rules for EPA on engine maker's liability

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U.S. EPA has won a partial victory in a lawsuit alleging that Navistar Inc. violated the Clean Air Act, potentially exposing the Illinois-based diesel engine manufacturer to millions of dollars in fines.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: Trump's Justice Department files first motion in ongoing case

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The Trump administration yesterday filed its first motion in the massive ongoing Clean Power Plan litigation.
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