More than 10,000 people signed a petition recently sent to President Trump that urges him to prioritize appointing a science adviser.
WHITE HOUSE: Thousands petition Trump to pick science adviser
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COMMERCE: Ross lauds expanded role, is mum on climate research
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.
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CLEAN POWER PLAN: Executive order coming next week
President Trump will sign an executive order against U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan next week, a White House spokeswoman said today.
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AIR POLLUTION: Asian emissions driving up ozone levels in western U.S.
Air pollution wafting into the western United States from Asia is undercutting efforts to reduce ozone levels in the region, a new study concludes.
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BIOFUELS: Backlash and confusion over talk of executive order
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.
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EPA: Tables are turned as state AGs set their sights on Pruitt
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.
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NOMINATIONS: Senate confirms Zinke as Interior secretary
Sixteen Democrats and an independent crossed the aisle today to support the confirmation of Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) as Interior secretary.
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NIGERIA: Toxic waste dumped in rural town — officials
Toxic waste was dumped in the rural town of Koko in southeast Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region, according to officials.
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PERU: Inca's once-sacred Lake Titicaca now surrounded by dead frogs
Lake Titicaca, once worshipped by the Incas in Peru, is now surrounded by dead frogs, old paint buckets and soggy trash.
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ALASKA: Dam would disrupt pristine salmon river — opponents
Alaska's largest electric company is taking heat for plans to build a 700-foot-wide, 300-foot-tall dam on the Snow River.
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IDAHO: New bill calls for Craters of the Moon to be national park
An Idaho state senator introduced a proposal urging Congress to make the state's Craters of the Moon National Monument a national park.
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TRIBES: San Carlos Apache seek answers to herbicide spraying
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.
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER: Mayors urge infrastructure funding
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.
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EPA: IG digs into employee misbehavior
Resume forging, crack cocaine, fleeing to India — all were exposed in a few months of investigative work by the U.S. EPA inspector general.
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WEATHER: Antarctica reached a whopping 63 degrees
The continent of Antarctica set a new record high temperature in March 2015, scientists from the World Meteorological Organization announced yesterday.
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PEOPLE: Key pipeline protester led double life
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.
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OREGON STANDOFF: Defense wants judge to compel informant to testify
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.
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FISHERIES: Lawsuit questioning dams' effect on bull trout dismissed
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.
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AIR POLLUTION: Judge rules for EPA on engine maker's liability
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.
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CLEAN POWER PLAN: Trump's Justice Department files first motion in ongoing case
The Trump administration yesterday filed its first motion in the massive ongoing Clean Power Plan litigation.
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