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PEOPLE: National Hurricane Center director moves to Weather Channel

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The director of the National Hurricane Center, Rick Knabb, is leaving the forecasting agency for an on-air hurricane expert position at the Weather Channel.

PIPELINES: Canadian spill prompts rare safety board deployment

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Canadian agencies responded yesterday to an oil spill at an Enbridge Inc. storage site east of Edmonton, Alberta.

COAL: Power plant construction plummeted in 2016 — study

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Coal-fired power plant construction dropped dramatically in 2016, according to a new study.

REFINERIES: Texas school board OKs $10B petrochemical plant

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A local school board in Texas has given approval to a $10 billion petrochemical complex north of Corpus Christi, despite community opposition.

DAKOTA ACCESS: Holes burned through unused pipe highlight sabotage risk

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Just as the Dakota Access pipeline is getting finishing touches to carry oil, the developer has reported "recent coordinated physical attacks" on the pipeline.

ADVOCACY: Documentaries highlight climate security risks

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Filmmakers who believe in action against climate change are using documentaries about global warming national security risks to reach skeptics about the issue.

AGRICULTURE: Beef consumption declines and so do emissions — report

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Declining meat consumption in the United States has cut as much pollution related to climate change as taking tens of millions of cars off the road, according to a study by an environmental group.

OIL AND GAS: Judge halts Calif. injection fines

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A county judge in California temporarily halted state fines of oil producers who failed to meet a Feb. 15 deadline to stop injection well operations.

DOE: Federal appeals court weighs loan office cronyism charge

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Federal appeals court judges pressed attorneys for the administration and a battery-maker today over allegations the Department of Energy's loan office was tainted by cronyism.

EPA: Watchdog group sues agency for encrypted messages

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U.S. EPA is now facing litigation over its employees' use of encrypted messages.

OREGON STANDOFF: Last 4 defendants found guilty on misdemeanor charges

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A federal judge yesterday found four defendants guilty of a variety of misdemeanor charges including trespassing during last year's occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

WILDLIFE: Duck hunting dips dramatically in U.S. since 1970

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Duck hunting in the United States is on the decline, and this could have consequences for conservation and waterfowl populations, according to a study by Delta Waterfowl.

WILDLIFE: Feds inadvertently killed 15 pets last year

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Federal agents kill millions of animals across the country every year.

FORESTS: Residents clash with feds over dam demo in dawn showdown

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Protesters and the Forest Service came to a compromise yesterday over federal authorities' plans to blow up five vintage dams along Santiago Creek in Southern California.

FORESTS: Judge rejects federal approval of Ore. logging project

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A federal judge has ruled that the Forest Service did not properly analyze a proposed logging project in Oregon's Umpqua National Forest, ordering the agency to re-examine potential impacts of the project to a proposed wilderness area and habitat for the threatened northern spotted owl.

SUPREME COURT: LCV urges senators to reject Gorsuch

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The League of Conservation Voters has urged senators to oppose the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to be a Supreme Court justice.

WATER POLICY: Lawmakers stress infrastructure investment needs

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Speaking at a rally held today in honor of World Water Day, several lawmakers emphasized the need for federal investment in water infrastructure projects.

NUCLEAR: Senate panel approves bipartisan reform bill

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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today easily approved a bipartisan bill to revamp federal licensing of advanced reactors and usher in the next wave of nuclear technology.

CLIMATE: Trump's tweets could harm his environmental rollbacks

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President Trump's words and tweets could jeopardize his environmental regulation rollbacks in the same way they did his travel ban.

KEYSTONE XL: Trump says he threatened TransCanada to drop NAFTA suit

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President Trump last night said Keystone XL pipeline developer TransCanada Corp. dropped a multibillion-dollar claim against the U.S. government after he threatened to block the infamous project.
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