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PUBLIC LANDS: Americans spend more on outdoor fun than gas, Rx — report

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Outdoor recreation is big business for the American economy, creating more jobs than construction and computer technology and generating $117 billion more in annual consumer spending than pharmaceuticals and fuel, according to a new report.

CAMPAIGN 2018: Energy efficiency executive looks to take on Casey

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Republican businessman Jeff Bartos announced a challenge to Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) yesterday.

REGULATIONS: Sullivan floats bill to stall rules until lawsuits settled

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Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan yesterday introduced a bill that would prevent certain regulations from taking effect until all court challenges to the rule are settled.

PUBLIC LANDS: Agency retirees warn of shutdown's harm

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Former park rangers and public lands employees are warning President Trump and Congress about the impact a government shutdown could have on parks, refuges, fish hatcheries and forests.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Maine governor to testify against Katahdin Woods designation

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Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) said yesterday that he will travel to Washington next week to testify against President Obama's 2016 designation of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Companies urge Congress to rebuke Trump on Energy Star

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A host of companies are joining efficiency advocates in calling on Congress to buck the Trump administration's plan to eliminate the popular Energy Star program.

PEOPLE: Conservative clean energy group taps policy director

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The ClearPath Foundation, the conservative clean energy group founded by businessman Jay Faison, has tapped former Hill staffer Jeremy Harrell as policy director.

CAMPAIGN 2018: Environmentalist Robert Massie to run for Mass. governor

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Environmentalist and social justice activist Robert Massie plans to enter the Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial primary.

AGRICULTURE: New head of the USDA 'family' gets to work

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Newly sworn-in Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue rolled up his sleeves — literally — in his first morning on the job as he urged Department of Agriculture employees today to focus on customer service.

INTERIOR: Zinke stands against land transfers ahead of Trump order

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke reiterated his support for public lands this morning, the day before President Trump is expected to order the department to reconsider protections for millions of acres set aside by his White House predecessors.

EPA: Shutdown plan would send thousands home without pay

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U.S. EPA is preparing to send thousands of its employees home without pay in the event of a federal government shutdown in the coming days.

INTERIOR: Agencies to review 2 less-controversial drilling rules

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The Trump administration is reconsidering a pair of relatively uncontroversial Interior Department oil and gas rules the Obama administration put into effect during its final days in office.

WHITE HOUSE: Trump dumps 'sound science' from site, tweaks OSTP mission

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The Trump administration removed the phrase "sound science" from the White House website and narrowed the stated mission of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, according to an analysis from an environmental watchdog.

STATE DEPARTMENT: Leaked document details Trump's plan for broad cuts

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A memo detailing how the Trump administration would cut the U.S. government's financial assistance to developing countries shows the office at the forefront of the State Department's climate work would see 94.5 percent of its budget slashed.

GREAT LAKES: Trump budget spooks region dogged by toxic algae

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TOLEDO, Ohio — Algal blooms were common on Lake Erie in the 1970s and early 1980s, but efforts to limit phosphorus dumped by sewage treatment plants had been successful enough that U.S. EPA declared victory and stopped monitoring for the nutrient in the mid-1980s.

INTERIOR: Agency withholding docs on rumored top pick — lawsuit

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A government watchdog group today filed a federal lawsuit against the Interior Department, accusing it of withholding documents related to the agency's former top lawyer, who is rumored to be the primary candidate for Interior's deputy secretary position.

DOE: White House reportedly trying to halt some loans, grants

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The White House is moving to halt Department of Energy work on loan guarantees and grants that the Trump administration wants to zero out next fiscal year, according to a leader of the DOE employee union.

LAW: Many recusals for acting chief of DOJ environment section

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The acting head of the Justice Department's environmental branch must step aside from dozens of cases facing the government, both because of his past work for an Alabama law firm and Trump administration ethics restrictions, documents show.

CHINA: Rare, poetic milu deer signal conservation victory

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A species that died out a century ago in its native China is roaming once again in the region where it was once hunted by emperors.

CANADA: 1st bison calves born in Banff in 140 years

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Bison calves were born in a Canadian national park this week for the first time in 140 years, marking a success in attempts to reintroduce a wild herd to the area.
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