Protesters stormed the conservative Heritage Foundation yesterday, condemning President Trump's proposed budget cuts and the group's role in drafting them.
ADVOCACY: Activists crash Heritage Foundation over cuts
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LOBBYING: Energy group hires top Trump fundraiser
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions has hired a top fundraiser for Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
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AIR POLLUTION: Democratic AGs fight bill to revamp ozone regulations
Democratic state attorneys general are objecting to legislation that would rewrite key facets of the Clean Air Act and freeze implementation of U.S. EPA's 2015 ground-level ozone standard until the middle of the next decade.
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PARIS AGREEMENT: Think tank recommends revising U.S. pledge
The center-right American Action Forum and a group of corporate giants today joined the ranks of those publicly pressing the White House not to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, before Trump administration officials meet tomorrow to map out a path forward.
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NATURAL RESOURCES: Focus of Trump's first 100 days: expanded development
During his bid for the White House, President Trump regularly promised voters that under his leadership, they could share in the riches of America's untapped "energy wealth."
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REGULATIONS: Bipartisan Senate bill would overhaul rulemaking
Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) introduced bipartisan legislation this morning to change the way agencies issue rules for the first time in 70 years.
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NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Trump orders crackdown on 'abusive' land protections
President Trump today vowed to end the "abusive practice" of establishing national monuments under the Antiquities Act, signing an executive order that will require the Interior Department to review the boundaries of dozens of sites designated within the last two decades.
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POLAND: E.U. threatens lawsuit over logging in primeval forest
The European Commission today doubled down on its legal action against Poland for logging a protected primeval forest in the northeast of the country.
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PHILIPPINES: Facing ouster, environment chief bans open-pit mines
Philippine Environment Secretary Regina Lopez will ban open-pit mining, she said today.
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WEST VIRGINIA: Governor nixes plan to charge for state park use
State officials in West Virginia reversed a decision Tuesday to charge entry fees at seven state parks.
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TEXAS: State Senate confirms pipeline CEO to parks board
The Texas Senate confirmed Kelcy Warren to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission yesterday.
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DRINKING WATER: Dripping Alaska pipe draws thirsty tourists with few questions
A 3-inch hole in a rock wall at Alaska's Mile 109 draws people from all over who like the taste of the untreated water.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY: Power lines at Navajo coal plant could be boon for wind, solar
Large transmission lines at the likely soon-to-be-shuttered Navajo Generating Station in Arizona could be a major advantage for developing solar or wind projects in the region, energy experts said this week.
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COAL: Canadian port resists export ban in retaliation to Trump
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark responded to new U.S. tariffs on Canadian lumber by calling for a ban on all exports of thermal coal, most of which comes from the United States. Coal interests on both sides of the border are pushing back.
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CALIFORNIA: GOP becomes unlikely ally on cap and trade
California state Republican lawmakers are backing ambitious plans to fight climate change.
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COAL: Duke stays course on CO2 cuts despite Trump policies
Duke Energy Corp. plans to keep reducing coal power despite the dramatic energy changes being pushed by the Trump administration, the utility said in a sustainability report released today.
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CLIMATE: Young plaintiffs, lawmakers tout 'trial of the century'
A group of youth plaintiffs who are suing the federal government over its alleged role in causing and enhancing the danger of global warming today gathered in Washington to drum up support for their suit.
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ENERGY POLICY: Trump admin is sued for blocking Obama fossil fuel valuations
Two states sued the Trump administration yesterday for halting Obama-era changes to how coal, oil and natural gas are valued in the calculation of federal royalties.
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WATER POLICY: Enviros sue Army Corps in Southeast water war
Earthjustice filed a lawsuit today against the Army Corps of Engineers opposing the agency's management plan for the hotly contested Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system.
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WILDLIFE: Methane flares threaten birds at former N.J. landfill
Across the river from New York City, what once was an open landfill has become 150 acres of meadowland.
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