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ENERGY POLICY: Oil gets lion's share of federal incentives — report

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U.S. petroleum producers have enjoyed more federal financial incentives since World War II than any other energy sector, according to a study released today by the nuclear industry in hopes of swaying a debate on government energy subsidies.

EPA: Pruitt takes control of Superfund designations

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U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced yesterday that he will now make the decisions regarding Superfund cleanup sites that cost $50 million or more.

OIL AND GAS: Trump drops Jones Act review

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The Trump administration has withdrawn a proposal to remove exemptions from the Jones Act, which would have forced offshore oil and gas companies to give more work to American ships and crews.

WHITE HOUSE: OMB releases guidance on Trump energy order

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The White House has released guidance on how agencies should implement President Trump's executive order that takes aim at the Obama administration's climate policies, including the Clean Power Plan.

EPA: Pruitt says science advisers can reapply

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U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said today that departing science advisers could reapply for their jobs.

LAW: EPA quietly closes complaint at heart of civil rights suit

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U.S. EPA closed a 14-year-old civil rights complaint against a landfill in a predominantly black community in Alabama last month, telling a federal court that legal challenges over its slow response to the case are moot.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Solar giant files for insolvency, blames 'price erosion'

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A major solar manufacturer filed for insolvency yesterday, adding to increasing anxiety about a global trade war.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Zinke says duty fulfilled in Utah, but protesters persist

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KANAB, Utah — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke yesterday declared he "shook hands with all sides" during a four-day tour of the Beehive State's national monuments — even as dozens of protesters could be heard chanting "Talk to us!" behind a chain-link fence a few hundred yards away.

INTERIOR: Energy companies paid Bernhardt more than $80K last year

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Interior deputy secretary nominee David Bernhardt earned at least $80,000 last year from a host of energy and environmental interests and worked for many others in the past five years, disclosure records show.

FINLAND: Conservationists turn to social media to save endangered seal

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Conservationists in Finland are planning a social media campaign to raise awareness of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal.

NEW ZEALAND: Nation aims to wipe out all rats by 2050

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New Zealand has set itself a massively difficult environmental goal: Kill every rat, possum and stoat on the island in the hope of reviving the native bird populations that once flourished there.

CHINA: Government suspends permitting for new coal plants

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China will suspend approvals for new coal-fired power plant projects in 29 provinces, an official newspaper said today.

COLORADO: Unresolved legislative standoff hamstrings energy office

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Lawmakers in Colorado crippled the state's energy office this week by failing to agree on a measure that would have continued its funding in full.

NEVADA: Senate mulls measure in support of monuments

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A measure passed the Nevada Senate Natural Resources Committee yesterday that would support the status of Gold Butte and Basin and Range national monuments.

TRANSIT: Penn Station repairs will cut 25% of service

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Amtrak will cut commuter train service into New York's Penn Station by about 25 percent this summer, and will also have service disruptions at the beginning of 2018.

WATER POLLUTION: No new recommendations in CSB's revised W.Va. spill report

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U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigators did not find any new recommendations necessary in its report of the January 2014 chemical spill at West Virginia's Freedom Industries.

WIND: Clean energy suffers oil spills, too

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Wind turbines built along Mexico's southern coast were supposed to make the country's energy industry cleaner, but they are spilling oil and causing headaches for reformers.

LNG: Trade agreement includes provision on shipping gas to China

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In a trade arrangement with China announced yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce "welcomed" the Asian superpower, along with other trading partners, to receive imports of liquefied natural gas from U.S. companies.

ARCTIC: Tillerson signs pact targeting black carbon

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The Fairbanks Declaration signed yesterday by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and seven foreign ministers from Arctic nations supports efforts to cut black carbon, marking a win for climate advocates.

COAL: Blankenship appeals conviction to Supreme Court

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Two days after being released from federal prison, former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship is appealing his conviction to the Supreme Court.
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