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WASHINGTON: Development threatens trees in Seattle

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A new study in Seattle gives a detailed look at the amount of tree canopy covering the city, but it leaves some questions unanswered about how development has affected that canopy or what the next decade of building could bring.

OREGON: Lawmakers reject governor's clean air effort

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Oregon lawmakers opted not to fund Democratic Gov. Kate Brown's Cleaner Air Oregon initiative, putting pressure on state environmental regulators to find another way to fund Brown's signature air pollution measure.

TEXAS: State funding cuts shut down 6 air quality monitors

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A coalition of local governments in Texas will stop collecting data from six air quality monitors and will lay off four staffers in response to state budget cuts.

OREGON: Bill to add climate to troubled energy agency passes committee

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Oregon Democratic lawmakers pushed a controversial bill through the state House Rules Committee on Tuesday that would expand the mission of the Oregon Department of Energy to include climate policy.

RAIL: Amtrak train kills 2 CSX workers in D.C.

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A CSX Corp. conductor and a trainee were killed by an Amtrak train Tuesday in Washington.

FLINT CRISIS: Mich. sues city over water agreement

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A Michigan state agency sued the city of Flint today over its slow approval of the Great Lakes Water Authority as its long-term drinking water source.

AIR POLLUTION: Even low levels of exposure hasten death — study

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Air pollution even at legal levels continues to cut Americans' lives short, a new study has found.

KEYSTONE XL: Pipeline struggles to attract customers

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After years of delay due to protests and regulatory hurdles, the Keystone XL pipeline has a new challenge: Its customers are no longer interested.

OFFSHORE DRILLING: 100 lawmakers urge Zinke to veer from Atlantic exploration

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A bipartisan group of more than 100 lawmakers yesterday pressed the Trump administration to reverse its decision to allow seismic air gun surveying for oil and gas development off the East Coast.

EMISSIONS: Downward path must be set by 2020 — experts

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Climate change may become impossible to contain if governments don't set caps on greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, a group of prominent scientists, policymakers and business leaders said yesterday.

OREGON STANDOFF: FBI agent pleads not guilty on charges in Finicum shooting

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An FBI agent pleaded not guilty yesterday on charges that he lied about shooting at a central figure in last year's armed standoff between protesters and law enforcement on an Oregon wildlife refuge.

NATIONAL PARKS: 2 injured in Yellowstone bison 'butting'

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Two people were injured yesterday at Yellowstone National Park when a bison "butted" them as they stood on a boardwalk near Mud Volcano, park officials said.

MARINE MAMMALS: Alaska's tiny beluga population remains endangered

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Alaska's Cook Inlet beluga whale population has not shown any meaningful increase in numbers, which means recovery for the endangered whales remains elusive despite protective measures.

TRIBES: BIA can put conditions on funding deals — judge

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs can jointly administer services to two distinct tribal governments with jurisdiction on the same Wyoming reservation, a U.S. District Court judge ruled last week.

MARINE MAMMALS: Low orca birth rates likely due to lack of food

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Killer whale populations are failing to rebound, and researchers now say a lack of food is the primary reason.

EPA: Daines again invites Pruitt to Mont. Superfund site

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Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines has reissued an invitation to U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to visit a Superfund site in his state.

TRANSPORTATION: Dems say admin 'cherry-picking' info against emissions rule

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Congressional Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of "cherry-picking" information and eschewing normal procedure by indefinitely delaying a greenhouse gas metric for highways.

WATER POLICY: Group continues push for 'meaningful' flood insurance reform

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A coalition of conservation groups, housing organizations and taxpayer advocates is continuing its push for comprehensive flood insurance reform.

PEOPLE: Tea party congressman to lead Heartland Institute

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Former Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) has landed at a prominent conservative think tank.

PESTICIDES: Committee approves bill to boost registration fees

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The Senate Agriculture Committee passed legislation today to extend U.S. EPA's fee system for pesticide registration, amid signs that Democratic lawmakers may seek greater limitations.
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