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PEOPLE: Bracewell picks leader for its civil litigation practice

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Bracewell LLP has tapped industry attorney David Super to lead its civil litigation practice in the D.C. office, the law firm announced today.

FISHERIES: 1-acre oyster reef grows in the Bronx

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A reef that is home to thousands of oysters in the Bronx borough of New York gets a visit from biologist Allison Fitzgerald five times a month.

INVASIVE SPECIES: No additional Asian carp found in Great Lakes

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Two weeks of intensive searching found no evidence that more Asian carp have made it past the electronic barriers that are meant to keep the invasive species out of Lake Michigan.

WILDFIRES: Drought's end fuels more blazes in Calif.

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Experts expect the raging wildfires that burned throughout Southern California this weekend to extend through the summer.

FORESTS: Lumber industry shares lawsuit woes with Gianforte

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Environmental lawsuits are delaying logging production, according to Ed Regan, the resource manager of RY Timber Inc.'s sawmill in Townsend, Mont.

GULF OF MEXICO: Studies examine oil spill's damage to food web, wetlands

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Damage inflicted on seabirds and marine mammals by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill led to booming populations of forage fish in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a new ecosystem assessment.

HOUSE: Chamber lawyer joins Energy and Commerce panel

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce lawyer Mary Martin has joined the House Energy and Commerce Committee as deputy chief counsel for energy and environment.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Governmentwide watchdog closer to confirmation

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President Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel is a step closer to Senate confirmation.

ADVOCACY: NRDC ad claims reg rollbacks threaten American families

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A handful of environmental and consumer protection advocacy groups today announced an ad campaign attacking the Trump administration for its enormous regulatory rollback effort.

ENERGY POLICY: Think tank to governors: Question Perry's grid study

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry's high-profile study on the electric grid is not expected to be released until later this month, but organizations on the opposite side of the political spectrum are already throwing out rebuttals to what they expect it will say.

DOE: Fossil fuel promoter settles into renewable energy office

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A recent Energy Department political hire is a well-known critic of renewable energy and former spokesman for Fueling U.S. Forward, a campaign promoting fossil fuels funded by Koch Industries Inc.

INTERIOR: Texas political veteran tapped for key post

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The Trump administration has nominated former Texas state official Susan Combs to serve as the Interior Department's assistant secretary for policy, management and budget.

NATIONAL PARKS: Zinke 'would love' to transfer commuter roads to DOT, states

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Mention the National Park Service and it's bound to conjure up a host of scenic wonders: the geysers in Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains.

LOBBYING: K Street work expands for Pruitt's pals

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Business has been good for U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's friends from his political days in Oklahoma.

CYBERSECURITY: In about-face, Perry calls threat to U.S. reactors 'real'

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry reversed course today and confirmed that hackers are targeting U.S. nuclear power plants, but he said federal labs can safeguard the nation's sprawling grid.

LAW: Trump gets first chance to shape powerful appeals court

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A conservative judge who has been skeptical of regulations is stepping down from a federal court that is highly influential in environmental law.

POLAND: Battle lines drawn over logging in primeval forest

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The Bialowieza Forest is a U.N. World Heritage Site and the last primeval forest in Europe. It has some of the biggest and oldest trees on the continent and houses Europe's largest bison colony.

CAMBODIA: Nation bans sand mining due to environmental impacts

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Cambodia has banned all sand exports because of the industry's environmental impact.

SOLID WASTE: Coca-Cola to increase recycled plastics in bottles

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The Coca-Cola Co. will dramatically increase the amount of recycled plastic used in its bottles to 50 percent after environmentalists put pressure on the world's biggest drink brand.

VW SCANDAL: EPA to treat infractions 'very aggressively' — Pruitt

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U.S. EPA will treat emissions cheating and improper behavior by Volkswagen AG and other automakers "very aggressively," EPA chief Scott Pruitt said Monday.
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