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EPA: Wanted: Special agents to protect agency chief

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U.S. EPA is on the lookout for special agents to help protect Administrator Scott Pruitt.

PUBLIC LANDS: Trump admin unveils fracking rule rollback plan

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A federal hydraulic fracturing rule is overly burdensome and should be scrapped, Trump administration officials said today in a long-awaited proposal to rescind an Obama-era regulation for fracking on public and tribal lands.

INTERIOR: Deputy secretary nominee has history battling department

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The nominee for the No. 2 slot at the Interior Department has a history of suing the agency he's now poised to join.

EPA: Pruitt eyes former Obama DOE official to lead climate review

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U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is considering a former Obama Energy Department official to lead the agency's debate on mainstream climate science, according to a former leader of the Trump administration's EPA transition effort.

CLEAN WATER RULE: Did rogue paddlers, Scalia cement protection for LA River?

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A possible survivor of the Trump administration's efforts to limit Clean Water Act protections is a concrete canal that looks more like a highway than a waterway: the Los Angeles River.

CHINA: 100 panda-shaped solar farms planned

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A Chinese energy company plans 100 solar farms shaped like pandas along the planned Belt and Road route.

CHINA: Expanding Beijing threatens fragile wetlands

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The fragile wetlands south of Beijing will be transformed into an enormous satellite city for China's overcrowded capital in the coming decades.

MONTANA: Renewable contracts too short, lawmakers warn

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Montana's Public Service Commission introduced plans last week to reduce contract lengths and rates for renewable energy projects smaller than 3 megawatts — enough to power 540 homes or fewer.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Governor signs 3 water quality laws

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New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) last week signed into law three bills having to do with water quality.

WILDLIFE: Tick-borne illnesses on the rise

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Towns and rural areas across the country are seeing growing tick populations, which present a nuisance for children and pets playing outdoors and, increasingly, a danger to public health.

SCIENCE: The moon may hold more water than we thought

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A hidden supply of water lies trapped beneath the surface of the moon, raising prospects for future exploration, according to a new study.

AIR POLLUTION: Legal action stalls against East Chicago coke plant

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A promised U.S. EPA crackdown on Indiana Harbor Coke Co., a notorious polluter in East Chicago, Ind., has stalled in recent months.

PIPELINES: Protesters admit to Dakota Access vandalism

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Two Iowa women say they damaged construction equipment and valves along the Dakota Access pipeline route in protest.

NUCLEAR: Projected advanced reactor costs could alter power system

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Advanced nuclear reactors could eventually produce power at nearly half the cost of conventional nuclear plants, according to a study released today.

AIR POLLUTION: 7 states, D.C. push back against EPA on ozone standard

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In high-stakes litigation over U.S. EPA's 2015 ozone standard, seven states and the District of Columbia are reasserting their prerogative to intervene in defense of the 70 parts per billion air quality threshold.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA asks court for more time to reach deal on Ark. haze rule

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Over the objections of environmental groups, U.S. EPA, Arkansas regulators and electricity companies are asking a federal appeals court for more time to reach a deal in litigation over a pollution-reduction plan for coal-fired power plants.

INVASIVE SPECIES: Wetlands scourge expands to 11 La. parishes

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An Asian insect known as a scale or mealybug has invaded at least 11 parishes on the Louisiana coast and around Lake Pontchartrain.

MARINE MAMMALS: Last orca born at SeaWorld dies

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The last orca born in captivity under SeaWorld's now-defunct breeding program died yesterday at the company's San Antonio park.

NATIONAL PARKS: Officials mull removal options for Olympic goats

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Officials are considering several options for removing mountain goats from Olympic National Park, including a plan to round up and relocate some of the animals and shoot others.

NATIONAL PARKS: Group asks court to block power line near Va. historic site

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A national parks advocacy group wants a federal court to block construction of a transmission line across the James River until a lawsuit that claims it will forever mar the site of the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, Va., is resolved.
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