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ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Groups warn Trump may withhold efficiency funds

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More than a dozen groups are warning congressional appropriators that federal funds for efficiency programs are at risk of being withheld illegally by the Trump administration.

AGRICULTURE: Senator brews up funding to save coffee from climate change

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Congress may soon step into the struggle to save coffee from climate change.

PUBLIC LANDS: Senators hope tour sways Zinke to take N.M. donation

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is set to saddle up for a tour of the Sabinoso Wilderness in northeastern New Mexico tomorrow with Democratic lawmakers, in a trip that conservation advocates hope will persuade the Trump administration to accept a donation to create public access for the landlocked site.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Coal mines have canaries; the Everglades has its sparrow

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The breeding season for an imperiled Everglades songbird ended abruptly this month when the Army Corps of Engineers flooded its nesting grounds.

Q&A: The mother of Superfund on being a homebody and keeping hope

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Lois Gibbs has been called many names — the mother of Superfund, the toxic avenger and even the dump lady — though she's not particularly inclined toward any of them.

DOE: Agency seeks correction on Vanity Fair article

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The Energy Department is demanding that a widely read article in Vanity Fair that cast a negative light on President Trump's transition effort be corrected.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: If Trump topples designations, lawsuits, confusion may reign

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Critics of the Antiquities Act like to argue that presidents can effectively lock up millions of acres of land or ocean into national monuments with the stroke of a pen — but what exactly will happen if President Trump attempts to erase the work of his predecessors?

POLAND: Nation must halt logging — E.U.

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Poland must obey an order from the European Court of Justice preventing expanded logging operations in the primeval forest of Bialowieza, the European Commission said today.

WESTERN WATER: Court to hear lawsuit over Nev. pipeline

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After three years of legal battles, a federal court today will hear a lawsuit seeking to block a massive proposed network of pumps and pipes that would drain water from eastern Nevada.

CLEAN WATER RULE: Calif. looks to replace regs Trump aims to roll back

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A California water agency is poised to adopt its own stricter regulations to protect the state's wetlands from development after the Trump administration last month moved to roll back controversial regulations under the Clean Water Act.

SUPERFUND: EPA lists site linked to enforcement nominee

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U.S. EPA today announced that it will aid in the cleanup of seven highly contaminated sites, including one polluted by the sister company of a firm formerly represented by the agency's enforcement chief nominee.

HIGH-SPEED RAIL: Calif. bullet train set for long legal battle over regs

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California's proposed bullet train project is poised to face a barrage of environmental challenges after a decision by the state's Supreme Court last week.

TRANSIT: Trump proposal would ease regs on privately funded projects

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The Department of Transportation has proposed to exempt public transit project developers that use private cash from some regulatory requirements.

EPA: History could be reversed at agency's one-room museum

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U.S. EPA's future is certainly changing under Administrator Scott Pruitt, but now the past might be changing, as well.

EPA: Contractors may be not ready for cyberattacks — IG

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U.S. EPA's inspector general said the agency's contractors may be unprepared for cyberattacks.

EPA: Chicago office properly handled harassment complaints — IG

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U.S. EPA's Region 5 office in Chicago stuck to the rulebook when handling sexual harassment allegations made by its employees.

NATURAL GAS: Court blocks reopening of Aliso Canyon

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A California court last week blocked Southern California Gas Co. from reopening its natural gas storage facility at Aliso Canyon in the wake of a 2015 methane blowout that forced thousands of families from their homes.

COAL: Trump hails export deal with Ukraine

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The Trump administration today hailed a deal between the Ukrainian state-owned heating company and a Pennsylvania-based coal firm to export U.S. fuel to the war-torn nation.

WETLANDS: Trump policies threaten carbon studies at Md. marshes

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The Global Change Research Wetland has been called the most elaborate facility of its kind.

OIL AND GAS: Greens ask court to enforce decision on methane standards

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Environmental groups today asked a federal court to enforce its decision earlier this month that the Trump administration lacked authority to delay Obama-era methane standards for the oil and gas industry.
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