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INTERIOR: Jewell headed to Harvard

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Former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has accepted a fellowship at Harvard University.

EPA: Pruitt urges staff to work with IG

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U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is urging his staff to work with the agency's internal watchdog.

CAMPAIGN 2018: Super PACs dive into W.Va. Senate race

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It may be early, but super political action committees are already getting involved in the 2018 GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat in West Virginia.

AGRICULTURE: As Trump seeks NAFTA reform, sugar barons may have a say

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The Fanjul family built a sugar empire in the southern U.S. after arriving from Cuba in the 1960s, and now they may have President Trump's ear as he attempts to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement.

SENATE: Trump backs Strange; Rokita taking on Donnelly

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President Trump took to Twitter last night to endorse Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) as voting draws near in the race for the seat once held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

METHANE: Groups make last-ditch pleas over proposed rule delays

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Environmental groups and Democratic attorneys general are urging U.S. EPA to keep in place an Obama-era rule for curbing methane emissions at oil and gas operations, while companies are asking for more time to address concerns.

ADVOCACY: LCV calls for probe of alleged infiltration

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The League of Conservation Voters is asking California's Department of Justice to investigate an attempt by "imposters" tied to conservative activist James O'Keefe III to "infiltrate" the group's inner workings.

REGULATIONS: McCaskill pushes alternative rulemaking overhaul

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A bill introduced last week by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) could shake up the regulatory reform debate when Congress comes back from recess.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Rep. Cramer doubles down on DOE, EPA reshuffle

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Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) has radical ideas about how to reshape the Department of Energy. In December, he shared them with President-elect Trump, and now he's trying them out on his House colleague Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas).

CHEMICALS: House GOP increases scrutiny of Roundup cancer ties

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House Republicans are stepping up their investigation of the International Agency for Research on Cancer's controversial determination that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic."

AGRICULTURE: Stabenow probes USDA climate stance

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What's the difference between "climate change" and "changing climate"?

BORDER WALL: Grijalva warns easing regs could lead to industry free-for-all

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Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, is warning that efforts to exempt U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities from environmental laws could lead to a regulatory free-for-all on lands adjacent to the nation's southern border with Mexico.

DOE: National labs to cut more than 500 jobs

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Two national labs are eliminating more than 500 staff positions as the Trump administration pushes for deep budget cuts at the Department of Energy.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Leakers take the risk despite crackdown

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Posters warning that "every leak makes us weak" and "Don't become the next insider threat" have cropped up in the halls of the Energy Department's headquarters in Washington in recent months.

LAW: After HFC ruling, some question EPA's authority on climate

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Yesterday's court decision tossing out an Obama-era policy for addressing potent greenhouse gases has reignited a debate over U.S. EPA's authority to issue climate change regulations.

NUCLEAR WASTE: Could 'piddle packs,' volcanoes bring down Yucca Mountain?

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Amid the ongoing political fight over the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada, it's easy to forget there's a daunting legal battle looming, too.

JAPAN: Unexploded World War II bomb found at Fukushima site

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An unexploded bomb dating to World War II has been found near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors in northwestern Japan.

NORWAY: Arctic oil and gas push threatens climate goals — study

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Norway's push to increase oil and gas production in the Arctic could threaten global efforts to slow climate change, according to a new study.

ALASKA: As Trump dismantles adaptation programs, coasts vanish

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The Trump administration may be moving to dismantle U.S. efforts to mitigate climate change, but residents of coastal Alaska are dealing with the very real effects of sea-level rise.

WEST VIRGINIA: Governor says Trump likes his pro-coal plan

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice yesterday claimed President Trump is "really interested" in his pitch to boost Appalachian mining through federal support for power plants that burn his state's coal.
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