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GRAND CANYON: Interior mum in heated debate over mining ban

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An uneasy silence lingers over the more than 1 million acres where uranium mining is banned on either side of Grand Canyon National Park.

COAL: Wyo. delegation opposes Justice's subsidy proposal

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Wyoming lawmakers are opposing a plan by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) to give a $4.5 billion annual subsidy to Appalachian coal producers.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Cabinet response to Trump on Va. unrest disappoints staffers

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Career government employees say they are disturbed by the lack of strong statements denouncing white supremacy from the Trump administration's Cabinet members.

WHITE HOUSE: Trump axes infrastructure council

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President Trump's planned advisory panel on infrastructure "will not move forward," a White House spokeswoman said.

HOUSE: Pelosi gives speechwriter expanded 'Better Deal' role

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Henry Connelly, a top speechwriter for Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), is taking on an expanded role as deputy communications director for the House's top Democrat, one that will include emphasizing the benefit of clean energy jobs.

POLITICS: Senate Dems want probe of Trump hiring at EPA, CEQ

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Two Senate Democrats are seeking a Government Accountability Office investigation into the Trump administration's hiring of political appointees at U.S. EPA and the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

Q&A: Being a climate scientist isn't easy in the age of Trump

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Texas Tech University climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe gets hate mail and wrangles with Twitter trolls on a regular basis.

CLIMATE: Economists, legal experts challenge Trump on carbon pricing

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A group of economists and lawyers is arguing that the current calculation of the societal cost of greenhouse gas emissions is the best estimate available, despite President Trump's decision to withdraw the metric and disband the interagency working group that developed it.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Trump officials celebrate funding while they quietly cut

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New historic preservation grants showcase how the Trump administration will take credit for both cost-cutting and generosity on the same program.

INTERIOR: Decision time looms for 20 monuments

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A week out from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's national monument recommendations, it's almost impossible to predict which sites the administration could target for reductions or even elimination.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: VW moves forward with battery-powered camper van

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Volkswagen AG will move forward with production of an electric version of its classic Microbus camper van.

AUTOS: Merkel says diesel is needed to achieve climate goals

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that diesel cars are still needed in order to meet climate change goals.

EPA: Pruitt promised 'a new day' before reversing pesticide ban

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In the weeks leading up to U.S. EPA's decision not to ban a controversial pesticide, Administrator Scott Pruitt promised "a new day, and a new future" to agricultural executives lobbying to continue using the chemical.

EPA: IG to probe notices of drinking water contamination

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U.S. EPA's internal watchdog is examining whether the agency is alerting the public when drinking water becomes unsafe.

DRINKING WATER: Lawsuit claims Nestlé bottled product drawn from wells

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A lawsuit filed last week alleges that the Nestlé-owned Poland Spring label is a "colossal fraud" for claiming that the water is 100 percent natural spring water.

WESTERN WATER: Calif. county sues over Bay Delta tunnels project

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A California county is suing the state in an attempt to prevent the construction of a $17 billion tunnels project, citing environmental concerns.

PLANTS: First corpse flower opens at U.S. Botanic Garden

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The first of three corpse flowers at the U.S. Botanic Garden bloomed unexpectedly over the weekend.

WILDLIFE: Petition urges punishment for 'shark dragging'

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About 250,000 people have signed a petition calling for charges against shark-dragging suspects.

NATIONAL PARKS: NPS, NOAA responders save beached whale

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Scientists worked with volunteers over the weekend to save a gray whale beached in Olympic National Park.

INVASIVE SPECIES: In 5 months, Everglades hunters kill 500 pythons

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Florida hunters have killed 500 pythons in just five months in an effort to keep the invasive species from inundating the Everglades.
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