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FISHERIES: New England shrimp shutdown will continue another year

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Shrimp fishing in New England won't be allowed for at least another year, regulators announced yesterday.

YELLOWSTONE: Cull will include at least 600 bison

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Wildlife managers will aim to cull between 600 and 900 bison from the Yellowstone National Park herd under an agreement reached Tuesday.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Enviros prep for battle over Mexican wolf recovery plan

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Several environmental groups say they plan to challenge the Trump administration's recovery program for the endangered Mexican wolf in court.

FORESTS: Lawmakers want Forest Service to nearly double timber cut

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The last time the timber harvest on national forests reached 4 billion board feet, Bill Clinton was president and the World Wide Web became available to the public for the first time. That was 1993.

PUBLIC LANDS: Judge takes water rights off the table in Bundy trial

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Federal prosecutors seeking to convict Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy in an ongoing criminal trial in Las Vegas have successfully sought to curb a variety of defense arguments and can now add one more: water rights.

HURRICANE MARIA: Ex-lawmakers lobby for Whitefish

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Two former members of Congress are representing Whitefish Energy Holdings LLC, the embattled Montana company that was once contracted to rebuild Puerto Rico's power grid.

SUPERFUND: EPA mum on sites needing 'immediate and intense attention'

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Public health advocates are questioning U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's commitment to overhauling the Superfund program after months of silence from the agency.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: DOE floats another contentious overhaul of standards

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The Department of Energy is considering additional changes to energy efficiency standards that environmentalists say raise "serious concerns" about the future of the program.

POLITICS: Ryan sets State of the Union for Jan. 30

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House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) today invited President Trump to Capitol Hill to deliver his annual State of the Union address on Jan. 30.

NATURAL RESOURCES: Panel OKs bills to ax social cost of carbon, coal-lease bans

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A House panel today approved legislation that would kill the Obama-era social cost of carbon calculation and would block any future moratorium on coal leasing.

AGRICULTURE: Hipster evangelist preaches preservation of native prairies

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — When Kelly Kindscher is not exploring prairies in the Great Plains, he's enjoying the hipster culture in this college town.

PUBLIC LANDS: Judge allows Bundy release, but he decides to stay in jail

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Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro yesterday reversed her earlier refusal to release Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his son Ammon Bundy from federal custody during their ongoing criminal trial — but the elder Bundy rejected the terms of release and will instead remain in detention.

HOUSE: 'It's time to step aside' — Barton

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Texas Republican Joe Barton, a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, announced today he won't run for re-election after a nude image of himself and sexually suggestive messages he sent women surfaced.

CLIMATE: Tillerson exit might bring climate disbelief to State

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If CIA Director Mike Pompeo replaces Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as the top U.S. diplomat, he could bring a careerlong skepticism of climate science with him to Foggy Bottom.

LEBANON: Burning trash crisis threatens public health — report

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A trash crisis caused by government mismanagement threatens the environment and public health in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

AUSTRALIA: World's biggest battery, made by Tesla, switches on

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Australia announced today that it has powered up a battery the size of a football field — the largest in the world.

MICHIGAN: Hunters may soon be allowed to spear sleeping frogs

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Michigan looks poised to loosen its restrictions on frog gigging, the long-held practice of hunting the amphibians with spears.

COLORADO: Agency delays pollution decision against scientists' advice

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Colorado state and federal officials this week pushed back a key hearing for deciding whether to weaken molybdenum pollution standards.

WISCONSIN: Enviros skeptical of conservation agency counsel pick

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has picked a conservative lawyer to serve as general counsel for the state's Department of Natural Resources, a move some critics say demonstrates growing politicization at the agency.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: GM aims to put self-driving cars in big cities in 2019

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Starting in 2019, General Motors Co. expects to deliver goods and carry passengers with self-driving vehicles in large cities.
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