Shrimp fishing in New England won't be allowed for at least another year, regulators announced yesterday.
FISHERIES: New England shrimp shutdown will continue another year
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YELLOWSTONE: Cull will include at least 600 bison
Wildlife managers will aim to cull between 600 and 900 bison from the Yellowstone National Park herd under an agreement reached Tuesday.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES: Enviros prep for battle over Mexican wolf recovery plan
Several environmental groups say they plan to challenge the Trump administration's recovery program for the endangered Mexican wolf in court.
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FORESTS: Lawmakers want Forest Service to nearly double timber cut
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.
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PUBLIC LANDS: Judge takes water rights off the table in Bundy trial
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.
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HURRICANE MARIA: Ex-lawmakers lobby for Whitefish
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.
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SUPERFUND: EPA mum on sites needing 'immediate and intense attention'
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.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY: DOE floats another contentious overhaul of standards
The Department of Energy is considering additional changes to energy efficiency standards that environmentalists say raise "serious concerns" about the future of the program.
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POLITICS: Ryan sets State of the Union for Jan. 30
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.
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NATURAL RESOURCES: Panel OKs bills to ax social cost of carbon, coal-lease bans
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.
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AGRICULTURE: Hipster evangelist preaches preservation of native prairies
LAWRENCE, Kan. — When Kelly Kindscher is not exploring prairies in the Great Plains, he's enjoying the hipster culture in this college town.
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PUBLIC LANDS: Judge allows Bundy release, but he decides to stay in jail
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.
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HOUSE: 'It's time to step aside' — Barton
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.
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CLIMATE: Tillerson exit might bring climate disbelief to State
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.
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LEBANON: Burning trash crisis threatens public health — report
A trash crisis caused by government mismanagement threatens the environment and public health in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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AUSTRALIA: World's biggest battery, made by Tesla, switches on
Australia announced today that it has powered up a battery the size of a football field — the largest in the world.
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MICHIGAN: Hunters may soon be allowed to spear sleeping frogs
Michigan looks poised to loosen its restrictions on frog gigging, the long-held practice of hunting the amphibians with spears.
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COLORADO: Agency delays pollution decision against scientists' advice
Colorado state and federal officials this week pushed back a key hearing for deciding whether to weaken molybdenum pollution standards.
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WISCONSIN: Enviros skeptical of conservation agency counsel pick
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.
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AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: GM aims to put self-driving cars in big cities in 2019
Starting in 2019, General Motors Co. expects to deliver goods and carry passengers with self-driving vehicles in large cities.
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