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HURRICANE MARIA: Whitefish Energy hires Fla. lobbyists

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Whitefish Energy Holdings LLC, the small Montana company embroiled in a contract controversy with Puerto Rico's power utility, has hired lobbyists in Florida.

PEOPLE: Director of regulators group resigns, takes senior EPA job

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The Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies' executive director is stepping down at the end of this week to take the No. 2 job in U.S. EPA's Office of Air and Radiation.

DOE: What's missing from Perry's carbon-capture push? Climate

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry is pushing the Trump administration's pitch for more nuclear reactors and carbon-capturing technology in the Middle East this week without emphasizing the words "climate" or "warming."

SUPERFUND: In reversal, EPA won't boost hardrock mining standards

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U.S. EPA won't impose new Superfund insurance requirements on hardrock mining companies, reversing course from Obama administration plans and pleasing industry groups and Western states.

ENERGY POLICY: Coal, nuclear lobbyists set to pitch $70B tax credit

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The nuclear and coal industries are quietly crafting legislative pleas for tens of billions of dollars in new tax credits — an aggressive move that builds on the Trump administration's ongoing quest for policy relief.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Shrinking sites vital for states' rights — Trump

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SALT LAKE CITY — President Trump today described his anticipated cuts to two national monuments in southern Utah as "so important for states' rights," but the White House remained tight-lipped about details ahead of a formal announcement here this afternoon.

CALIFORNIA: Court rules water districts don't need voter consent for fees

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California's water conservation districts can charge their customers fees to pay for groundwater protection programs without voter or property owner approval, the California Supreme Court ruled yesterday.

CHEMICALS: Key plastic ingredient affects pregnancy hormones — study

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A key chemical ingredient in everything from soap to vinyl flooring may affect pregnancy hormones responsible for the health and sexual development of human fetuses, according to a new study.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Lawmakers push Trump for boost in civilian pay

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Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are urging President Trump to give the federal government's civilian workers a pay raise next year to match what's being offered to military employees.

AIR POLLUTION: 26 companies join API plan to curb emissions

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More than two dozen oil and gas companies have joined a voluntary initiative to curb methane and volatile organic compound emissions.

SUPERFUND: Texas pits cleanup might not start for another year — EPA

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U.S. EPA announced it could be a year before it can start cleanup of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits, which sprung a leak during Hurricane Harvey flooding.

UTILITIES: A side job for power companies: Feeding the local zoo

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Pennsylvania's largest power utility has a sweet side gig: feeding the giraffes at the Philadelphia Zoo.

SOLAR: First Solar to debut new panels today

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First Solar Inc. will unveil its new Series 6 panel today.

SOLAR: 2018 could top this year's record growth — report

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This will be a record year for the solar industry, but the outlook for 2018 may be even better, according to the fourth-quarter industry report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

BIOFUELS: Independent refiners' RIN crisis has passed — report

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Wells Fargo Securities is offering comfort to investors worried that the high cost of renewable fuel credits threatens merchant refiners' bottom line.

CITIES: Forget Paris: 36 mayors sign their own deal

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Dozens of mayors are set to sign a pact today pledging to meet the United States' obligations under the Paris climate accord.

LAW: Mass.'s top court to hear Exxon's bid to shield research

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Exxon Mobil Corp. is set to take the controversy over its climate change research to Massachusetts' top court.

COAL: Wash. export terminal fights permit denials

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Developers of Millennium Bulk Terminals' 44-million-ton coal export proposal in Longview, Wash., filed twin complaints yesterday against local regulators in an effort to advance the controversial project.

ALASKA: Tribe, greens sue to prevent mining near eagle preserve

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Alaska Natives and conservation groups sued the Interior Department yesterday to prevent mineral exploration turning into a mine near a bald eagle preserve in southeastern Alaska.

UTILITIES: Court hears case over worker fired for smart-meter testimony

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A Texas utility is hoping to overturn a labor board ruling that it unlawfully fired an employee for raising safety concerns about smart meters.
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