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WISCONSIN: Former governor launches conservative clean energy group

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Tommy Thompson, the former Republican governor of Wisconsin, and other conservatives are kicking off an effort to promote renewable energy.

UTAH: FERC gives initial OK to major water pipeline permits

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted Utah's application to build a 140-mile water pipeline that would bring Colorado River water from the Glen Canyon Dam to 13 southern Utah communities.

OBITUARY: Former Portland mayor, eco champion dies at 84

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Vera Katz, the former mayor of Portland, Ore., who helped lead the city's transformation into a national leader in public transit and environmentally friendly design, died Monday at age 84.

FLORIDA: Locals try to prove racism in sludge dump location

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In 1962, the city of Fort Myers, Fla., created a toxic sludge dump on the African-American side of the railroad tracks that separated the segregated city.

SOLID WASTE: E-waste last year equaled 4,500 Eiffel Towers — study

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Electronic waste soared to an all-time high last year, sending valuable metals to the trash, according to a United Nations-backed study released yesterday.

CHEMICALS: Buyer, beware: Barrels sold on Craigslist can be deadly

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Hundreds of listings on Craigslist and similar sites advertise used industrial barrels, often for about $20, billing them as household decorations, backyard smokers and catfish traps. But they can be deadly.

EPA: Pruitt's Morocco trip cost nearly $40,000 — employee

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U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's trip to Morocco this week promoting liquefied natural gas cost nearly $40,000, according to an EPA employee with knowledge of Pruitt's travel expenses.

SOLAR: Industry forecasts worsen as trade decision looms

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Solar installations will decline more than previously forecast in the United States this year amid low residential demand and growing fears about potential tariffs on panel imports, according to an industry report released today.

HURRICANES: 7 universities open storm research center in Houston

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Six other universities will join the University of Houston to open an institute for hurricane research that will study flood mitigation, storm modeling and public policy.

WILDFIRES: Calif. blaze claims avocado, lemon crops

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The Thomas Fire in California has struck the nation's biggest avocado and lemon production region.

DROUGHT: Sierra Nevada rose an inch due to water loss — study

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California's Sierra Nevada rose nearly an inch in height over four years due to rocks losing water during drought, according to a NASA study made public yesterday.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Mining company downplays role in Bears Ears decision

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A uranium mining company yesterday tried to minimize its role in the shrinking of Bears Ears National Monument.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Science ignored in key ESA decisions — report

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A coalition of mostly environmental groups claims in a new report that federal regulators in the past decade ignored the best available science in deciding not to extend the appropriate level of Endangered Species Act protections to 10 species.

FERC: Entry in Chatterjee's schedule: 'Don't forget the gavel'

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Neil Chatterjee made the most of his short run as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman, meeting with a wide range of energy players — from utility executives to congressional aides.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Bill to let locals make plans for Utah sites draws fire

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House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R) today rejected suggestions that legislation to create a new national park and trio of monuments in his home state of Utah amounts to a de facto transfer of federal lands to local officials, who would develop management plans for the sites.

HOUSE: Farenthold will not run next year as accusations increase

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Texas Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold will not run for re-election next year as a result of an investigation into sexual harassment claims made by his office staff.

EPA: Behind the doomed effort to defend, promote Dourson

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U.S. EPA and President Trump's pick for the agency's top chemical safety post, Michael Dourson, sought to tightly control information about the nominee and quickly rebut unflattering news reports about him, according to emails obtained by E&E News under the Ohio Public Records Act.

WHITE HOUSE: Waiver lets CEQ lawyer keep energy stocks

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The top attorney in President Trump's environmental policy shop has been allowed to keep family-owned stocks in the energy sector that could benefit from the administration's deregulatory push.

CLEAN WATER RULE: 4 small words may hamstring Trump team's WOTUS overhaul

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The Trump administration might have unwittingly cleared a path for a legal assault in its proposal for delaying the effective date of the contentious 2015 Clean Water Rule, experts in administrative law say.

INTERIOR: Survey finds widespread harassment across department

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More than one-third of Interior Department employees surveyed report having been harassed or discriminated against over the past year, a sobering new report shows.
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