Pebble LP today announced plans to file for a Clean Water Act permit with the Army Corps of Engineers for the controversial Pebble mine copper and gold project in southwestern Alaska.
BRISTOL BAY: Pebble to start permitting tomorrow on contentious mine
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INTERIOR: Bernhardt's schedules reveal his wide-ranging portfolio
The sage grouse debate captivated Interior Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt from his earliest days in office, and newly obtained schedules show how it lingered atop his agenda.
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COAL: Exports, Perry plan may not be enough to save Murray
Murray Energy Corp. CEO Robert Murray has for months lobbied the Trump administration to prop up struggling coal plants, warning of an unstable grid that could leave poor families "freezing in the dark."
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NUCLEAR: Vogtle stays alive, but its fate rests with Congress
ATLANTA — The nation's lone nuclear project under construction will continue as expected, but its fate now rests in whether Congress extends production tax credits.
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GREECE: In Christmas protest, group threatens to put acid in foods
Protesters in Greece threatened to contaminate supermarket products with hydrochloric acid in what officials are calling an act of eco-terrorism.
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IRELAND: Trump golf course gets green light for sea walls
A county council in Ireland voted yesterday to allow a golf course owned by President Trump to build two sea walls to protect three holes from erosion.
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CALIFORNIA: Incandescent lightbulbs will start disappearing Jan. 1
In California, incandescent lightbulbs will become a thing of the past next year.
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OREGON: Democrats' carbon pricing plan would fund climate projects
State lawmakers in Oregon hope to push through a carbon cap and pricing plan when the Legislature returns for a six-week session in February.
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AUTOS: Spurning the dump, carmakers turn trash into profit
The General Motors factory in Flint, Mich., hasn't sent anything to a landfill in over a dozen years.
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SUPERFUND: 327 sites at risk from climate change — AP
An Associated Press analysis has found that 327 Superfund sites nationwide are vulnerable to flooding or sea-level rise due to climate change.
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EPA: Workers leave by the hundreds after Trump takes office
Over 700 people have left U.S. EPA since President Trump's inauguration, according to an investigation by The New York Times and ProPublica, a reflection of increasing unease.
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ELECTRICITY: Shell makes big new-energy investment
Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced yesterday that it will acquire a Britain-based electricity provider, in a big move away from the traditional oil and gas business.
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PUBLIC OPINION: Who tweets most about climate? Not the Southeast
While many Floridians live in areas prone to sea-level rise, they don't tweet much about climate change, a new analysis has found.
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ARCTIC: As researchers map pristine waters, they fear the cost
Researchers in the Arctic are facing a dilemma: By mapping out this region, which has only recently become navigable due to climate change, they are making it more accessible for ship traffic, tourism and other forms of commerce that could damage the pristine waters.
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CLEAN POWER PLAN: Citizens to Pruitt: 'Wake up' to extreme weather
When Elizabeth Standal learned that U.S. EPA wanted to ax the Clean Power Plan, she gave Scott Pruitt a piece of her mind.
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OFF TOPIC: They wrote a 'bulletproof' endangerment finding. Now what?
When Dina Kruger and Jason Samenow helped draft the 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gases, they knew they were doing important work.
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WORKER SAFETY: Judges reject EPA air chief Wehrum's silica arguments
A federal appeals court today rejected a broad industry challenge led by President Trump's pick to lead U.S. EPA's air office to an Obama-era rule limiting worker exposure to potentially toxic silica particles.
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WILDFIRES: The worst is likely over for Southern Calif.
Southern California has likely made it through the worst of the huge wildfire that could still become the largest blaze in the state's history.
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INVASIVE SPECIES: Mussels spread mayhem, but trained dogs are on the case
It takes Nemo less than a minute to know whether there are quagga or zebra mussels latched onto a boat.
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ARCTIC: Alaska reserve, nearby lands could hold 17.6B barrels — USGS
The Trump administration today announced that the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and nearby lands could hold a whopping 17.6 billion barrels of recoverable oil and more than 50 trillion cubic feet of gas, remarkably more resources than scientists predicted just seven years ago.
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