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SENATE: Grumbling Manchin says he'll seek re-election

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West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin said today he'll run for another Senate term after letting his Democratic colleagues know he's unhappy with his party.

AGRICULTURE: Group faults USDA's farm-bill plan for ignoring energy

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The Department of Agriculture's priorities for the 2018 farm bill neglect farm-based renewable energy, an advocacy group for sustainable agriculture said today.

WHITE HOUSE: OMB sets date for 2019 budget release amid Hill impasse

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The Trump administration plans to release its fiscal 2019 budget proposal Feb. 12, the Office of Management and Budget confirmed today.

SOLAR: Perry defends tariffs abroad, 'exporting freedom'

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry today defended President Trump's solar tariffs and proclaimed that the United States is fostering "freedom" abroad through exporting oil, gas and coal.

EPA: 2nd lawsuit hits Pruitt's advisory board directive

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U.S. EPA is facing a second lawsuit as a result of a recent directive barring agency grant recipients from serving on advisory committees.

INTERIOR: Zinke juggles Park Service leadership

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today appointed P. Daniel Smith as the new acting director of the National Park Service, replacing Mike Reynolds, who's taking over as superintendent of Yosemite National Park.

PUERTO RICO: 'You build castles on the sand, they will fall into the sea'

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MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria devastated the island's coastline, forcing property owners, developers and government officials to acknowledge at last that climate change and rising seas threaten their famous beaches and tourism economy.

PHILIPPINES: As lava flows, eruption shows no signs of stopping

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After erupting for nearly two weeks, a volcano in the Philippines shows no signs of stopping, scientists said today.

ITALY: Commuter train derails, killing 3

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A commuter train hopped off the tracks outside Milan this morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more.

WISCONSIN: Crackdown on agricultural pollution clears state agency

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After facing intense pressure from environmental groups, Wisconsin regulators yesterday approved new regulations to prevent manure from contaminating groundwater.

LOUISIANA: Chef blames gators for hurting coasts; scientists say no way

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Despite a recent news site report, alligators are not destroying Louisiana's wetlands and eating too many fish and turtles, according to several scientists.

WASHINGTON: Former wildlife official convicted of rape

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A former Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife official was found guilty yesterday of second-degree rape and first-degree burglary after he was accused of assaulting a co-worker in 2014.

DRINKING WATER: S.C. town blocks testing by Flint researcher

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The mayor of a small South Carolina town is blocking a researcher who helped expose the Flint, Mich., water crisis from testing local drinking water.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Employees to get shutdown pay

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The recent government shutdown won't hit federal employees in the pocketbook.

NUCLEAR WASTE: Hanford workers exposed despite radioactive monitoring

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Monitoring at the Hanford nuclear reservation has not adequately protected workers from airborne radioactive contamination at the site, new test results found.

OIL AND GAS: 2 Canadians indicted in Mont. oil plant blast

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Two Canadian men and an oil recycling company have been indicted on charges of conspiracy, endangerment and Clean Air Act violations in a blast that injured three workers at a Montana oil plant.

COAL: Murray to buy mines from bankrupt company

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Murray Energy Corp. made another move yesterday to control what's left of the consolidating coal industry.

POLITICS: Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight

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Unchecked climate change has led a group of scientists to move the iconic Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight, the symbolic point of humanity's annihilation based on the probability of global catastrophe.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: Motorcyclist sues GM over crash with self-driving car

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A California motorcyclist has launched a lawsuit against General Motors Co. alleging that one of the company's self-driving cars was driving negligently during a crash last month.

CHEMICALS: Texas town reaches deal after fertilizer plant explosion

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West, Texas, has reached a settlement for damages stemming from a fatal 2013 fertilizer plant explosion.
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