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FISHERIES: Fish farm misled Wash. about catastrophic spill — investigation

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The company behind one of the worst-ever fish farm escapes vastly lowballed the scope of the release of over 100,000 Atlantic salmon into the Pacific Ocean, according to a new report from Washington state investigators.

OCEANS: Federal panel approves coral protections in Atlantic

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The New England Fishery Management Council voted yesterday to expand coral protections in the Atlantic Ocean.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Oceanic whitetip shark listed as threatened

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NOAA Fisheries yesterday listed the oceanic whitetip shark as a threatened species.

PUBLIC LANDS: Trump admin slashes grazing fee

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The Trump administration will once again cut the fee ranchers pay to graze livestock on millions of public acres, dropping the per-animal rate by nearly 25 percent for the coming year.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: A different kind of site would honor Medgar Evers

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One of the country's smallest but most politically resonant national monuments would be established under a new bill to designate the Medgar Evers National Monument in Mississippi.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: CDC director resigns after buying tobacco stocks

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Brenda Fitzgerald resigned this morning after reports that she traded tobacco stocks while heading the agency.

INFRASTRUCTURE: Some conservatives tout carbon tax to fund Trump's plan

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With many questions hovering over how to fund President Trump's much-anticipated infrastructure proposal, the politically divisive option of a carbon tax is gaining some interest and traction.

NATIONAL PARKS: Groups fear Trump plan could pave way for pipelines

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While President Trump made no mention of national parks in his State of the Union speech last night, many park advocates hope the White House will include the National Park Service's $11 billion maintenance backlog in his proposed $1.5 trillion infrastructure package.

APPROPRIATIONS: Spending deal elusive as clock ticks on CR

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Congressional negotiators are struggling to strike an agreement to lift spending caps, raising the specter of a second possible government shutdown next week when the current stopgap spending bill expires.

HOUSE: Oversight chair to retire; Pa. Dem also won't seek re-election

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Rep. Trey Gowdy, the conservative stalwart and chairman of the House Oversight Committee, will not seek re-election, he said today.

EPA: Agency resisted 2016 bid for advisers' disclosures — letter

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U.S. EPA balked at congressional Republicans' 2016 request to hand over personal financial disclosure forms submitted by dozens of appointees to two key advisory panels, according to records newly obtained by E&E News. That stance could have continuing relevance, given that two Senate Democrats this month made a similar request.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Trump calls for more firing power; unions push back

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President Trump's call to expand his Cabinet's authority to fire failing federal employees has sparked a backlash from unions.

WHITE HOUSE: Who's who in Trump's infrastructure initiative

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President Trump's ballyhooed infrastructure push — envisioned as a $1.5 trillion construction push paired with accelerated environmental reviews — rides on some White House officials with deep ties to Capitol Hill and Wall Street.

CONGRESS: Train carrying Republicans to retreat slams into truck

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An Amtrak train carrying Republican lawmakers, aides and family members to a retreat in West Virginia crashed into a truck near Crozet, Va., this morning.

MONTANA: Wilderness letter to Daines may have broken law — advocates

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A letter from a county commission in Montana to a U.S. senator, taking a strong position related to a wilderness study area, may have violated open meeting laws, advocates say.

WISCONSIN: Gag order kept city officials from discussing lead concerns

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Milwaukee Health Department employees were placed under a gag order and barred from talking to aldermen or Mayor Tom Barrett about the city's lead testing program and other problems, health officials revealed yesterday during a heated, four-hour meeting.

NEW MEXICO: Cavern could collapse into sinkhole

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Experts sounded the alarm this week that a cavern in New Mexico is on the brink of collapsing into a sinkhole.

IOWA: State lawmakers could ax energy efficiency program

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Iowa state lawmakers are considering getting rid of the state's energy efficiency rebate program.

FISHERIES: People use mosquito nets to fish, and that could be harmful

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Mosquito nets that protect people against malaria are being used to fish, and that can harm both humans and fish stocks, according to a global survey.

OIL AND GAS: Spill nears habitat for young endangered cranes

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Nearly 1,300 gallons of oil has spilled near a habitat for endangered whooping cranes in Louisiana, according to the Coast Guard.
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