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PIPELINES: With ire for FERC and Hill Dems, activists plan for 2018

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Nearly 100 environmental activists met for two days in Washington, D.C., a few weeks ago to strategize about how to oppose natural gas pipelines.

DOE: Agency spars with critics over leaked budget plan

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The Energy Department is defending its record on clean energy research after a leaked budget document sparked Democratic backlash and congressional calls for an investigation.

RAIL: Crash site has a reputation as tricky, locals say

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Locals fear the crossing where an Amtrak train carrying GOP lawmakers hit a garbage truck yesterday outside a suburb of Charlottesville, Va.

RAIL: Minnesota Rep. Jason Lewis leaves hospital after crash

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Minnesota Republican Rep. Jason Lewis has been released from the hospital after being injured on his way to a GOP legislative retreat yesterday.

WHITE HOUSE: Trump, Hill GOP seek common ground on infrastructure

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Congressional Republicans are trying to coordinate efforts with the White House on a multibillion-dollar infrastructure plan and regulatory rollback package that could be the most significant legislation they push ahead of this fall's midterm elections.

ANWR: Trump says he 'really didn't care' about drilling

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President Trump this afternoon said he "really didn't care" about opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to drilling before others told him about it.

RAIL: Lawmakers push safety agenda in wake of crash

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — California Republican Rep. Jeff Denham, who leads a congressional panel overseeing railway safety, got an unexpectedly up-close look at Amtrak emergency response efforts yesterday.

DOE: 'I'm an advocate for the coal industry' — Perry adviser

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A top Department of Energy official yesterday said he works solely to push coal industry goals.

CLEAN WATER RULE: Legal experts question Trump admin tactics on WOTUS

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The Trump administration yesterday finalized a delay of the 2015 Clean Water Rule, offering a peek at how it might mount a court defense of its unconventional tactic.

PUBLIC LANDS: Interior proposal throws doubt on Calif. renewable zone

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The Interior Department is exploring making wholesale changes to a massive California desert renewable energy zone that could lead to opening environmentally sensitive areas designated for conservation to possible commercial-scale wind, solar and geothermal power projects.

NEW ZEALAND: Nigel 'no mates' dies surrounded by fake birds

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Nigel "no mates," a New Zealand gannet who lived surrounded by concrete bird replicas, has died.

SOUTH AFRICA: 900 trapped miners escape after power outage

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At least 900 South African miners who were trapped in an underground gold mine for over 24 hours have been evacuated.

CALIFORNIA: As war on plastic expands, industry resists new limits

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After successfully pushing a ban on single-use plastic bags, environmental advocates are looking to restrict a variety of other plastic products, including straws and bottle caps.

IDAHO: GOP lawmakers skeptical of climate in school standards

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Idaho state lawmakers yesterday were skeptical of proposed school science standards that would include climate change, even though every member of the public who testified expressed support.

WATER POLLUTION: Clumps of oil on Japan's beaches could be from sunken tanker

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Oil has been washing up on Japanese shores, according to the Coast Guard, and officials are investigating whether a sunken Iranian crude oil tanker is responsible.

CLIMATE: U.K. weather agency issues warning about rising temperatures

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The rise in global temperatures could exceed targets set under the Paris climate agreement in the next five years, scientists in the United Kingdom said.

EPA: Staffers defend chemical review program under deep scrutiny

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U.S. EPA's chemical assessment program has powerful critics in Congress, the Trump administration and industry, but that doesn't deter career staffers leading it, they told the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine yesterday.

INTERIOR: Clearer body camera policy needed across agencies — IG

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The Interior Department's law enforcement offices employed inconsistent policies in their initial use of body cameras, risking an "erosion of public trust," the Office of Inspector General found in a report released yesterday.

OIL AND GAS: One key to Okla. quakes: Depth of wastewater injection

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A new study has linked the depth that hydraulic fracturing wastewater is injected to the likelihood of man-made earthquakes in Oklahoma.

NUCLEAR POWER: TVA isn't following safety recommendations — audit

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The Tennessee Valley Authority has failed to follow recommendations for addressing workers' safety concerns at nuclear power plants, according to two new audits from TVA's internal watchdog.
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