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CANADA: Legislation aims to overhaul pipeline reviews

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The Canadian government this week is slated to introduce legislation to overhaul the environmental review process for large energy projects, including pipelines.

POLITICS: Humans need logic to beat misinformation — study

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A new research paper has examined 42 common climate myths and found that each one has some sort of fallacious reasoning.

MINING: MSHA cites Colo. company in Utah death

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The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a "significant and serious" citation to a Colorado coal mining company for the death of a worker at a Utah mine site in August.

COAL ASH: Group threatens to sue plant over waste ponds

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The operators of a southeastern Wyoming power plant have failed to fully disclose the hazards posed by its coal ash storage practices, the Sierra Club charged yesterday in formally threatening a lawsuit over the alleged lapses.

SAGE GROUSE: Proposed oil and gas project in key habitat draws concern

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Oil and gas activity in Wyoming's Converse County is looking up, but a proposed project to ride off the expected boom poses a possible threat to the greater sage grouse.

WILDLIFE: Animals change behavior as temperatures rise — study

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Animals are shifting their seasonal activities based on changing temperatures and rain patterns, potentially affecting agriculture, said research published this week.

NATIONAL PARKS: Calif. 'hackathon' set to seek innovative fixes

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When they head to historic Fort Mason in San Francisco on Saturday morning, more than 100 people from many different professional backgrounds will have a unique task: They'll be assigned to spend an entire weekend kicking around ideas on how to fix the 417 national parks.

CAMPAIGN 2018: Record-breaking number of scientists seek office

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A historic number of candidates with science backgrounds are seeking public office in the 2018 midterm elections, according to data from 314 Action, an advocacy group that aims to get scientists elected.

BIOFUELS: Greens, refiner find common ground in RFS fight

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At first glance, the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery might look like a target for environmental groups. It's been hit with $2.1 million in penalties from U.S. EPA for Clean Air Act violations in a five-year period, and regulators have blamed the refinery for most of the toxic air releases in the city.

EPA: Who's who on the Transformation Steering Committee

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The committee tasked with transforming U.S. EPA consists of a mix of career officials and some of President Trump's political appointees at the agency.

CLIMATE: Democrats push bills to price carbon emissions

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Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) along with Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and David Cicilline (D-R.I.) have reintroduced legislation to put a price on carbon emissions.

APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Democrats plan to block stopgap, but broad deal close

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Senate Democrats will block an emerging House Republican plan to avert a government shutdown this week that would provide new, increased spending for only the Pentagon and would leave the rest of government level-funded for another six weeks.

INTERIOR: Assistant secretary grows his turf beyond the territories

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Assistant Interior Secretary for Insular Areas Douglas Domenech has gained new clout at the department, with his lower-profile turf now expanding to encompass international and oceanic offices.

EPA: Trump campaign aide lands at Denver office

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Patrick Davis, a longtime Republican political consultant who was Colorado state director for President Trump's presidential campaign, is now a top official in U.S. EPA's Denver office.

WHITE HOUSE: Trump plans shakeup of science council

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The White House plans to restructure the National Science and Technology Council, raising new questions about the Trump administration's intentions on climate and energy policy.

SUPREME COURT: Sentencing case may set course for Clean Water Act battles

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The next big Supreme Court decision affecting the scope of the Clean Water Act may come from an unlikely source: a plaintiff's fight to reduce a prison sentence for drug and weapons possession charges.

SOUTH AFRICA: 2 workers dead in gold mine collapse

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Two workers died in South Africa yesterday after a section collapsed in Sibanye-Stillwater Ltd.'s Kloof gold mine.

VIETNAM: Activist gets 14 years for livestreaming pollution protests

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A Vietnamese court sentenced activist Hoang Duc Binh to 14 years in prison for livestreaming fishermen demonstrating and filing a lawsuit against a steel plant for spilling toxins into the ocean.

TAIWAN: 6 dead, dozens missing after earthquake

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At least six people are dead and dozens could be trapped after a powerful earthquake struck Taiwan's east coast yesterday.

KENTUCKY: Firefighter stunt angers residents facing water problems

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Firefighters in Martin County, Ky., sprayed a jet of blue-tinged water from a company truck to announce that one of their members was going to have a boy.
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