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WATER POLLUTION: Fuel spills in important Alaska marine habitat

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A dock near Kodiak, Alaska, collapsed in hurricane-force winds that reached nearly 80 mph Monday, causing a spill of up to 3,000 gallons of fuel into critical marine habitat.

WESTERN WATER: SoCal agency could vote soon on bankrolling twin tunnels

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The largest water agency in Southern California could vote soon on whether to take a majority stake in Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta tunnel project.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA stepping up oversight of local, state regulators

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U.S. EPA will step up oversight of state and local air agencies after an internal watchdog warned that potentially faulty monitoring data could put the accuracy of ground-level ozone readings at risk.

EPA: State senator, climate skeptic turned down agency job

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Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen (R) turned down a $133,000-a-year job at the Region 10 EPA headquarters after asking about the workload, according to internal agency emails.

MARINE MAMMALS: SeaWorld CEO resigns after company loses $200M in 2017

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Joel Manby, SeaWorld Entertainment's CEO, resigned yesterday as the company reported losing over $200 million last year.

FINANCE: Firms promise climate action, not all follow through — report

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Corporate America is stepping up its commitment to combat global warming but with varying degrees of follow through, advocates said in a new report.

OIL: Proposal for massive Wash. terminal dies

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A proposal for an oil terminal along the Columbia River officially died yesterday when the project's developers and local officials ended the lease for a site.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: NOAA considers protections for wild spring chinook

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Federal fisheries officials are considering giving extra protections to the wild spring-run chinook salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

URANIUM: Trump admin approves 2 mine expansions

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Federal regulators have approved expansions at two Utah uranium extraction operations, according to their owner, Energy Fuels Inc.

SAGE GROUSE: Conservation groups ask Zinke to leave Obama-era plans alone

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A coalition of conservation groups is asking Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to fully implement Obama-era greater sage grouse conservation plans and avoid "reducing protections" for the bird.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Mystery disease is murder on tiny, dwindling sparrow

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This will be the "do or die" year for a small, highly endangered sparrow in Florida, according to one biologist.

PUBLIC LANDS: Oregon occupier sentenced to 3 years in jail

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A federal judge sentenced anti-government activist Ryan Payne to more than three years in prison for his leadership role in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, the longest jail term for any of the individuals charged in the 2016 incident.

CAMPAIGN 2018: Bernie Sanders' son enters bid for N.H. House seat

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Levi Sanders, son of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I), has announced a bid for the New Hampshire 1st District.

FISHERIES: Senate panel advances bill to aid sports anglers

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A Senate panel today approved a key fisheries bill that would give sports anglers more access to federally controlled waters while making it easier for regulators to extend rebuilding schedules for threatened fish stocks.

LOBBYING: Pebble adds more K Street muscle

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Mining company Pebble LP has hired K Street giant Squire Patton Boggs to help win approval for a controversial copper and gold project in southwestern Alaska.

DOE: 'We are not canceling the Solar Decathlon'

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The Department of Energy said yesterday it is not issuing a funding announcement "in the near term" for the Solar Decathlon, raising new questions about the event's future.

EPA: Senate chairman probed science watchdog

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) questioned U.S. EPA about its scientific integrity official while her office was investigating Administrator Scott Pruitt's comments on climate change.

INTERIOR: Ex-official's comments alarmed staffers — IG

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A former senior Interior Department official made subordinates "uncomfortable" with his talk of hiring relatives and helping American Indian tribes he once worked with, investigators say.

LAW: Trump 'not interested in the facts' on rollbacks — Dem AGs

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The Trump administration doesn't care what the public thinks about its environmental rollbacks, a group of top state lawyers said yesterday.

BORDER WALL: Enviros vow to appeal after judge sides with Trump plan

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Environmentalists say they plan to appeal a federal judge's decision that clears the way for President Trump's plans for a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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