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NEWSMAKER: The green movement lacks diversity. She's here to help

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At the Sierra Club, the nation's oldest environmental organization, the senior staff is around 92 percent white.

INTERIOR: USGS nominee promises apolitical science

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Former astronaut James Reilly II pledged today to prevent undue political interference in U.S. Geological Survey scientific research if he's confirmed as the agency's 17th director.

OIL AND GAS: States will shape drilling plan — Zinke

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HOUSTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today said he's still reshaping his plan to open more federal waters to oil and gas production after hearing reactions from governors of coastal states.

AGRICULTURE: Poultry farmers sniff at proposed regs

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TIMBERVILLE, Va. — The barn where David Hughes raises chicks on his Shenandoah Valley turkey farm smells mostly like the wood shavings he spreads across the floor for bedding. And that may be an important clue in a farm regulation battle that's about to come to a head 118 miles to the east in the nation's capital.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Dozens dead as strong aftershocks follow quake

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The earthquake that hit Papua New Guinea last week has killed at least 55 people, and authorities fear that number could climb after the strongest aftershock yet rocked the country this morning.

NORWAY: Nation bumps up its whaling quota to keep hunt alive

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Norway will increase its annual whaling quota by 28 percent, according to its fisheries minister, despite pushback from environmentalists who say the industry is dying.

JAPAN: Ice wall isn't enough to tackle radioactive water — experts

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A panel of experts commissioned by the Japanese government concluded today that an underground ice wall won't sufficiently address the radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

ALASKA: Army tanker spills 800 gallons of jet fuel near river

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An Army tanker spilled about 800 gallons of jet fuel this weekend after sliding on a snowy Alaska highway, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said.

MONTANA: Insurer is on the hook for $43M asbestos settlement

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A state judge has found an insurance company liable for an entire $43 million settlement with Montana asbestos victims.

WYOMING: Oil and gas tax cut bill dies in state House

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A bill to give tax breaks to oil and gas companies was nixed in the Wyoming House of Representatives on Monday.

FLORIDA: Plot twist: Police say sanctuary staged animal theft

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Police say the vice president of a Florida wildlife sanctuary that reported over a dozen animals missing gave a false report and took the animals himself.

AIR POLLUTION: China tries out giant chimney to clean up smog

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China is testing a 200-foot-high chimney that filters particles in the air that contribute to smog and releases clean air.

AGRICULTURE: Farmers eased up on shrinking aquifer — but still made money

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A group of farmers in Kansas agreed five years ago to use significantly less water from the sprawling Ogallala Aquifer, and their conservation has paid off, according to a pair of new studies.

WATER POLLUTION: As agents get sick, Border Patrol takes aim at Tijuana waste

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is looking to the private sector to deal with polluted water flowing from Mexico that's making Border Patrol agents sick.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: Uber's self-driving big rigs make deliveries in Ariz.

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Uber Technologies Inc. has been quietly running self-driving trucks across Arizona since November, the company revealed recently.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: Humans slap, shout at robot cars — DMV reports

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Of six robot car crash reports in California this year, two involved people slapping or shouting at the car, according to state Department of Motor Vehicles records.

RENEWABLES: Sunrun outpaces Tesla in residential solar

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Sunrun Inc. has outpaced Tesla Inc. as the leading installer of residential solar, according to a new GTM Research estimate.

BIOFUELS: Trump plan on ethanol could hurt corn prices — study

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A potential compromise on ethanol mandates floated by the Trump administration would reduce demand for biofuels and could cause already low corn prices to slide further, researchers at Iowa State University said.

AIR POLLUTION: Courts freeze litigation in Texas haze dispute

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Judges in two separate courts yesterday froze proceedings in a thicket of litigation over the scope of U.S. EPA's regional haze reduction requirements for Texas until the agency disposes of an administrative petition for reconsideration from environmental groups.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: DOE appeals a court order to publish stalled standards

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The Trump administration is appealing a California federal court order compelling the Energy Department to enact stalled efficiency standards.
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