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URANIUM: Trump admin asks Supreme Court to overturn Va. mining ban

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The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to overturn Virginia's long-standing moratorium on uranium extraction.

WILDLIFE: Sea turtles use magnetic fields to find their way home

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Sea turtles find their way back to where they were born using the planet's magnetic fields, according to new research.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: 'Where are all the fish?' Devils Hole pupfish numbers sink

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In their latest expedition, scuba divers counted fewer critically endangered pupfish inside Nevada's Devils Hole.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Last caribou herd in Lower 48 is 'functionally extinct'

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Recent aerial surveys indicate that efforts to save the sole caribou herd in the Lower 48 have failed.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: This mouse will keep ESA protections despite Western roars

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The politically controversial Preble's meadow jumping mouse will stay put on the Endangered Species Act list of threatened animals, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced today.

CLIMATE: Bipartisan group floats resolution to note warming impacts

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a resolution last week calling on the House to recognize the impact climate change is having on outdoor recreation and to support policies to address the causes and effects of global warming.

ADVOCACY: Prominent lawyer sets himself on fire to protest pollution

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A prominent gay rights attorney set himself on fire in New York's Prospect Park on Saturday to protest environmental destruction and the use of fossil fuels.

ENERGY POLICY: Trump admin to India: 'Choose us' for your energy needs

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry and his staff are in India this week pushing the message that the United States — not Russia or China — can meet India's energy needs.

PEOPLE: Trump's 'eyes and ears' jumps to Energy Department

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President Trump's former policy director, John Mashburn, has left his post as a deputy Cabinet secretary at the White House and is now a senior adviser to Energy Secretary Rick Perry.

NATIONAL PARKS: 75 NPS employees take buyouts, leaving by end of month

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Seventy-five employees of the National Park Service will be out the door by April 30 after accepting voluntary buyouts of $25,000 to retire early.

AIR POLLUTION: Pruitt's grant ban hits advisory panel at critical time

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As an EPA scientific advisory panel inches toward a key juncture in its high-stakes review of Clean Air Act standards for particulate matter, some members are facing a now-familiar dilemma: Give up agency funding or leave the group.

INTERIOR: BLM plans overhaul of Wyo. sage grouse safeguards — leaked doc

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The Bureau of Land Management has developed a draft analysis that calls for removing some key protections from Obama-era greater sage grouse conservation plans in Wyoming, including easing restrictions on oil and gas development and expanding some permitting exemptions.

EPA: Agency's handling of Pruitt phone booth broke law — GAO

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The Government Accountability Office said today that EPA violated federal law by failing to tell lawmakers when it installed a secure phone booth in Administrator Scott Pruitt's office.

CZECH REPUBLIC: To raise rare magpie chick, zookeepers try puppet parent

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Zookeepers in Prague are turning into puppeteers to save a critically endangered Javan green magpie chick.

POLAND: Country broke law in logging historic forest — E.U. court

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Poland broke the law when it allowed large-scale logging in the ancient Bialowieza Forest, according to the European Union's highest court.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Tesla pauses Model 3 production

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Tesla Inc. will halt production of its Model 3 electric car today to smooth out some of the issues that have slowed production.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Amid U.S. trade clash, China loosens rules for foreign firms

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China today said it will let foreign electric car companies set up factories without a local joint venture, a potential boon for Tesla Inc.

WASTE: Scientists stumble on plastic-eating enzyme

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Researchers have engineered an enzyme that eats plastic, a discovery they say could be a big step in the fight against pollution.

SUPERFUND: EPA takes San Jacinto pits off Pruitt's short list

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EPA yesterday said it is removing a toxic waste pit flooded in Hurricane Harvey from the short list of Superfund sites requiring personal attention from Administrator Scott Pruitt.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER: Massive replica helps researchers fight land loss

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A huge replica of the lower Mississippi River is helping researchers study erosion on Louisiana's coast.
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