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PUBLIC LANDS: Montanans visit sites, want strong protections — poll

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Voters in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's home state of Montana frequently visit national monuments, forests and wildlife refuges to hunt and fish and want them protected even as the Trump administration works to boost energy development on federal lands, according to a new bipartisan poll commissioned by the University of Montana.

SENATE: Crapo reimburses condo owners for fundraisers

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Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo's campaign and political action committee have paid the owners of the Capitol Hill condo made famous by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for dozens of fundraisers used at the property over a four-year period.

DOE: Tab for refurnishing Rick Perry's office: $4,652

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The Department of Energy spent $4,652 last year to refurnish Secretary Rick Perry's office, including $857 for a wingback chair and $1,157 for a sofa.

CAMPAIGN 2018: Blankenship responds to Trump tweet

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Former coal executive Don Blankenship shrugged off a Twitter attack from President Trump one day before the West Virginia Senate primary.

INTERIOR: Dems warn against potential ESA change for threatened species

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Senior Democratic lawmakers are launching a peremptory strike against a potential Fish and Wildlife Service change in how threatened species are protected.

CALIFORNIA: Green issues rule state's 'most interesting' race

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While the governor's race has sucked up most of the political oxygen in California, the battle for lieutenant governor is turning into one of the most unpredictable statewide contests this year.

GERMANY: Berlin battles to stamp out American crawfish invasion

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Berlin has declared open season on the American red crawfish.

AUSTRALIA: Celebrity prank will help fix real problem: Koala chlamydia

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Comedian John Oliver has unintentionally begun helping koalas fight sexually transmitted disease.

SOUTH AFRICA: Giraffe kills filmmaker at wildlife facility

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A South African filmmaker died last week after an encounter with a giraffe at a wildlife facility outside Johannesburg.

PENNSYLVANIA: Smokestack demolition puts residents on high alert

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Two smokestacks that emitted pollution for years came down today in Pennsylvania, but residents worried the demolition could cause even more pollution.

HAWAII: Lush, cheap land makes volcano living worth it for some

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Residents of Leilani Estates on the slopes of Hawaii's Mount Kilauea have lost homes and possessions over the past few days, but for many residents, the volcano is a way of life.

TOXICS: EPA uncovers more lead-contaminated neighborhoods in Ind.

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EPA officials have uncovered heavy metal contamination in more than 20 yards in two Indiana towns southeast of Chicago, part of a larger lead crisis in the region that's still unfolding.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Safety agency chief says Tesla's Elon Musk hung up on him

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Elon Musk hung up on the head of the National Transportation Safety Board, the official said, after tensions escalated over an investigation of a fatal electric vehicle crash in California.

AIR POLLUTION: Md. spies on ozone pollution from other states

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Maryland regulators are using high-tech tools to spy on ozone pollution entering the state from the Midwest and Appalachia.

COAL: BLM quietly grants big royalty discount to Utah producer

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The Bureau of Land Management quietly gave Utah's biggest coal producer a royalty discount worth as much as $19 million.

POLITICS: Green group wants to carve Trump's face into Arctic iceberg

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President Trump may never get his face on Mount Rushmore, but a Finnish environmental group wants to give him a more transitory honor.

WEATHER: Parts of U.S. have record cold April as the world sweats

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The United States had its coldest April in two decades, according to NOAA, even as much of the rest of the world was sweating.

PUBLIC LANDS: Feds charge 3 after pickups damage protected grasslands

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Three men accused of damaging Forest Service land four years ago will face criminal charges in federal court.

CHEMICALS: Calif. judge upholds ruling on cancer warnings for coffee

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A Los Angeles judge yesterday finalized a court ruling that coffee sold in California has to carry cancer warnings.

CLEAN WATER RULE: Does this WOTUS rider stand a better chance than last one?

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House lawmakers are taking a second crack at easing the way for the Trump administration's repeal of the 2015 Clean Water Rule.
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