Sustainability is on tap at a brewery opening this summer in Missoula, Mont.
TECHNOLOGY: Mont. brewery to recycle emissions caused by making beer
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SUPREME COURT: Justices decline to address gerrymandering
The Supreme Court decided yesterday not to take on questions about partisan gerrymandering in two nationally watched cases.
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CLIMATE: Court won't force Interior to review coal leasing impacts
A federal court will not require the Interior Department to conduct a broad review of its coal leasing program.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES: World's oldest Sumatran orangutan dies at 62
Puan, the world's oldest known Sumatran orangutan, was euthanized in an Australian zoo yesterday due to age-related complications.
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EXTREME WEATHER: Midwest floods kill man, collapse roads
Flooding in the upper Midwest has killed at least one person in Wisconsin.
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WILDLIFE: Poachers threaten long-billed birds in Idaho
Human poachers are a serious threat to Idaho's long-billed curlew.
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OCEANS: 1st known manta ray nursery discovered in marine sanctuary
The first known manta ray nursery in the world has been discovered about 70 miles south of Galveston, Texas.
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YELLOWSTONE: Bison quarantine stays on track despite leadership shuffle
Officials don't believe the upcoming change in Yellowstone National Park superintendents will set back progress of the park's bison quarantine program.
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PUBLIC LANDS: Taxpayers could be losing money on suspended leases — GAO
A small fraction of oil and gas leases on public lands were suspended in fiscal 2016, meaning the government generally did not collect revenues from them, according to federal data analyzed by the Government Accountability Office.
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PEOPLE: Chemical safety advocate dies at 47
The founder of a public health coalition that played a central role in strengthening U.S. chemical safety standards died Saturday.
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AIR POLLUTION: EPA sends 'good neighbor' smog proposal to White House
EPA, facing a tight court-ordered deadline, has sent a proposal to the White House budget office that appears geared to addressing the remaining "good neighbor" obligations for its 2008 ground-level ozone standard.
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COAL ASH: Pruitt's Okla. first to get EPA disposal program approval
Oklahoma has become the first state to gain EPA approval to run its own coal ash disposal permitting program, a development immediately cheered by electric power producers and slammed by environmental groups.
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REGULATIONS: Greens gird for fight as White House starts NEPA overhaul
The White House has taken the first official steps toward rewriting regulations for the National Environmental Policy Act.
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INTERIOR: A foundation launched by Zinke draws new questions
Ryan Zinke was a retired Navy SEAL with political ambitions in 2007 when he set up a foundation to build a park in his hometown of Whitefish, Mont. The park remains dormant, but the foundation quietly endures.
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EPA: Rule-busting panel got internal pushback — emails
An EPA panel tasked with identifying regulations ripe for repeal — a Trump administration priority — encountered some pushback and tension within the agency last year, newly obtained emails show.
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SAGE GROUSE: Forest Service looks to follow BLM, revise Obama-era plans
The Forest Service is expected this week to formally launch a monthslong process to eventually amend federal greater sage grouse conservation plans covering more than a dozen national forests and grasslands in six Western states.
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LAW: Trump team goes to war against lower court injunctions
The Trump administration is fighting what it calls the "increasingly prevalent" trend of lower-court rulings blocking policies nationwide.
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ISRAEL: Burning kites sent from Gaza hurt nature reserves, farms
Burning kites and balloons launched from Gaza are frightening residents of southern Israel and damaging farms and wildlife.
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FLORIDA: Thick seaweed piles up on coasts
Rotting seaweed is piling up on South Florida shores during prime tourist months.
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HAWAII: Police crack down on selfies near Kilauea lava
Police on the Big Island are trying to crack down on tourists taking photos of Kilauea's eruption.
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