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With no shortage of drama among Republican presidential candidates on climate change, how will climate play in early primary states? On today's The Cutting Edge, ClimateWire deputy editor Evan Lehmann explains how the Republican candidates differ on their views on climate change and talks about the effect changing party dynamics are having on early primary voters.

Antonio Falcone, mayor of San Vitaliano, Italy, has been deemed the "anti-pizza mayor" after he led an effort to curb air pollution in the city by banning the use of wood-fired stoves lacking filters.

A satellite assessment revealed that significantly less sludge than previously estimated was spilled after a dam burst at a Brazilian iron ore mine last year, according to co-owner BHP Billiton Ltd.

Beijing's environmental watchdog agency tallied about $27.8 million in fines for pollution law violations last year, the state news agency Xinhua reported today.

Seattle's tunnel-boring machine, named Bertha, is up and running again after its 2013 breakdown and has resumed digging into the city's soil 80 feet below street-level.

New rules in Virginia will make it easier for miners in the state's fading coal industry to find work in other types of mines starting Jan. 15.

A bill supporting the construction of a wind farm off the coast of Atlantic City was approved by the New Jersey Senate and is set to go to Gov. Chris Christie (R).

Sunrun Inc., the largest residential solar company in the United States, announced yesterday it is halting operations in Nevada after the state's Public Utilities Commission approved an overhaul to its net metering rate.

The mayor of Flint, Mich., yesterday estimated that fixing her city's lead-poisoned drinking water system could cost up to $1.5 billion after a meeting in the state capital with Gov. Rick Snyder (R).

Cables similar to one that caused an explosion at a Rhode Island beach last summer, injuring a woman, could be lying under dozens of beaches, harbors and waterways across the nation.

U.S. EPA and other federal agencies will work together to give away $1 million to researchers who can develop methods to produce more accurate tests to screen toxic chemicals.

The Department of Justice's internal watchdog is scolding the Drug Enforcement Administration for wasting money paying two Amtrak employees for information the agency could have gotten for free.

In an unprecedented move, Campbell Soup Co. announced it will disclose the use of all genetically engineered ingredients on its products' labels.

Mining stocks are at historic lows amid a downturn in the value of commodities.

Federal nuclear weapons workers may have seen less significant health improvements in the past 20 years than previously thought, according to a new government report.

Two companies are seeking permits from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to study installation of a dam to generate electricity in Louisiana.

Southern California Gas Co. has spent at least $50 million trying to stop a massive methane leak near Los Angeles, the company disclosed yesterday.

Coal production in the United States has reached its lowest point since 1986 with a 10 percent drop in 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said this morning.

State officials say Volkswagen has turned to a new defense to prevent turning over company emails to investigators looking into its emissions-cheating scandal, by claiming German privacy laws prevent their release.

A New Jersey energy executive was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday for what prosecutors called an "elaborate scheme to defraud biodiesel buyers and United States taxpayers."

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