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COAL: Arch bankruptcy raises questions about Mont. mine

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The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is weighing the future of an environmental impact analysis for a major Arch Coal Inc. mining project following the company's bankruptcy filing Monday.

WIND: Neighbors ask health board to shut down Wis. turbines

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In an attempt to shut down a Wisconsin-based wind farm, opponents of the Shirley Wind farm blasted the county's health director yesterday during a meeting for saying turbines could not be linked to neighbors' health issues.

OIL AND GAS: Koch Industries disputes book claiming Nazi link

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A new book that claims the father of conservative industrialists Charles and David Koch helped build an oil refinery in Nazi Germany that was personally approved by Adolf Hitler overstated the company's connection to the project, a Koch Industries executive argued yesterday.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Air conditioner, heat pump deal 'a huge leap forward'

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In a move called "significant progress," efficiency advocates and industry officials reached agreement late yesterday on core elements of a Department of Energy efficiency rule for central air conditioners and heat pumps.

FORESTS: Draft Tongass plan would boost CO2 emissions -- study

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A draft management plan for Alaska's Tongass National Forest could cause annual releases equivalent to 4 million cars' worth of carbon dioxide emissions over the next century, warns a new study.

PEOPLE: Former Interior official picked to lead Denver law office

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Former Interior Department official Poe Leggette has been named managing partner of the law firm BakerHostetler's Denver office, the firm announced today.

WILDLIFE: Man hugs bear -- and lives to post video

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The caretaker of at a New York wildlife rehabilitation center gets nothing but love from his 9-foot-tall, 1,500-pound Kodiak bear in an online video that has racked up more than 11 million views.

WILDLIFE: Celebrities bite nails to save rhinos

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Celebrities and conservationists led by Virgin Group Ltd. founder Richard Branson are biting their nails as part of an advertising campaign to save rhinoceroses.

WILDLIFE: Hong Kong bans ivory imports, exports

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Hong Kong CEO Leung Chun-ying announced today his city will ban the import and export of ivory in his annual address to lawmakers.

NATIONAL PARKS: Record 4M people visited Yellowstone in 2015

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Yellowstone National Park smashed its visitation record in 2015, seeing more than 4 million visitors, up 16 percent from the previous year.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER: Activists demand aid for animals hit by spillway floods

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Louisiana needs a state agency focused on rehabilitating wildlife if it wants to protect animals from the flooding that will follow the opening of a Mississippi River spillway, according to the Humane Society of Louisiana.

FISHERIES: U.S. vessels locked out of tuna-fishing waters

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U.S. boats are slated to be locked out of the world's best tuna-fishing waters after the nation went back on a deal with 17 Pacific states, in the midst of a decline in prices for canned fish throughout the country.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: FWS sets guidelines for human interaction with imperiled bat

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The Fish and Wildlife Service today released a final rule specifying when people can interact with the wide-ranging northern long-eared bat without violating the Endangered Species Act.

COAL: Enviros cry foul over BLM rate cut for Koch mine

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The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to refund millions of dollars in royalties to a mining company controlled by billionaire William Koch, a move the company requested for a long-shuttered mine in western Colorado.

FDA: Murkowski threatens to stall nomination over 'Frankenfish' dispute

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A Senate committee signed off yesterday on the nomination of former Duke University researcher Robert Califf to lead the Food and Drug Administration, but his prospects appeared dim for advancing in the full Senate.

PUBLIC LANDS: Refuge occupiers' ranks swell as women, kids join up

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Life for a band of militants holed up for a second week at an Oregon wildlife refuge has settled into a combination of mundane daily life and feverish planning for combat scenarios and talk of government conspiracies.

PUBLIC LANDS: Jewell soothes employees amid 'extremely tense' occupation

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell yesterday told employees that their safety is paramount as the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge approaches its 12th day.

SUPREME COURT: No news may be good news for FERC in grid case

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After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a major energy conservation rule in October, supporters of the regulation were anxious.

BRISTOL BAY: Watchdog clears EPA of bias in Pebble study

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U.S. EPA's internal watchdog has cleared the agency of harboring any bias when conducting its controversial assessment of potential large-scale mining in Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed.

CLEAN WATER RULE: House handily clears bill to block WOTUS

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A disapproval resolution aimed at killing the Obama administration's contentious water rule sailed through the House this morning in its last step before reaching the president's desk.
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