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ADVOCACY: D.C.-based sportsmen's group opens Mont. field office

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A Washington, D.C.-based sportsmen's group announced a westward expansion today.

NATIONAL PARKS: Google putting culturally significant artifacts online

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The Obama administration today unveiled a new partnership with Google Inc. that will make thousands of historically and culturally significant objects in the National Park Service's museum collection available online.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Bird protections create legal hurdles for Cape Wind

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The long-stalled offshore wind project planned for the coastal waters off Massachusetts could face even more legal roadblocks.

CAMPAIGN 2016: Actress, candidate takes heat over Flint fundraising email

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Actress and Democratic congressional hopeful Melissa Gilbert is being criticized for using the Flint, Mich., water crisis in a fundraising pitch.

NUCLEAR POWER: NRC's downsizing efforts aren't enough -- industry

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A day after meeting praise from a House subcommittee, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's latest budget request was criticized by the nuclear industry for what it saw as insufficient spending reductions.

CALIFORNIA: Coastal chief ousted in debate over development vs. protection

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The agency in charge of protecting California's world-class coastline yesterday voted to remove its executive director.

CLIMATE: Former Obama, Bush officials see 'progress in midst of chaos'

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Political leaders can still move forward on addressing climate change even with the Clean Power Plan mired in legal uncertainty, former officials in the Obama and George W. Bush administrations said yesterday.

CLEAN WATER RULE: McCarthy defends EPA 'propaganda' in heated hearing

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U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy fended off congressional criticism today of her agency's social media campaign for a contentious Clean Water Act regulation.

PEOPLE: Meet the diverse group who held out at wildlife refuge

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The four armed militants who held out until this morning at Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore., hail from all over the West -- but not Oregon.

NEWSMAKER: 'Liberty speaker' moderates final hours of standoff

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In the last 24 hours, Gavin Seim has become the narrator of the end of the occupation at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, billed as a friend of the remaining occupiers.

NEWSMAKER: Gun-loving lawmaker turns militant mediator

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Unlike most longshot congressional candidates, Nevada state Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R) knows what it's like to capture national media attention -- and she reached new heights today.

PUBLIC LANDS: BLM set to cancel contested leases in Colo.'s Thompson Divide

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The Bureau of Land Management is set to take a major step to protect Colorado's pristine Thompson Divide, announcing plans to cancel 25 hotly contested oil and gas drilling leases that have been a source of conflict for years.

FLINT CRISIS: Tempers flare as Senate standoff deepens

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Key senators traded barbs today after talks on paying for federal aid for Flint, Mich., by tapping a conservation easement that's been used to develop golf courses ran into resistance in Republican ranks.

OREGON STANDOFF: Live-streaming the end of the occupation

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Tens of thousands of listeners tuned in as the last four anti-federal lands occupiers veered from shouting to prayer to tears on a phone call streamed live to the world during the final hours of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge takeover.

OREGON STANDOFF: Cliven Bundy in jail; refuge occupation ends

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Cliven Bundy, the Nevada firebrand who inspired an armed uprising against federal land control, sits behind bars and the remaining occupants at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge have surrendered, as the 40-day protest that has riveted the nation has come to an end.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: EnergyWire's Kuckro discusses next steps for states, utilities, EPA following rule stay

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As the surprise settles over this week's Supreme Court decision to stay the Clean Power Plan, stakeholders are considering next steps, including, for many, whether to proceed with compliance. On today's The Cutting Edge, EnergyWire reporter Rod Kuckro discusses his latest reporting on the behind-the-scenes planning at the state, industry and agency levels.

ZIKA VIRUS: Outbreak isn't being spread by mosquitoes in U.S. -- yet

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced this week that no mosquitoes have infected people with the Zika virus in the continental United States.

LEAD: EPA relaxes contractor requirements

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U.S. EPA has finalized changes to a program to make sure contractors know how to manage lead paint.

DRINKING WATER: Prize promises cash for conservation ideas

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The United Kingdom's development ministry is offering a prize of $1.8 million for anyone who can generate a viable and innovative idea on how to reduce the billions of gallons of water leaking from pipes in developing countries.

COAL ASH: Enviros aim to throw out $7M Duke Energy deal

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Environmental groups are fighting a settlement between Duke Energy Corp. and North Carolina regulators, saying they failed to hold the company accountable for decades of coal ash pollution.
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