Environment
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Lawmakers ask Interior Sec. Burgum to halt plan to kill barred owls to protect spotted owls
After the spotted owl was listed as a threatened species in 1990, the federal government limited logging on millions of acres of federal land in the Pacific Northwest. This led to no increase in spotted owl populations.
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Trial underway in energy company's lawsuit against Greenpeace
Lawsuit alleges Greenpeace in 2016 engaged in or supported unlawful behavior by protesters.
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Trump to meet with Newsom as he tours wildfire devastation
Earlier on Friday, Trump visited western North Carolina to survey the damage from Hurricane Helene and floated eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after criticizing its handling of the storm damage.