Environment
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Trump DOJ urges federal judge to strike down climate change law
Court motion argues “New York has declared war on those responsible for supplying our nation with reliable and affordable energy.”
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Evacuation order issued for North Carolina's Outer Banks as Hurricane Erin moves closer to US
"Portions of N.C. Highway 12 on Hatteras Island will likely be impassable for several days," Dare County said
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Hurricane Erin knocks out power to hundreds of thousands in Puerto Rico
Erin was downgraded to a Category 3 storm early Sunday morning.
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You Vote: With talk of climate change skepticism, and of the green new scam, what do you think?
In order to ensure people have the right information and form the right opinions about energy and climate, Morgera argues that oil companies need to be banned from advertising or lobbying for their industry, and “misinformation” by the fossil fuel industry would need to be criminalized.
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California fireworks warehouse catches fire, explodes
Law enforcement officials have yet to comment on injuries or fatalities and the fire's cause is under investigation.
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Environmental groups sue SeaWorld San Diego over fireworks
Nonprofits San Diego Coastkeeper and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld on March 6 for not following its Clean Water Act fireworks permit and waste discharge permit. By not adhering to its permits, the groups claim the theme park is discharging large amounts of pollutants into Mission Bay.
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Sen. Mike Lee’s plan to sell-off federal lands runs into heavy turbulence
The choice of lands sold would fall to the secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, who would have to identify between roughly 2 and 3 million acres for sale. His plan is being opposed from the far-left as well as mainline conservatives.
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Six people killed in West Virginia flash flooding, two others missing: Gov. Patrick Morrisey
"There were roughly 3 to 4 inches of water that fell in the area in less than an hour," Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against state agencies for violating climate law
Lawsuit challenged agencies’ failure to comply with a state law requiring timely reporting of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Keystone Pipeline shuts down over rupture in North Dakota
The rupture occurred in an agricultural field in a rural area, about 60 miles southwest of Fargo.
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Trump administration increases timber production to help reduce wildfires
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins last week said the new quotas are designed to "increase domestic jobs and prosperity, increase economic independence, and protect our national security."
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You Vote: As Trump admin pushes back on 'Green New Scam,' how real is threat of 'climate change'?
The EPA has announced plans to roll back the Biden administration’s climate agenda in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order to “Unleash American Energy.”
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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.