Environment
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US shipping firm pleads guilty to pumping 10k gallons of 'oily discharge' into Mississippi River
A ship management company pleads guilty to intentionally polluting U.S. waters off the coast of New Orleans after years under investigation by the Coast Guard.
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EPA's Zeldin announces release of info on contrails, geoengineering
A contrail is a trail of condensed water that comes out of an aircraft or rocket at high altitude, while geoengineering is another word for climate intervention.
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Three dead in New Mexico flash flooding
The flood was the result of monsoon rains Tuesday in the southern region of the state
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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.
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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.
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More wildfires, fanned by powerful Santa Ana winds, erupt in LA County, forcing evacuations
The evacuations were ordered for the Los Angeles County
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National Weather Service issues warning for damaging winds in Los Angeles
Local media reports that these winds could create "dangerous" fire weather conditions that could last all week.
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LA officials appear eager for Trump visit amid wildfire recovery
"I joined with the supervisor, and the governor and spoke directly with the incoming administration yesterday. It was a fine call," she told reporters.
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Trump warned Newsom repeatedly over wildfires, water use for years
The many fires in L.A. County have thus far burned at least 25,000 acres as of press time and led to multiple deaths.