Greenwire headlines — Friday, December 16, 2016 — 1:01 PM

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COAL

Obama admin releases Stream Protection Rule

The Obama administration imposed new limits today on coal mining near waterways.

SPOTLIGHT

1. TRANSITION

Looming pick will play major role in environmental policy

President-elect Donald Trump has one outstanding Cabinet nomination that will have a significant impact on environmental issues.

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2. NEWSMAKER

Elizabeth Warren's kind-of-secret life on Senate Energy

3. MINING

Obama's MSHA: from Upper Big Branch to safest year on record

4. Q&A

Gina McCarthy on Guinness, swearing, Hill showdowns

Transition

5. CLIMATE

Greens plot campaign around Cabinet confirmation hearings

6. CLIMATE

Top British economist is optimistic about Trump

Natural Resources

7. COAL

Obama preserves Colorado roadless exception

8. COLORADO RIVER

Interior finalizes Glen Canyon Dam flooding program

9. NATIONAL PARKS

Jarvis visits S.C. sites that could become monument

10. EVERGLADES

More water storage needed to combat algal blooms — report

11. WILDERNESS

World is fragmented into 600,000 pieces — study

12. ENDANGERED SPECIES

Agencies OK Yellowstone grizzly management strategy

13. NATIONAL PARKS

Popular Smoky Mountain trail may remain closed after wildfire

14. ENDANGERED SPECIES

Authorities remove nets to help world's smallest porpoise

15. OBITUARY

Infamous lion killer falls off cliff, dies

Law

16. COAL

EPA appeals ruling in Murray jobs suit

17. AIR POLLUTION

Court rejects enviro bid for en banc review of haze ruling

18. AIR POLLUTION

Industry, EPA settle lawsuit over waste storage, treatment

Climate Change

19. CARBON CAPTURE

Defunct Texas project may be reborn

20. SCIENCE

What's below Antarctic ice? Scientists know — finally

Energy

21. DAKOTA ACCESS

Developer negotiates delay in closing of $2B in financing

22. CYBERSECURITY

U.N. warns of nuclear plant hacks, bio and chemical attacks

Air and Water

23. ARMY CORPS

'Endless parade' of lawsuits likely in tri-state water war

24. DAKOTA ACCESS

Drinking water worries extend beyond Standing Rock

25. SCIENCE

NASA finds ice on dwarf planet

26. DRINKING WATER

Desalination plant would test Calif. environmental laws

27. AIR POLLUTION

Crop burning in India breeds dense smog

28. DRINKING WATER

Inspector dies in tower during routine maintenance

Public Health

29. PESTICIDES

EPA restricts compound that killed 17 with 'a single sip'

30. TOXICS

Kids' car seats laden with flame retardants — study

31. TOXICS

EPA restricts dentists' mercury discharges

32. COAL

Black lung disease surges in Appalachia

States

33. OREGON

Water regulators understaffed, negligent — study

34. WYOMING

Residents turn out en masse to oppose public land transfer

35. COLORADO

Company moves to seize Garden of the Gods after failed settlement

36. WASHINGTON

Flying fish knocks out power in Seattle

International

37. CANADA

Toronto is colder than Mars right now

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38. Transition

E&E News' Hulac discusses impact of Tillerson's climate views on confirmation

1. PANDEMIC

Disaster agency foresaw killer virus months before COVID-19

Climatewire: Thursday, April 9, 2020

2. WESTERN WATER

Calif. greenlights massive Klamath River dam removal

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3. PANDEMIC

Coronavirus and electricity: 3 issues to watch

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4. WATER POLLUTION

Mountains of waste menace Fla.'s 'Swiss cheese' aquifers

Greenwire: Thursday, April 9, 2020

5. WHITE HOUSE

Trump: TVA boss's pay has 'been bothering me for a long time'

Energywire: Thursday, April 9, 2020

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Thursday, April 9, 2020 — 3:49 PM

COAL

EPA relaxes emissions rule for 4 power plants

WILDLIFE

Judge won't fast-track trophy hunting imports amid pandemic

GREAT LAKES

EPA divvies up $20M for invasive species, nutrient controls

OIL AND GAS

Saudis, Russians end price war with deep output cut

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Energywire

Thursday, April 9, 2020 — 7:18 AM

PANDEMIC

Coronavirus and electricity: 3 issues to watch

WHITE HOUSE

Trump on oil crash: 'A lot of good options, beauties'

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

EV sales to plunge 43% this year — report

TECHNOLOGY

States race for battery breakthrough. Who's winning?

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Climatewire

Thursday, April 9, 2020 — 6:44 AM

PANDEMIC

Disaster agency foresaw killer virus months before COVID-19

CAMPAIGN 2020

Climate could be Sanders' biggest legacy

ADAPTATION

City resilience offices shutter in wake of virus

RELIGION

Pope Francis: Pandemic, like climate, highlights hypocrisy

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Monday, April 6, 2020 — 7:09 AM

POLITICS

Stimulus priorities shift as pandemic worsens

WILDLIFE

'Tiger King' generating buzz for 'Big Cat' legislation

OIL AND GAS

Lawmakers, industry divided on solution to market woes

INFRASTRUCTURE

Climate clash looms over future stimulus package

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