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

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Update: December 19, 2016 at 9:03 AM

1. 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. WHITE HOUSE

Gina McCarthy outlines Biden's first climate actions

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2. WHITE HOUSE

Trump issues new executive orders limiting regulations

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3. PUBLIC LANDS

Flouting Congress, Bernhardt guts parks program

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4. TRANSITION

Biden's Interior Department staffs up

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5. TRANSITION

Biden picks DOE chief of staff

Energywire: Wednesday, January 20, 2021

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Thursday, January 21, 2021 — 4:21 PM

WHITE HOUSE

Biden reverses Trump diversity ban

TRANSITION

Interior boosts authority for new appointees

HOUSE

McKinley, Griffith nab prominent Energy and Commerce roles

AIR POLLUTION

Biden admin could undo memo that rushed ozone, soot rules

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Thursday, January 21, 2021 — 7:14 AM

WHITE HOUSE

Biden's first 100 days: What's coming on energy

TRANSITION

Biden announces senior DOE staff

TRANSITION

Acting heads for DOE, Interior, EPA named

PIPELINES

Keystone XL exec plans 1K job cuts from Biden order — email

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Thursday, January 21, 2021 — 7:00 AM

ENERGY POLICY

'Virtue signaling': GOP preps anti-Biden messaging campaign

AGENDA

Democrats see opportunity, challenges for Biden's green push

SENATE

'On the same page': Manchin-Barrasso team's next moves

TRANSITION

Biden announces acting heads for Interior, EPA, DOE

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Thursday, January 21, 2021 — 6:47 AM

INAUGURATION

'Time for boldness.' Biden launches era of climate action

WHITE HOUSE

What Biden's Keystone rejection says about the climate fight

WHITE HOUSE

Nine Biden staffers have 'climate' job titles

WHITE HOUSE

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